Choose the correct statements:
$(i)$ Growth cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms.
$(ii)$ Dead organisms do not grow.
$(iii)$ Reproduction cannot be an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms.
$(iv)$ No non-living object is capable of replicating itself.
$(v)$ Metabolism in a test tube is non-living.
$(vi)$ Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms.

• A
  $(i)$ and $(iii)$
• B
  All except $(v)$
• C
  All except $(iii)$
• D
  All of these