Read the following statements carefully:1.Railway Ministry successfully conducted one of the world’s largest recruitment exercises for filling up critical safety and operational posts and has reached its completion stage.2.Two recruitment notifications - one for Assistant Loco Pilots and Technicians and the other for Level-I posts were released in 2018 for filling up about 1.27 lakh vacancies.3.In all, around 2.4 crore applicants applied, making it the largest recruitment exercise.Which of the above statements is/are correct?

• A. Only 1
• B. Only 1 and 2
• C. Only 1 and 3
• D. Only 2 and 3
• E. All are correct