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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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: (A) Statement I is true but statement II is false (B) Both statement I and statement II are true (C) Statement I is false but statement II is true (D) Both statement I and statement II are false

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underset textPotassium permanganate2KMnO4 xrightarrow573 K underset textPotassium manganateK2MnO4+MnO2 +O2 <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/e20d880cf4d5244fc024bb27721b8c74-.png" /> Statement-I is correct. Statement-II is incorrect

Statement I is true but statement II is false

Both statement I and statement II are true

Statement I is false but statement II is true

Both statement I and statement II are false

Potassium permanganate2KMnO4​​573K​Potassium manganateK2​MnO4​​+MnO2​+O2​ Statement-I is correct. Statement-II is incorrect

$Potassium permanganate 2 K M n O_{4} 573 K Potassium manganate K_{2} M n O_{4} + M n O_{2} + O_{2}$

Statement-I is correct.

Statement-II is incorrect