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Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Agar, one of the commercial products obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria are used to grow microbes and in preparations of icecream and jellies. Reason: Chlorella, a unicellular alga, rich in proteins is used as food supplement even by space travellers.
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
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
Agar, one of the commercial products obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria are used to grow microbes and in preparations of icecream and jellies. Chlorella, a unicellular alga rich in proteins is used as food supplement even by space travellers.