Assertion :Activated charcoal is used for decolourising sugar solution. Reason: Activated charcoal absorbs the impurities on its surface.
The word adsorb is important here. When a material adsorbs something, it attaches to it by chemical attraction. The huge surface area of activated charcoal gives it countless bonding sites. When certain chemicals pass next to the carbon surface, they attach to the surface and are trapped. This means that an activated charcoal filter will remove certain impurities while ignoring others.