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

Statement I:In ancient India, education was free.

Statement II:In ancient India, education was centralised.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect ✓ Correct

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: in ancient India education was largely free of charge to the pupil.

Statement 2 is false because ancient Indian education was decentralised, not centralised.

Teaching happened in scattered gurukulas, ashrams and monasteries rather than under one authority.

Teachers often supported themselves through voluntary gifts from society and patrons.

There was no single controlling body directing the content or method of learning.

This decentralised, teacher-centred model gave gurus wide freedom over their pupils' education.

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