With reference to India's National Quantum Mission and Quantum Quest 2025, consider the following statements: 1. Quantum Quest 2025 was hosted by IIT Kanpur and featured the launch of the 'Quantum Prabodhanam' newsletter. 2. The National Quantum Mission targets the development of quantum computers with 50 to 1000 physical qubits by 2031. 3. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) relies entirely on classical mathematical algorithms to secure communication. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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A. 1 and 2 only — Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect because Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) secures communication using the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics (such as the uncertainty principle and no-cloning theorem), whereas traditional encryption relies on classical mathematical algorithms.

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