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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 2 only
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Standard Reference Verified- Statement 1 is incorrect: The Upanishads contain several didactic parables and allegories to convey abstract metaphysical truths (e.g., the story of Nachiketa and Yama in the Katha Upanishad, the dialogue between Uddalaka and Shvetaketu in the Chandogya Upanishad, and the parable of the two birds in the Mundaka Upanishad).
- Statement 2 is correct: The major classical Upanishads were composed primarily during the later Vedic and pre-Mauryan period (c. 800–500 BCE), whereas the major classical Puranas assumed their extant written forms much later during the Gupta and post-Gupta eras (c. 3rd to 10th century CE).
Statement 1 contains the absolute negative claim 'no parables', which is easily falsified since philosophical texts universally utilize allegorical tales.
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