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  4. STATEMENT-1: Glucose gives a reddish-brown precipitate with Fehling's solution because STATEMENT-2: Reaction of glucose with Fehling's solution gives CuO and gluconic acid.

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Q. STATEMENT-1: Glucose gives a reddish-brown precipitate with Fehling's solution
because
STATEMENT-2: Reaction of glucose with Fehling's solution gives $CuO$ and gluconic acid.

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Solution:

Glucose reduces Fehling's solution, whereas in the presence of mild oxidizing agents such as $Br _{2}, H _{2} O$, it gets reduced to gluconic acid.
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