Given below are two statements: Statement (I): Experimentally determined oxygenoxygen bond lengths in the {O}₃ are found to be same and the bond length is greater than that of a {O}=0 (double bond) but less than that of a single ({O}-{O}) bond. Statement (II): The strong lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is solely responsible for the fact that the bond length in ozone is smaller than that of a double bond ({O}={O}) but more than that of a single bond ({O}-{O}). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below : [24 Jan 2025 Shift 2]

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Correct Answer is : Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Bond	$(\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{O})$ Bond order
$(\mathrm{O}-\mathrm{O})$	1.0
	1.5
$\mathrm{O}=\mathrm{O}$	2.0

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Part 3