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Consider the following statements with regard to the envisaged federation under the Government of India Act, 1935:

1. The British provinces and the princely states as units of the federation were equal in numerous respects.

2. It was voluntary for the princely states to join the federation and compulsory for the British provinces to join the federation.

3. The princely states and the British provinces never expressed the desire for a union.

4. The idea of federation, under the Act of 1935, was imposed on India. Choose the correct statements from the codes given here.

A) 1, 2, 3              

B) 1, 2, 4

C) 1, 3, 4              

D) 2, 3, 4