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Relative sweetness (compared with sucrose = 1, mass for mass) is taken as: aspartame 100, saccharin 550, sucralose 600, alitame 2000. The correct increasing order of sweetness is

  1. Aaspartame saccharin sucralose alitame
  2. Bsaccharin aspartame sucralose alitame
  3. Caspartame sucralose saccharin alitame
  4. Daspartame saccharin alitame sucralose

Answer: A

Arranging the given factors 100 < 550 < 600 < 2000 gives aspartame < saccharin < sucralose < alitame. Options 2, 3 and 4 swap neighbouring values.
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