Consider the following statements regarding the Instrument of Accession signed by Maharaja Hari Singh and the integration of princely states in 1947:

Statements

1. Under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, princely states were given the option to accede to either India or Pakistan, with the lapse of British paramountcy leaving them technically independent until they chose to accede.
2. The Instrument of Accession executed by Jammu and Kashmir ceded full sovereignty over all subjects to the Government of India, including internal administration and residuary powers.
3. A standstill agreement, distinct from an Instrument of Accession, was designed to maintain existing administrative and communication arrangements between a princely state and a Dominion without constituting accession.