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Reducing sugar is the one which consists of free aldehyde or ketone group, attached to hemiacetal carbon, in its structure.

The true statements are asfollows:

- Reducing sugarsreduce \(\mathrm{Cu}^{2+}\) to \(\mathrm{Cu}^{+}\) in Benedi ct'sreagent.

- Aldehyde groups are easily oxidized.

- All aldosesarereducing sugars.

- In the presence of Benedict'sreagent, someketoses can bereducing sugars.

Thefalsestatements are asfollows:

- The oxidation of a reducing sugar produces an alcohol.

- Reducing sugarsare sonamed because thesugar isreduced in the reaction with the Benedcit'sreagent.

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