Q.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

Mr. Prabhakar went on a hiking with his family. He is a patient of renal failure. In the middle of the trip, he fell ill. He had leg cramps and experienced acidity with high blood pressure. He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital. Doctor prescribed him antacids and gave him injection for high Blood Pressure (BP). He advised Mr. Prabhakar to rest a while and eat healthy.

 

(v) Which of the following is not the function of hydrochloric acid in the body

1 Creating acidic medium in stomach.  
2 Digestion of proteins.  
3 Facilitate the function of pepsin, for digestion of proteins.  
4 Killing of microbes present.  

Ans.

(2)