With reference to India, consider the following statements: [2021]
1) Retail investors through demat accounts can invest in 'Treasury Bills' and 'Government of India Debt Bonds' in the primary market.
2) The 'Negotiated Dealing System-Order Matching' is a government securities trading platform of the Reserve Bank of India.
3) The 'Central Depository Services Ltd'. is jointly promoted by the Reserved Bank of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only c) 3 only d) 2 and 3 only

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Consider the following statements:
Statement-I: June 29 is celebrated as National Statistics Day
Statement-II: June 29 is the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the father of statistics in India.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct