Assertion :Starch is a polymer of glucose. Reason: Starch is a reserve food of plants and has two components (i) amylose- a branched polymer of glucose (ii) amylopectin- an unbranched polymer of glucose.

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 C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
Starch is a important storage homopolysaccharide made up of glucose units. it is found in plant storage organs like endosperm of cereals and tubers of potato. Starch has straight chain or amylose part formed by $α$ -1,4 linkage between pyranose glucose units and side chains or Amylopectin part that are attached to the straight chains by 1 --> 6 glycosidic linkages.

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