Consider the following statements: Statement 1: The product of a number with zero is always zero, Statement 2: The product of a number with zero is the number itself. Which one of the following is correct about the above statements?

• A.       Statement 1 is true and 2 is false
• B. Statement 1 is false and 2 is true
• C. Both statements are false
• D. Both statements are true
• E. None of these