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Statement-I :- Enantiomers are optically active compounds.Statement-II :- Racemic mixture is obtained from equal mixture of enantiomers and is optically inactive.

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Statement-I :- Enantiomers are optically active compounds.Statement-II :- Racemic mixture is obtained from equal mixture of enantiomers and is optically inactive.

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Statement-I: True. Enantiomers are a type of stereoisomer that are mirror images of each other and are not superimposable. They rotate plane-polarized light in equal amounts but in opposite directions, which makes them optically active.

Statement-II: True. A racemic mixture is a 50:50 mixture of two enantiomers. Because the two enantiomers rotate plane-polarized light in exactly equal but opposite directions, their effects cancel each other out, making the mixture optically inactive.

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