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  4. Assertion (A) Glucose gives reddish brown precipitate with Fehling solution. Reason (R) Reaction of glucose with Fehling solution gives CuO and gluconic acid.

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Q. Assertion (A) Glucose gives reddish brown precipitate with Fehling solution.
Reason (R) Reaction of glucose with Fehling solution gives $CuO$ and gluconic acid.

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Solution:

Glucose give reddish brown precipitate with Fehling solution and solution consists of $Cu ^{2+}$ which gets reduced to $Cu ^{+}\left( Cu _{2} O \right)$.