Given below are two statements : Statement I : Wet cotton clothes made of cellulose based carbohydrate takes comparatively longer time to get dried than wet nylon polymer based clothes. Statement II :

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Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Wet cotton clothes made of cellulose based carbohydrate takes comparatively longer time to get dried than wet nylon polymer based clothes.
Statement II : Intermolecular hydrogen bonding with water molecule is more in nylon-based clothes than in the case of cotton clothes.
In the light of above statements, choose the Correct answer from the options given below

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Cellulose derivcative has more number of hydroxy groups, so more H -bonding is present with water in cellulose derivatives cotton cloths.

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