Consider the following statements:1.There are no parables in Upanishads.2.Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

1. A

   1 only

   1 only. Upanishads do contain parables and dialogues.

2. B

   2 only

   2 only. Upanishads are earlier than the Puranas.

3. C

   Both 1 and 2

   Both. Statement 1 is false.

4. D

   Neither 1 nor 2

   Neither. Statement 2 holds.

Summary. Official key is (b) 2 only. The principal Upanishads belong to the later Vedic / early philosophical layer; the Puranas are a much later genre. Statement 1 is false: Upanishads use stories and parables (Yama–Nachiketa, Yajnavalkya dialogues). So only 2 is correct.