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Statement I: Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl E. Wieman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms. Statement II: They received the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 2001 for this achievement.

  1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are trueCorrect answer
  2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
  3. CStatement I is true, but Statement II is false
  4. DStatement I is false, but Statement II is true
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A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

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Cornell, Ketterle and Wieman shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001 for achieving Bose–Einstein condensation in dilute alkali-atom gases and early fundamental studies of the condensates. The experimental achievements preceded the prize year; both statements are true.

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