Why salts and edible oils are known as preservatives ?

Because they can kill all microbes even the viruses

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They checks the growth of microbes

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They are tasty

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Both A and B

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Solution

The correct option is A They checks the growth of microbes
Salts and edible oils are the common chemicals generally used to check the growth of microorganisms. Therefore they are called preservatives.

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