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Statement I : An increase in entropy leads to a decrease in randomness
Statement II : The low energy state of ordered crystals has a high entropy

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Statement 1 and statement 2 are correct and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1
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Both the statement 1 and statement 2 are correct and statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1
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Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect
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Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct
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Both the statement 1 and statement 2 are incorrect
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Solution

The correct option is E Both the statement 1 and statement 2 are incorrect
An increase in entropy leads to an increase in randomness, so statement 1 is not true.The low energy state of ordered crystals also has low entropy. so this is also not true.
So, both statements are not correct.

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