Fructose on reduction gives a mixture of two alcohols which are related as

Question

Fructose on reduction gives a mixture of two alcohols which are related as (A) diastereomers (B) epimers (C) both (a) and (b) (D) anomers.

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Ketoses on reduction produce a new chiral carbon leading to the formation of two isomeric alcohols which are diastereomeric as well as C-2 epimers.

Q. Fructose on reduction gives a mixture of two alcohols which are related as