Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement 1 is correct, as Lord Curzon's university reforms mirrored the official, control-minded attitude towards the spread of higher education in India.

Statement 2 is incorrect, as the Indian Universities Bill drew sharp resistance from Indian nationalists who saw it as tightening government control.

Leaders like Gopal Krishna Gokhale strongly criticised the Bill in the legislative council.

The resulting Indian Universities Act of 1904 increased official control over universities and colleges.

Curzon had convened the 1902 Universities Commission that preceded this legislation.

The reforms reduced the number of fellows and tightened affiliation and inspection of colleges.