Question

Assertion (A): Vitamins are compounds of carbon which are essential for the normal growth and working of the body.

Reason (R): Vitamins are required by our body in large quantities.

In the context of above two statements which one of the followings is correct:

Options

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true but (R) is false.

• (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer 1

(A) is true but (R) is false.

Explanation:

Vitamins are organic compounds containing carbon and are essential for normal growth and functioning of the body, so the Assertion is true. However, vitamins are micronutrients required in small quantities, not large quantities, so the Reason is false.