Sucrose (cane sugar) is a disaccharide. One molecule of sucrose on hydrolysis gives _________.
(i) 2 molecules of glucose
(ii) 2 molecules of glucose + 1 molecule of fructose
(iii) 1 molecule of glucose + 1 molecule of fructose
(iv) 2 molecules of fructose
The answer is the option (iii).Each molecule of sucrose gives option (iii) 1 molecule of glucose + 1 molecule of fructose when hydrolysed.