Given below are two statements.
Statement I Formic acid is weaker acid than acetic acid.
Statement II 
of formic acid is less than acetic acid.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. correct answer from the options given below:
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Formic acid is stronger acid than acetic acid because of absence of methyl 
group in formic acid. This means that 
, of formic acid is greater than that of acetic acid and this implies that 
of formic acid will be lesser than that of acetic acid. So, statement I is false and statement II is true.
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