Assertion (A) : Processes involving living organisms are associated with sedimentation which is more closely linked with the hydrosphere and the atmosphere.
Reason (R) : In the biosphere geochemical differentiation takes place through the metabolic action of organisms.
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Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
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(A) is false, but (R) is true.