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Consider the following statements:

Filling up a part of the empty hood of a ship with ballasts will:

1. Reduce the metacentric height

2. Lower the position of the centre of gravity

3. Elevate the position of centre of gravity.

4. Elevate the position of centre of buoyancy.

Of these statements:

A) 1, 3 and 4 are correct

B) 1 and 2 are correct

C) 3 and 4 are correct

D) 2 and 4 are correct