Given below are two statements:
Statement-I: Starch cannot hold 
molecules in the helical portion.
Statement-II: Cellulose does not contain complex helices and hence can hold 
.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(I) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect.
Text Solution
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• Starch forms helical secondary structures. Starch can hold I2 molecules in the helical portion. The starch- 
is blue in colour.
• Cellulose does not contain complex helices and hence cannot hold 
.
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