NEET
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- NEET
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- Botany
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- Biomolecules (B)
NEET · Botany · Biomolecules (B)
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct...
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option.
Assertion: Palmitic acid has 16 carbons including carboxyl carbon.
Reason: Arachidonic acid has 22 carbon atoms including the carboxyl carbon.
Assertion: Palmitic acid has 16 carbons including carboxyl carbon.
Reason: Arachidonic acid has 22 carbon atoms including the carboxyl carbon.
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
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
Palmitic acid has 16 carbons including carboxyl carbon. Arachidonic acid has 20 carbon atoms including the carboxyl carbon.