Which of the following pair of instrument – type is correct? I. Veena –…

Concept: Indian musical instruments (per Bharata's Natya Shastra fourfold classification) are grouped by how sound is produced: Tat Vadya (chordophones – stringed instruments, plucked or bowed), Sushir Vadya (aerophones – wind instruments), Avanaddha Vadya (membranophones – percussion instruments with a stretched skin), and Ghan Vadya (idiophones – solid/struck instruments).

Applying this to the two statements:

• Veena is a plucked stringed instrument, so it is classified under Tat Vadya, not Avanaddha (which covers skin-covered percussion instruments). Statement I is incorrect.

• Sarangi is a bowed stringed instrument, so it too is classified under Tat Vadya, not Sushir (which covers wind instruments). Statement II is incorrect.

Cross-check: genuine Avanaddha instruments are skin-covered percussion instruments such as the Tabla, Mridangam, and Dholak, while genuine Sushir instruments are wind instruments such as the Bansuri and Shehnai. Veena and Sarangi match neither of these families — both remain string instruments (Tat Vadya), one plucked, the other bowed.

Since both statement I and statement II pair the instrument with the wrong category, neither pairing is correct — the answer is "Neither I nor II".