Digestion-And-Absorption Question 785

Question: Assertion [A]: Thiamine deficiency results in beri-beri causing paralysis.

Reason [R]: People eating raw fish may also suffer from paralysis due to the deficiency of vitamin $ B_1 $ ; cooked fish has no such effect.

Options:

A) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is correct explanation of [A]

B) Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not correct explanation of [A]

C) [A] is true but [R] is false

D) [A] is false but [R] is true

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

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