Given below are two statements:
Statement I: A mixture of chloroform and aniline can be separated by simple distillation.
Statement II: When separating aniline from a mixture of aniline and water by steam
Distillation aniline boils below its boiling point.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Both statement I and Statement II are true

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

answer is D.

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$S_{1}$ Chloroform and aniline differ much in their boiling points.

( $61.2 ° c$ ) ( $184.1 ° c$ )

$∴$ They can be separated by single distillation.

$S_{2}$ In the steam distillation of aniline it boils at a temperature much below its normal boiling point. It boils off at a lamp below 100°C.

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