Identify the CORRECT statement about the characteristics

of living organisms among the following.

(i)Living things grow with an increase in mass and number of

cells.

(ii) Metabolism is a two-staged process in living organisms.

(iii) ‘Response to stimuli’ is a trait of living organisms.

(A) Only (i)

 (B) Only (ii)

(C) Both (i) and (iii)

 (D) (i), (ii) and (iii)