Basics Of Organic Chemistry

Given below are two statements :

Statement (I): On nitration of m-xylene with $\mathrm{HNO}_3, \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4$ followed by oxidation, 4-nitrobenzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid is obtained as the major product.

Statement (II) : $-\mathrm{CH}_3$ group is o/p-directing while $-\mathrm{NO}_2$ group is m-directing group.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :