Assertion:- Stainless steel is preferred to manufacture utensils as compared to iron.
Reason:- Iron reacts with the components of food making it unfit for consumption.
Assertion:- True
Reason:- True
Reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron, chromium, nickel, carbon, silicon etc. It is preferred for the manufacturing of utensils as compared to iron because iron reacts with the components of food making it contaminated and unfit for consumption whereas stainless steel is unreactive in nature.