Consider the following Statement:
Statement-I: The transmission of characters from parents to offspring is called heredity.
Statement-II: Mendel proposed the theory of inheritance.
Of these statements:
(a) Both the statements are true and Statement-II is the correct explanation of Statement-I.
(b) Both the statements are true, but Statement-II is not the correct explanation of Statement-I.
(c) Statement-I is true, but Statement-II is false.
(d) Statement-I is false, but Statement-II is true.