Given below are two statements: \ Statement (I): The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increa

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Given below are two statements:  \ Statement (I): The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of C -atoms.\ Statement (II) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher in comparison to other class of compounds such as ethers, haloalkanes.\ In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :\

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(c) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of carbon atoms (increase in van der Waals forces). The boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher in comparison to other classes of compounds, namely hydrocarbons, ethers, haloarenes and haloalkanes of comparable molecular masses due to the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding.\