Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct?
1. He argued that India was a federation of ethnic communities based on common descent. 2. His philosophy was very similar to that of the Indian National Congress. 3. He imagined India as a Nation State based on individual citizen's rights. 4. The curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College blended Muslim theology and European empiricism.
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Options

A. 1 only
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 4