The two enzymes present in yeast that are responsible for the formation of ethyl alcohol from molasses in the fermentation process are:

invertase and zymase

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invertase and diastase

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zymase and diastase

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invertase and maltase

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Solution

The correct option is A invertase and zymase
Yeast contains two enzymes invertase and zymase. These two enzymes catalyze the fermentation process in which ethyl alcohol is formed from molasses.

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$(A)$ Maltose $\to$ Glucose	$(i)$ Zymase
$(B)$ Sucrose $\to$ Glucose $+$ Fructose	$(i i)$ Pepsin
$(C)$ Glucose $\to$ Ethyl alcohol $+ C O_{2}$	$(i i i)$ Maltase
$(D)$ Starch $\to$ Maltose	$(i v)$ Invertase
$(E)$ Proteins $\to$ Amino acids	$(v)$ Diastase

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