Which of the following statement is not true for glucose?

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Evaluating statements about glucose:

(1) Glucose exists in two crystalline forms  and  — TRUE ✓
-D-glucose (m.p. 146°C) and -D-glucose (m.p. 150°C) are the two anomeric forms that can be crystallized.

(2) Glucose gives Schiff's test for aldehyde — FALSE ✗
Despite having an aldehyde group in its open-chain form, glucose does NOT give Schiff's test. This is because in solution, glucose exists predominantly in the cyclic hemiacetal form (99%), and the free aldehyde concentration is too low to giv

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