Given below are two statements:
Statement 1 : in a diatomic molecule, the rotational energy at a given temperature obeys Maxwell’s distribution.
Statement 2: In a diatomic molecule, the rotational energy at a given temperature equals the translational kinetic energy for each molecule.

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both statement 1 and statement 2 are true

both statement 1 and statement 2 are false

statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false

answer is D.

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For a diatomic molecule even rotational energy at given temperature obeys Maxwell’s distribution.
For a diatomic molecule rotational energy = $\frac{2}{2} R T$
Translational energy = $\frac{3}{2} R T$

$E_{R} \neq E_{T}$

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