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 Digestion is carried out by our digest...

 Digestion is carried out by our digestive system by 
(a) Mechanical methods
 (b) Biological methods 
(c ) Biochemical methods 
Physiological methods

A

a and b

B

b,c and d

C

b,c and d

D

a and c

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The correct Answer is:
D
The process of coversion of complex food substance to simple absorbable forms is called digestion . And is carried out by our digestive system by mechanical and biochemical methods .
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