NEET Biology Human Health And Disease / मानव स्वास्थ्य और रोग Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:
    Assertion            :     Heroin is also called smack.
    Reason              :     Heroin is an opium alkaloid.

    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 reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

    C) If assertion is true but reason is false.

    D) If the assertion and reason both are false.

    E) If assertion is false but reason is true.

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Heroin is diamorphine or diacetyl - morphine - \[{{C}_{17}}{{H}_{17}}{{(O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{3}}O)}_{2}}NH\], which is also called H and smack. Opium is semisynthetic opiate (opium derivative) which is most dangerous of all the opiates. heroin is formed from acetylation of morphine.


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