Given below are two statements.
Statement I: Maltose has two $α$ -D-glucose units linked at $C_{1}$ and $C_{4}$ and is a reducing sugar.
Statement II: Maltose has two monosaccharides: $α$ -D-glucose and $β$ -D-glucose linked at $C_{1}$ and $C_{6}$ and it is a non-reducing sugar.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct 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 false

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

answer is C.

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maltose is composed of two α-D-glucose units in which C₁ of one glucose (I) is linked to C₄ of another glucose unit (II)

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