Given below are two statements:

Statement I:
The boiling points of aldehydes and ketones are higher than hydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses because of weak molecular association in aldehydes and ketones due to dipole-dipole interactions.

Statement II:
The boiling points of aldehydes and ketones are lower than the alcohols of similar molecular masses due to the absence of H-bonding.

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

Option 1 - <p>Both Statement I and Statement II are correct<br>&lt;!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
Option 2 - <p>Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.<br>&lt;!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
Option 3 - <p>Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.<br>&lt;!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
Option 4 - <p>Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.<br>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</p>
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Detailed Solution:

As compared to hydrocarbons of similar mass aldehydes and ketones will have greater dipole-dipole interactions.

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