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Statement-1: Leaves and small insects float on the surface of water buoyed up by archimede's principle
Statement-2: They are not partially submerged. The object are kept afloat by surface tension.

A

Statement-1, is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1

B

Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true, statement-2 is NOT a correct explantion for statement-1

C

statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false

D

statement-1 is false statement-2 is true

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