Question

Assertion: Plastic is not toxic when come in contact with food and medicines.
Reason: Plastics are used world-over because they are safe for packaging of foods, medicines and child care products.
(A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
(B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation for assertion.
(C) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.
(D) Both assertion and reason are incorrect.

Answer 1

In the above question, assertion and reason are given about plastics. It states that plastics are used as packaging and it is safe. We can take our real life day to day experiences as an example to explain this.

Complete step by step solution:
The word plastics or polymer are used in our day to day life, specially, in the packaging sector. Both of them have the same. They consist of repeated subunits which are known as p
olymer. The plastic packaging material con
sist of 70-99% of polymer and rest are additives, such as plasticisers, antioxidants, pigments, fillers and many more.
From our day to day life, we can see plastic packages in the form of chocolate wrapper, chips packet, instant noodles and so on.
Hence, we can conclude plastic is not toxic when come in contact with food and medicines. Plastics are used world-over because they are safe for packaging of foods, medicines and child care products. So, both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
Hence, option A is the correct option.

Note:
Plastics protect vulnerable products from damage whilst in transit and from contamination or damage by moisture, humidity, gases, micro-organisms, insects and light.
Plastics preserve products for a longer duration of time.
Plastics prevent waste.