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Question
Assertion (A): Acetic acid production involves both aerobic and anaerobic processes.
Reason (R): Production of alcohol from glucose is an aerobic process and production of acetic acid from alcohol is an anaerobic process.
Options
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.
MCQ
Assertion and Reasoning
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Solution
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Explanation:
The assertion is true: glucose is first fermented anaerobically to alcohol, which is then oxidised aerobically to acetic acid. The reason reverses the oxygen conditions for both steps.
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