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Assertion :Cotton is a polymer. Reason: A polymer is a very big molecule made of many small repeating units of compounds called monomers.

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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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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
Cotton is a polymer. It is a natural polymer. It contains cellulose which is long chain unbranched polymer.Cotton is a linear, cellulose polymer. The repeating unit in the cotton has two glucose units, called cellobiose.
A polymer is a very big molecule made of many small repeating units of compounds called monomers. A polymer is a macromolecule with very high molecular weight.
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

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