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Assertion : Secondary metabolites are those which are required for the vital life process of microbes.
Reason: They are the vital compounds required for the growth of microbes.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true. But Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true. But Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.

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