Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Food materials should not be soaked in water for a long time.
Reason (R): Washing leads to loss of Vitamin B and Vitamin C from the food materials because these Vitamins are soluble in water.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Assertion (A): Food materials should not have been soaked in water for a long time. → True
Food materials should not have be soaked in water for a long time because washing leads to loss of Vitamin B and Vitamin C from the foodstuff.
Reason (R): Washing leads to loss of Vitamin B and Vitamin C from the food materials because these Vitamins are soluble in water. → True
Food materials should not have been soaked in water for a long time because washing leads to the loss of Vitamin B and Vitamin C from the foodstuff and not the loss of Vitamin A and Vitamin D from the foodstuff.
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)