Choose the correct option out of the following choices.

Assertion: Cotton is a polymer.

Reason: A polymer is a very big molecule made of many small repeating units of compounds called monomers

Assertion and Reason both are correct statement and the reason is not the correct explanation of the  assertion.

The correct answer is option 1. Assertion and Reason both are correct statement and the reason is not the correct explanation of the  assertion.

Cotton is indeed a polymer. A polymer is a large molecule made up of repeating units called monomers. In the case of cotton, the polymer is composed of long chains of glucose molecules, which are the monomers.

Cotton fibers are primarily composed of cellulose, which is a complex carbohydrate made of long chains of glucose molecules bonded together. Each glucose molecule in the cellulose chain serves as a monomer, and when many of these glucose molecules are linked together, they form a polymer chain.

The repeating units of glucose in cellulose are connected by glycosidic bonds, forming long, linear chains. These chains intertwine and form the structure of cotton fibers, which gives them their strength, flexibility, and other desirable properties.

So, cotton meets the definition of a polymer because it consists of large molecules (cellulose) made up of many repeating units (glucose molecules or monomers) bonded together. Therefore, the assertion that "Cotton is a polymer" is correct.

However, the reason provided in the statement, which defines what a polymer is, does not specifically explain why cotton is a polymer. While it gives a general definition of polymers, it does not directly relate to the molecular structure or composition of cotton. Therefore, the reason is not the correct explanation for the assertion.