With reference to Home Guards, consider the following statements : 1. Home Guards are raised under the Home Guards Act and Rules of the Central Government. 2. The role of the Home Guards is to serve as an auxiliary force to the police in maintenance of internal security. 3. To prevent infiltration on the international border/coastal areas, the Border Wing Home Guards Battalions have been raised in some States. How many of the above statements are correct?

Option (b) is correct because statements 2 and 3 accurately describe the Home Guards' role as an auxiliary police force and the specialized deployment of Border Wing battalions in frontier states to prevent infiltration. Statement 1 is incorrect because Home Guards are raised under the specific Acts and Rules of individual State Governments or Union Territories, rather than a single Central Government Act. The core concept tested is the administrative jurisdiction and functional mandate of voluntary auxiliary forces within India’s internal security framework.