when is view state saved in asp.net page life cycle

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After Page_Init and before Page_load event

after page_load and before Page_prerender event

after page_prerender and before page_render event

after page_render and before page_unload event

none of these

Before rendering, view state is saved for the page and all controls. During the rendering phase, the page calls the Render method for each control, providing a text writer that writes its output to the OutputStream of the page's Response property.