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
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Vitamins are of two kinds: the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, and the water-soluble vitamins B (the B group) and C. A water-soluble vitamin dissolves out of the food into any water it is kept in.
Assertion (A): Food materials should not be soaked in water for a long time. True. The longer cut vegetables, rice or pulses lie in water, the more of their nutrients pass into the water, which is usually thrown away.
Reason (R): Washing leads to loss of vitamin B and vitamin C from the food materials because these vitamins are soluble in water. True. Vitamins B and C dissolve in water, so washing, and above all long soaking, carries them away.
The Reason gives the cause behind the Assertion: food should not be soaked for long because its water-soluble vitamins would be lost. So (R) correctly explains (A).