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**Assertion:** Temperature and soil moisture are the important climatic factors that regulate decomposition. **Reason:** Warm and moist environment favours decomposition, whereas low temperature and anaerobiosis inhibit decomposition.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Both statements are factually correct, since temperature and moisture indeed regulate the rate of decomposition through their effect on decomposer (microbial) activity; however, the reason merely

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