Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Atoms are electrically neutral as they contain equal number of positive and negative charges.
Statement II: Atoms of each element are stable and emit their characteristic spectrum.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- A
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
- B
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
- C
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
- D
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
Statement I is correct: an atom has equal protons and electrons, so net charge is zero.
Statement II is misleading: not every element's atoms are stable (many isotopes are radioactive), and emission of a characteristic spectrum only happens when atoms are excited, not as an inherent always-on property. So II is taken as incorrect.
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