Identify the incorrect statement from the following.

Option 1 - <p>All the five 5d orbitals are different in size when compared to the respective 4d orbitals.<br>&lt;!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
Option 2 - <p>All the five 4 d orbitals have shapes similar to the respective 3 d orbitals.<br>&lt;!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
Option 3 - <p>In an atom, all the five 3d orbitals are equal in energy in free state.<br>&lt;!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
Option 4 - <p>The shapes of dxy, dyz and dzx orbitals are similar to each other; and d(x²-y²) and d(z²) similar to each other.</p>
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Shapes of d? ²? ² and d? ² are not similar to each other.

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