Given below are two statements:Statement I: Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
- BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

1. Statement I is correct: Mendel performed hybridization experiments on garden peas for seven years and proposed the laws of inheritance.2. Statement II is correct: The seven characters were: Stem height, flower colour, flower position, pod shape, pod colour, seed shape, and seed colour.Both statements are accurate.