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Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Decomposers break down complex organic matter into inorganic substances like carbon dioxide, water and nutrients and the process is called decomposition Reason: There are only two steps of decomposition, fragmentation and leaching

Options

  1. ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
  2. BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
  4. DBoth Assertion and Reason are false

Correct answer

C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false

Step-by-step solution

Decomposers break down complex organic matter into inorganic substances like carbon dioxide, water and nutrients and the process is called decomposition. The important steps in the process of decomposition are fragmentation, leaching, catabolism, humification and mineralisation

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