Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Chemistry in Everyday Life

Question:

In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

Assertion : Sulpha drug contains sulphonamide group.

Reason : Salvarsan is a sulpha drug.

Options:

Assertion and Reason both are correct but reason does not explain assertion.

Assertion and Reason both are correct and reason explains the assertion.

Both assertion and reason are wrong statement.

Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

Correct Answer:

Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.

Explanation:

Sulfa drug, also called sulfonamide, any member of a group of synthetic antibiotics containing the sulfanilamide molecular structure. Sulfa drugs were the first chemical substances systematically used to treat and prevent bacterial infections in humans. Paul Ehlrich a German bacteriologist was investigating Arsenic based structures in order to produce less toxic substances for the treatment of syphilis. He developed the medicine, arsphenamine, known as salvarsan. Salvarsan is not a sulpha drug.
Hence, assertion is correct but the reason is wrong.