Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Part 3

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): For

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C

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‌IF3 , all three possible structures may be drawn as follows.
Statement (II): Structure III is most stable, as the orbitals having the lone pairs are axial, where the lp-bp repulsion is minimum.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :