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The steps of the digestive process are listed below in a random order.

(i) Water and some salts from undigested food are absorbed.

(ii) Food is liquefied; breakdown of proteins begins.

(iii) Food is moistened; breakdown of starch begins.

(iv) Proteins, carbohydrates, and fats break down; nutrients are majorly absorbed into the bloodstream.

Select the option that gives the correct order of these events as food passes through the human digestive tract.

A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)   

B) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)

C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)   

D) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)