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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Al Biruni was familiar with translations and adaptations of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit texts into Arabic.
Reason: Al-Biruni was amazed to see the perfection in which these texts were written, and wanted them to remain the same.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.


Correct Reason: Al-Biruni was critical about the ways in which these texts were written, and clearly wanted to improve on them.

Al-Biruni, who wrote in Arabic, probably intended his work for peoples living along the frontiers of the subcontinent. He was familiar with translations and adaptations of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit texts into Arabic (ASSERTION) – these ranged from fables to works on astronomy and medicine. However, he was also critical about the ways in which these texts were written, and clearly wanted to improve on them.

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