Consider the following statements : 1. There are no parables in Upanishads. 2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

States that each brahmana has an aranyaka and an upanishad and that Upanishads deal with philosophical enquiries, implying a genre focus distinct from ritual manuals.

A student could use this rule to expect primarily philosophical material in Upanishads and then check whether philosophical texts commonly use parables to teach abstract ideas.

Specifically cites verses from the Chhandogya Upanishad, indicating the Upanishads contain extended passages (verses) that can carry illustrative material.

Look up the Chhandogya Upanishad text (or examples of its verses) to see if any verses take the form of stories or illustrative episodes.

Notes that the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad contains a list of successive generations of teachers and students — an example of narrative or biographical content within an Upanishad.

Investigate the Brihadaranyaka for other narrative segments (teacher-student dialogues or illustrative episodes) that function like parables.

Describes Puranas as collections that 'contain stories about gods and goddesses' and were written to be read aloud, establishing that other Hindu genres explicitly preserve narrative material.

Use the clear contrast with Puranic storytelling to test whether Upanishads—by comparison—contain fewer or different kinds of stories (e.g., allegories vs. popular myths).

Says Upanishads show people curious about meanings like life and afterlife, suggesting the texts address abstract ideas that can be taught via allegory or parable.

Given their philosophical aims, a student can examine whether philosophical instruction in other traditions uses parables and so whether Upanishads might likewise employ them.