Consider the following statements: Al-Beruni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is

Q. Consider the following statements: Al-Beruni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is

1. A sympathic study of Indian civilization.

2. Mainly a political history of India.

3. Critical of Mahmud Ghaznavi’ s plundering raids of India.

4. Mainly a study of India’s cultural, social and intellectual history.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) 1, 3 and 4

(b) 1 and 4

(c) 2 and 4

(d) Alone

Ans: (a) 1, 3 and 4