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Question
Assertion: Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
Reason: Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.
Options
Assertion and reason both are correct statement 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 reason is wrong statement.
Assertion is wrong statement reason is correct statement.
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Solution
Assertion and reason both are correct and reason explains the assertion.
Explanation:
Artificial sweeteners do not provide any calories because they are inert and do not metabolise in the body.
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