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Question
Assertion: Sporopollenin preserves pollen in fossil deposits
Reason: Sporopollenin is resistant to physical and biological decomposition
Options
assertion is true; reason is false
assertion is false; reason is true
Both Assertion and reason are not true
Both Assertion and reason are true
Solution
Assertion is false; reason is true
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