Question

Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Late blowing defect is one of major defects in semi-hard/hard varieties of cheese.
Reason (R): Bactofugation is effective and cheaper method for preventing late blowing defects in cheese.
Choose the correct option.

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hint:

Late blowing = Clostridium spores → removal by bactofugation.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B