Explanation:

Statement 1: Magadha enjoyed an advantageous geographical position in the age of iron because the richest iron deposits were situated not far away from Rajgir, the earliest capital of Magadha.
• The ready availability of rich iron ores in the neighbourhood enabled the Magadhan princes to equip themselves with weapons, which wore not easily available to their rivals. So, 1 is clearly wrong.
• However, Iron mines were also found in eastern MP, and were not far ‘from the kingdom of the Avantis with their capital at Ujjain. Around 500 B.C. iron was certainly forged and smelted in Ujjain making weapons of good quality.
• On account of ’this ‘Avanti proved to be the most serious competitor of Magadha for the supremacy of north India, and Magadha took about a hundred years to subjugate Ujjain.
Statement 2: Magadha enjoyed certain advantages which made it informidable.
• The two capitals of Magadha, the first at Rajgir and the second at Pataliputra, were situated at very strategic points.
• Rajgir was surrounded by a group of five hills, and so it was rendered impregnable in those days when there were no easy means of storming citadels such as cannons
• In the fifth century the Magadhan princes shifted their capital from Raigir to Pataliputra which occupied a pivotal position commanding communications on all sides. Pataliputra was situated at the confluence of the Ganga, the Gandak and the Son, and a fourth river called the Sarayu.