Given below are two statements.
Statement I: A buffer solution is a mixture of a weak acid and its salt or a weak base and its salt taken in appropriate amounts; simply mixing "a salt with an acid or base in any proportion" does not always yield a buffer.
Statement II: Human blood is a natural buffer whose pH is primarily regulated by the 
conjugate pair.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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A buffer requires a weak acid/base with its conjugate salt in suitable ratios (not any random proportions). Blood is buffered mainly by the 
system.
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