alleryStart learning →The unpleasant smell and taste developed in oily foods left exposed for long is called
Acorrosion
Breduction
Cprecipitation
Drancidity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. rancidity
1. Fats and oils are slowly oxidised by air.
2. This oxidation produces the bad smell and taste known as **rancidity**.
3. It is slowed by antioxidants or by packing food in nitrogen gas.
_Source: Karnataka SSLC (KSEEB) Class 10 Science, Ch1 'Chemical Reactions and Equations', §1.4_
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