Statement 1: Under water storage is more effective than that in the air. Statement 2: Adsorption of CO2 on the surface of grains is a reversible process.

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Statement 1: Under water storage is more effective than that in the air.

Statement 2: Adsorption of CO2 on the surface of grains is a reversible process.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

I had been asked this question during an interview.

Query is from Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods-2 in chapter Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage, Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

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