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Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Certain marine green algae produce large amount of hydrocolloids. Reason: Its example are Algin and Carragen which are used as food.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
Certain marine brown and red algae produce large amounts of hydrocolloids, eg. Algin (brown algae) and carragen ( red algae)