Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A): Most of the vitamins are not synthesised in the human body. Reason (R): Human organs synthesise only essential micronutrients. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- C(A) is true, but (R) is false
- D(A) is false, but (R) is true
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Correct answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Explanation
Assertion is true: most vitamins are not synthesised in the human body and must come from diet.
Reason is false: human organs do not selectively synthesise essential micronutrients; in fact essential nutrients are precisely those the body cannot make.