Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as reason (R).

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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 C.

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when ester is hydrolyzed we get two products acid and alcohol, this acid produced does act as the catalyst to increase the rate of reaction.
Hence we can say that the hydrolysis of ester is an example of auto catalytic reaction.
A catalyst is a substance that can be added to a reaction to increase the reaction rate without getting consumed in the process. Catalysts typically speed up a reaction by reducing the activation energy or changing the reaction mechanism.
Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts in biochemical reactions.

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