With reference to Hath Yog, which of the following statement is/are correct? 1) Hath Yog was practiced by Nathpanthis 2) Hath Yog technique was also adopted by the Sufis. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Both statements are correct, so C is right. Hatha Yoga is the body-centred branch of yoga built on asanas, mudras, bandhas, pranayama and shatkarma (cleansing). Its classic texts, the Goraksha Shataka and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Svatmarama, 15th century), are rooted in the Nath tradition, and Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath are its key figures. So Statement 1 holds.

Statement 2 is also correct, though it is less often taught. Medieval Sufi circles, including some Chishti and Naqshbandi practitioners, adopted breath regulation and posture-based discipline, and scholars trace this exchange in the shared mystical milieu of the period. The point is borrowing and contact, not that Sufism accepted yoga as a system.

Mains angle: this exchange is a good example of syncretism in medieval India, the same current that shaped the Bhakti and Sant traditions and that features in GS-1 answers on composite culture.

Trap: aspirants assume Hatha Yoga is purely Brahmanical or that Sufism rejected all yogic practice, and so mark only 1. The Nath link is direct; the Sufi link is a documented borrowing.