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(A) Statement $A$ is correct: Detritivores (like earthworms) break down detritus into smaller particles,a process known as fragmentation.Statement $B$

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$A, B, C$ only

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(A) Statement $A$ is correct: Detritivores (like earthworms) break down detritus into smaller particles,a process known as fragmentation.Statement $B$ is correct: During mineralization,some microbes further degrade humus to release inorganic nutrients.Statement $C$ is correct: Water-soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil horizon and get precipitated as unavailable salts by the process of leaching.Statement $D$ is incorrect: The detritus food chain begins with dead organic matter (detritus),not living organisms.Statement $E$ is incorrect: Earthworms break down detritus into smaller particles by fragmentation,not catabolism. Catabolism is the process where bacterial and fungal enzymes degrade detritus into simpler inorganic substances.Therefore,statements $A, B,$ and $C$ are correct.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$A$. Decomposition	$I$. Accumulation of dark coloured amorphous colloidal substance
$B$. Detritus	$II$. Release of inorganic nutrients by the activity of microbes in soil
$C$. Mineralisation	$III$. Breaking down of complex organic matter into inorganic substances
$D$. Humification	$IV$. Dead remains of plants and animals including fecal matter

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