Which of the following is a reducing sugar?

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(D) Reducing sugars are carbohydrates that can reduce Fehling's solution and Tollens' reagent. All monosaccharides (like $Glucose$ and $Fructose$) and

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All of the above

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(D) Reducing sugars are carbohydrates that can reduce Fehling's solution and Tollens' reagent. All monosaccharides (like $Glucose$ and $Fructose$) and most disaccharides (like $Maltose$) are reducing sugars because they contain a free hemiacetal or hemiketal group that can open to form an aldehyde or ketone group. Therefore,all the given options are reducing sugars.

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