JEE Main Chemistry question

Statement 1: Glucose and fructose are reducing sugars. Statement 2: Glucose and fructose contain a free aldehydic and ketonic group adjacent to a group respectively.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

Statement 1 is true: both glucose (an aldose) and fructose (a ketose) reduce Tollens'/Fehling's reagents. Statement 2 correctly explains why: glucose has a free aldehyde group and fructose has a free ketone group located

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