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:

• A

  Both Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are incorrect

• B

  Statement $I$ is correct but Statement $II$ is incorrect

• C

  Statement $I$ is incorrect but Statement $II$ is correct

• D

  Both Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are correct