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Direction: Each of the question consist of two statements, one labeled as the ‘Statement (I)’ and the other as ‘Statement (II)’. Examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these items using the codes given below:

Statement (I): When a loop rating curve is prepared at a gauging station when a flood wave passes, the maximum discharge occurs earlier than the maximum stage.
Statement (II): When a flood wave passes through a reach, during rising stages, some water may get into depressions on the floodplains of the river and, may be, only part of this spill returns to the channel runoff when flood levels recede.

[ESE (IES) CE 2017 Technical]

A Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I)

B Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I)

C Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false

D Statement (I) is false but statement (II) is true