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

Both statements are correct, since non-verbal communication is partly culture-bound and partly universal at the same time.

Statement 1 is sound because much non-verbal signalling rests on the arbitrary use of symbols, so a gesture can mean one thing in one culture and something else in another.

Statement 2 is sound because a great deal of non-verbal communication is iconic, resembling what it stands for, and so can be grasped across cultures without prior learning.

The two describe complementary layers, one where meaning is agreed by convention and one where meaning is read from likeness.

Neither claim cancels the other, so reading either as false would flatten the mixed nature of non-verbal signs.

Facial expressions of basic emotion are often cited as the iconic, widely shared side of this picture.