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Question
CBSEENBI12003436

Assertion : Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces acetic acid.

Reason : Trichoderma polysporum produces blood cholestrol lowering agent.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are hue but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution

D.

If both assertion and reason are false.

Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is used for commercial production of ethanol. A bioactive molecule, cyclosporin A which is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum.