Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Most of the mass of the atom and all its positive charge are concentrated in a tiny nucleus and the electrons revolve around it, is Rutherford's model.
Statement II: An atom is a spherical cloud of positive charges with electrons embedded in it, is a special case of Rutherford's model.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate from the options given below.
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According to Rutherford atomic model, most of mass of atom and all its positive charge is concentrated in tiny nucleus 
electron revolve around it. According to Thomson atomic model, atom is spherical cloud of positive charge with electron embedded in it. Hence, Statement I is true but statement II false.
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