UPSC Prelims Marathon 29 October – Jainism-I – 2025

With reference to the core metaphysical principles of Jainism, consider the following statements:
1.Anekantavada posits that Reality has many facets (non-absolutism), meaning that no single, one-sided perspective can capture the full truth about an entity.
2.The doctrine of Syadvada (Theory of Relative Pluralism) logically follows from Anekantavada and suggests that all human judgments must be expressed conditionally using seven modes of predication (Nayas).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?