A company issued 50000 shares of par value $ 100 each. If the total dividend declared by the company is $ 125000, out of which `50000 have been kept in reserve fund and the remaining is distributed as dividend, find out the rate of dividend paid by the company.

• A. <table><tr><td rowspan="2"> 2</td><td style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:2px;"><center>3</center></td><td rowspan="2"> %</td></tr><td align="center">4</td></table>
• B. <table><tr><td rowspan="2"> 1</td><td style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:2px;"><center>1</center></td><td rowspan="2"> %</td></tr><td align="center">2</td></table>
• C. <table><tr><td rowspan="2"> 1</td><td style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;padding-bottom:2px;"><center>1</center></td><td rowspan="2"> %</td></tr><td align="center">4</td></table>
• D. 2 %