Question

Assertion: Sulpha drug contain sulphonamide group.

Reason: Salvarsan is a sulpha drug.

• A. Assertion is wrong statement reason is correct statement
• B. Assertion and reason both are correct, and reason explains the assertion
• C. Assertion and reason both are correct statement, but reason does not explain assertion
• D. Assertion is correct statement reason is wrong statement
• E. Both assertion and reason are wrong statements

Answer 1

The correct option is D Assertion is correct statement reason is wrong statement

Assertion

Sulpha drugs contain sulphonamide functional groups. One of the most effective sulpha drug is sulphapyridine.

So, assertion is correct statement.

Reason

Salvarsan is not a sulfa drug as it does not contain sulfonamide functional groups.

So, reason is wrong.

Hence, assertion is correct statement, but reason is the wrong statement.

So correct answer is option $\left(D\right)$