Assertion: Hydrolysis of sucrose is known as inversion of cane sugar. Reason: Sucrose is a disaccharide.

Sucrose is a disaccharide and dextrorotatory but after hydrolysis gives or dextrorotatory glucose and laevo rotatory fructose. Thus, Hydrolysis of sucrose brings about a change in the sign of rotation from dextro (+) to laevo (–) and the product is named as inversion of cane sugar or invert sugar. Thus, the correct option is (b) If both ASSERTION and REASON are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.