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  1. Cutting and peeling of onions brings tears to the eyes because of the presence of
    1. sulphur in the cell
    2. carbon in the cell
    3. fat in the cell
    4. amino acid in the cell
Correct Option: D

Cutting and peeling of onions bring tears to the eyes because of the presence of amino acid in the cell. Onion are the part of genus Allium, along with garlic, chives, leeks and about 400 other cousins. These vegetables absorbs sulfur from earth, which in turn from a class of volatile organic molecules called amino acid sulphoxides.



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