Statement 1: Raising the temperature of the room by 10 deg C will halve the storage life of that commodity. Statement 2: Chemical reactions taking place during storage of canned foods will affect colour, texture and nutritive value of foods.

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Statement 1: Raising the temperature of the room by 10 deg C will halve the storage life of that commodity.

Statement 2: Chemical reactions taking place during storage of canned foods will affect colour, texture and nutritive value of foods.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

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