Step 1: Understanding the Question:
This question tests knowledge of plant diseases of jute.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
Seedling blight, collar rot, stem rot, and root rot are important fungal diseases of jute.
This statement is true.
Anthracnose is a fungal disease (caused by Colletotrichum), not a bacterial disease.
Thus, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is false.
Step 3: Final Answer:
Thus, Statement I is correct but Statement II is false, which corresponds to option (C).
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