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Assertion :Nitric acid stains the skin Reason: Nitric acid reacts with proteins to form yellow nitrated products is formed when the acid contacts epithelial cells of skin giving it a stain.

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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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Solution

The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
When nitric acid comes in contact with skin, it reacts with the protein, keratin to produce yellow colour nitrated products called xanthoproteic acid.
In this gets attached to the protein of the skin which results in making the skin strained.
Also when acids reacts with the epithelial cells present on the skin, strain is produced.
Hence assertion and reason are correct and reason incorrect explanation for the assertion.

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