(A) Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
(R) Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

answer is A.

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Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolize in the body.
An example includes saccharine and its salts which are life savers for countless diabetics and is of great value to people who need to control the intake of calories.
Thus, both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

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