Given below are two statements:

Statement I : Colourless cupric metaborate is reduced to cuprous metaborate in a luminous flame.

Statement II :  Cuprous metaborate is obtained by heating boric anhydride and copper sulpahte in a non-luminous flame.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Option 1 - <p>Statement I is false but Statement II is true</p>
Option 2 - <p>Both Statement I and Statement II are true</p>
Option 3 - <p>Both Statement I and Statement II are false</p>
Option 4 - <p>Statement I is true but Statement II is false</p>
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Blue cupric metaborate is reduced to cuprous metaborate in a luminous flame.

2 C u ( B O 2 ) 2 + 2 N a B O 2 + C L u m i n o u s 2 C u B O 2 + N a 2 B 4 O 7 + C O            

Cupric metaborate is obtained by heating boric anhydride & copper sulphate in a non-luminous flame as

C u S O 4 + B 2 O 3 N o n L u m i n i o u s F l a m e C u ( B O 2 ) 2 B l u e + S O 3 .            

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