Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Microbes in Human Welfare

Question:
Assertion: Beer and wine are called soft liquors while gin, rum, etc. are hard liquors.
Reason:: Beer and wine are made without distillation.
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is not correct.
Both Assertion (A) and Reason are false (F ).
Correct Answer:
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
Wine and beer (soft liquor) are produced directly by fermentation whereas brandy, rum, whisky (hard liquor) etc. required both fermentation and distillation. So, Beer and wine are called as soft liquors because it has very low alcohol content (maximum 12%) whereas gin, rum etc are called as hard liquor because it has very high alcohol content (from 20% to 95%). So, the process of producing beer and wine does not decide its type that is hard or soft liquor.