Question

Assertion: Aspirin can cause ulcer in the stomach.
Reason: The ester group in aspirin gets hydrolysed to acid group in the stomach where the $pH$ is $2$.

• A. If both Assertion: and Reason: are true and the Reason: is the correct explanation of the Assertion
• B. If both Assertion: and Reason: are true but the Reason: is not the correct explanation of the Assertion
• C. If Assertion: is true but Reason: is false
• D. If both Assertion: and Reason: are false

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

At low $pH$, the ester group of aspirin gets hydrolysed to acid, which causes ulcer in the stomach.