Question

Assertion :Vitamins B₂ is found in cereals, green vegetables, brewer's yeast, egg white, milk and liver.
Reason : It can be commercially produced by some yeasts.

• A. If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
• B. If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
• C. If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
• D. If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect
• E. If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Besides cereals, green vegetables, brewer's yeast, egg white, vitamin B₂ is also produced by intestinal bacteria. The vitamin was first obtained in 1938 using wild strain of mould Ashbhya gossypii. Vitamin B₂ is essential for normal growth and reproduction in a number of laboratory animals.