Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Endarch and exarch are the terms often used for describing the position of secondary xylem in the plant body.
Statement II: In roots, the protoxylem lies towards the center while the metaxylem lies towards the periphery.
In the light of the above statements, choose the answer from the options given below:

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Primary xylem is of two types – protoxylem and metaxylem. The first formed primary xylem elements are called protoxylem and the later formed primary xylem is called metaxylem.

In roots, the protoxylem lies towards periphery and metaxylem lies towards the center. Such arrangement of primary xylem is called exarch.