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Question : Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the option given below: Assertion: Adult human being is not perfect in digestin of milk. Reason: With age, man produces little or no lactase in the intestinal juice.

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If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
If both the assertion and the reason are true but the reason is a not correct explanation of the assertion
If the assertion is true but the reason is false
If both the assertion and reason are false

Solution :(a) the human being is the only mammal who INGESTS significant amount of lactose in MILK. Curiously, many human adults can not DIGEST milk, because with age they produce LITTLE of no lactosein the intestinal juice. IN such person, the lactose of milk remains undigested and is fermented in the intestine producing gasese and acids. This results in flatulence, intestinal cramps and diarrhoea.
Adult human
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Less or no lactase
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Lactose remains undigested
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Undigested substances fermented
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Produce gas , acids , intestinal cramps, diarrhoea


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