Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth.

Statement II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down below the earth's surface.

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

<p><b>Statement I</b> is true. The acceleration due to gravity varies slightly over the surface of the Earth, being affected by factors such as latitude (because of the Earth&#39;s oblate shape or its equatorial bulge), altitude (it decreases with height above the Earth&#39;s surface), and local geological variations in the Earth&#39;s density.</p> <p><b>Statement II</b> is false. The acceleration due to gravity actually decreases as we go down below the Earth&#39;s surface. This is because the mass that is &quot;above&quot; or outside the location begins to pull the object away from the Earth&#39;s center, and the net gravitational acceleration decreases.</p> <p>Therefore, Option D: Statement I is true but Statement II is false, is the correct answer.</p>