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

Statement I:According to Nyaya philosophy, an argument does not proceed on issues that are well established

Statement II:According to Nyaya philosophy, an argument can proceed only on those issues that are completely and absolutely unknown

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 while Statement 2 is incorrect.

In Nyaya an argument arises only where there is genuine doubt about something.

Matters that are already well established need no argument, so Statement 1 holds.

But an argument cannot proceed on what is completely and absolutely unknown either.

If a thing were wholly unknown, there would be no doubt and no ground to reason about it.

Since argument works on doubtful, not utterly unknown, matters, Statement 2 fails.

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