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More than a thousand years ago, Al-Biruni, a traveller from Uzbekistan, had described his observations about India. Which of the following observations were recorded in Al-Biruni's book?
A. People of India are very skilled at making ponds.
B. Horses are used to draw carts in India.
C. Step-wells have separate steps for going up and coming down.
D. Lakes and Johads are built to collect water.
Choose the correct option.
Answer: D
The observations recorded by Al-Biruni are A and C.
Al-Biruni, the scholar from Khwarizm who came to India about a thousand years ago, wrote with admiration about Indian water works. He described the people of India as very skilled at building ponds and tanks (A), and noted that their stepped tanks had separate steps for going down and for coming up (C).
Horse-drawn carts (B) and the building of lakes and johads (D) are not among the observations of his quoted in this context, so the other options are wrong.
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