Statement I : Ram Mohan Roy in his famous work Gift to Monotheism put forward weighty arguments against belief in many Gods and for the worship of a single God. Statement I : Ram Mohan Roy in his Precepts of Jesus tried to separate the moral and philosophic message of the New Testament.

Statement I is true as Raja Ram Mohan Roy published 'Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin' (A Gift to Monotheists) in 1805, where he used rational arguments against polytheism and advocated for the worship of a single God [1]. He believed monotheism was the original message of the Vedas and Upanishads [1]. Statement II is also true; in his 1820 work 'Precepts of Jesus', Roy sought to separate the moral and philosophical teachings of the New Testament from its miracle stories and the doctrine of the Trinity. He viewed Jesus as a great teacher of ethics rather than a divine figure [1]. While both statements reflect Roy's commitment to monotheism and rationalism across different religious traditions, Statement II describes his approach to Christianity and does not serve as a logical explanation for his earlier arguments against Hindu polytheism in Statement I.

Sources

1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders > p. 206