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 Mahmud of Ghazni belong to _______ race.

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  1. Arab

  2. Afghan

  3. Mongol

  4. Turk

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Correct Option: B

Who among the following came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni?

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  1. AI-Masudi

  2. AI-Biruni

  3. Sulaiman

  4. Abdul Haq

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Al- Biruni was an Iranian Scholar, historian, chronologist, and linguist. He spent a large part of his life in Gazhni in modern day Afghanistan. In 1017 he came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

The scholar who had accompanied with Mohammed of Ghazni to India was ___________.

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  1. Al-Raza

  2. Ibn-Batuta

  3. Al-Beruni

  4. Al-Firdausi

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Al-Beruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars and poets back to his capital, Ghazni. Al-Biruni was one of them. Al-Biruni had accompanied with Muhammad of Ghazni to India.