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  4. Given below are two statements: Statement I: Potassium permanganate on heating at 573 K forms potassium manganate. Statement II: Both potassium permanganate and potassium manganate are tetrahedral and paramagnetic in nature. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Q. Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Potassium permanganate on heating at $573\, K$ forms potassium manganate.
Statement II : Both potassium permanganate and potassium manganate are tetrahedral and paramagnetic in nature. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Solution:

$\underset{\text{Potassium permanganate}}{2KMnO_4} \xrightarrow{573\,K} \underset{\text{Potassium manganate}}{K_{2}MnO_{4}}+MnO_{2} +O_{2}$

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Statement-I is correct.

Statement-II is incorrect