Given below are two statements :
Statement I: The halogen that makes longest bond with hydrogen in HX, has the smallest covalent radius in its group.
Statement II : A group 15 element's hydride 
has the lowest boiling point among corresponding hydrides of other group 15 elements. The maximum covalency of that element E is 4 .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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(bond length order)
(radius order)
(Boiling point order)
Maximum possible covalency of phosphorous is 6
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