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Read the following statements and select the correct option:
(a) Major reservoirs of phosphorus are phosphate rocks and fossil bone deposits laid down in the past geological ages.
(b) During weathering of rocks, minute amounts of these phosphates dissolve in soil solution and are absorbed by the roots of the plants.

A

(b) is correct but (a) is false.

B

Both (a) and (b) are true

C

is correct but (b) is false.

D

Both (a) and (b) are false.

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The correct Answer is:
B
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