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 :

Evaluate two statements about boiling points of alcohols and phenols.

Statement I: Boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of C-atoms.

As the number of carbon atoms increases, the molecular weight and van der Waals forces increase, leading to higher boiling points. This is TRUE.

Statement II: Boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher compared to ethers, haloalkanes of comparable molecular mass.

Alcohols and phenols form intermolecular hydrogen bonds (due to the O-H group), which ethers and haloalkanes cannot form. This gives them higher boiling points. This is TRUE.

The correct answer is Option 2: Both Statement I and Statement II are true.