NEETBotanyBiomolecules (B)
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Lipids are exception in the classification of acid insoluble fraction. Reason: It has molecular weights in the range of ten thousand daltons and above.
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
The acid insoluble fraction, has only four types of organic compounds i.e. protein, nucleic acids, polysaccharides and lipids. These classes of compounds with the exception of lipids, have molecular weights in the range of ten thousand daltons and above.