Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The disk has a total number of 2000 cylinders.

Statement II: 51200 bytes is not a valid block size for the disk. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
3. CStatement I is correct but Statement II is false
4. DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is true

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Correct answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Each surface has 2000 tracks, so there are 2000 cylinders. A block must fit within a track (25,600 bytes); 51,200 bytes is two tracks, so it is not a valid block size. Both statements are true.