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

Statement I:Bharata Muni prescribed popular dialects for communication among the elites.

Statement II:Bharata Muni also prescribed classical languages for common people for effective communication.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Explanation

Both statements about Bharata Muni are false because each reverses his actual prescription.

Statement 1 claims he prescribed popular dialects for communication among the elites, which inverts the real arrangement.

Bharata Muni assigned refined classical speech, Sanskrit, to the elite and cultured characters.

Statement 2 claims he prescribed classical languages for common people, which again flips the truth.

For ordinary and lower characters he prescribed the popular regional dialects, Prakrit forms, suited to their station.

His Natya Sastra matched language register to character and audience, the exact opposite of what these lines assert.

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