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Assertion: Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.


Reason: Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.

Read the above assertion and reason and choose the correct option regarding it.

A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
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C
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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D
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
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E
Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
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Solution

The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.
An example includes saccharine and its salts which are life savers for countless diabetics and is of great value to people who need to control the intake of calories.
Thus, both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

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