Consider the following statements:

(A) The diameter of a thread is so small that it cannot be measured using a meter scale.
(B) In a screw gauge the least count decreases on increasing the number of divisions on the circular scale.
(C) A large number of observations (say, 100) will give more reliable results than a smaller number of observations (say, 5).


Choose the correct option from the given ones:

1. Only statements 1 and 2 are correct
2. Only statements 2 and 3 are correct
3. All three statements are correct
4. Only statements 1 and 3 are correct