Given below are two statements. One is labeled as Assertion and the other is labeled as…

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Given below are two statements. One is labeled as Assertion and the other is labeled as Reason.

STATEMENT - 1 (Assertion): Phenylketonuria is a recessive hereditary disease caused by body's failure to oxidize an amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine, because of defective enzyme.

STATEMENT - 2 (Reason): It results in the  presence of phenylpyruvic acid in urine.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. Assertion is true but Reason is false
  4. Both Assertion and Reason are false

Answer

(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

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