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Question
Assertion: Most of the Synthetic polymers are not biodegradable.
Reason: Polymerisation process induces toxic character in organic molecules.
Options
Assertion and reason both are correct statement but reason does not explain assertion.
Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason explains the assertion.
Both assertion and reason are wrong statement.
Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong statement.
Assertion is wrong statement and reason is correct statement.
Solution
Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong statement.
Explanation:
Most of the synthetic polymers are not degraded by enzymatic hydrolytic and environmental oxidation. Polymerisation does not induce toxic characters.
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