Statement 1: Superoxide ion is paramagnetic whereas peroxide ion is diamagnetic.
Statement 2: Superoxide ion ${[O - O]}^{-}$ has one unpaired electron whereas peroxide ion ${[O - O]}^{- 2}$ has no unpaired electron.

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${[O - O]}^{-}$ has MO configuration

$σ 1 s^{2} σ^{*} 1 s^{2}, σ 2 s^{2} σ^{*} 2 s^{2}, σ 2 p^{2} π 2 p_{x}^{2} π 2 p_{y}^{2} π^{*} 2 p_{x}^{2} π^{*} 2 p_{y}^{1}$

${[O - O]}^{2 -}$ has MO configuration

$σ 1 s^{2} σ^{*} 1 s^{2}, σ 2 s^{2} σ^{*} 2 s^{2}, σ 2 p^{2} π 2 p_{x}^{2} π 2 p_{y}^{2} π^{*} 2 p_{x}^{2} π^{*} 2 p_{y}^{2}$

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