Consider the following statements:1. The water content of a soil remains unchanged during entire duration of a ‘quick test.2. Effective stress cum shear parameters of clay can be obtained from drained triaxial shear test.3. Strain-controlled shear test is a good option since this test procedure maintains better control on the rate of loading than other tests.Which of the above statements is/ are correct?

• A. 1, 2 and 3
• B. 1 only
• C. 1 and 3 only
• D. 2 and 3 only