Consider the following statements regarding caste enumeration and the use of linguistic–cultural markers in India: Statement I: The open-ended self-declaration method used in the 2011 Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) for collecting caste names resulted in large-scale duplication and spelling variations, complicating the creation of a standardised caste list. Statement II: The Census of India has historically collected mother tongue and language data, which can be analytically leveraged to cluster communities with shared ancestry and kinship patterns. Statement III: Denotified Tribes (DNTs) were separately enumerated in all post-Independence Censuses of India as a distinct administrative category. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

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Neither Statement II nor Statement III is correct.

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Only one of the Statements II and III is correct, and that explains Statement I.

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Both Statement II and Statement III are correct, but only one of them explains Statement I.

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Both Statement II and Statement III are correct, and both of them explain Statement I.

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