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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 68

Topic: Water

Q68

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.

  1. (1) A and B
  2. (2) B and C
  3. (3) C and D
  4. (4) A and CCorrect answer

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) A and C

  1. Al-Biruni wrote that the people of India are very skilled at building ponds (A).
  2. He also noted that step-wells have separate sets of steps for going down and coming up, so people do not bump into each other (C).
  3. Horse carts (B) and building lakes and johads (D) are not the observations recorded from his book in the EVS text.