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Al-Biruni was born in 973 in Khwarizm, which lies in present-day:
AAzerbaijan
BUzbekistan
CKazakhstan
DTajikistan
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Uzbekistan
1. Khwarizm was a centre of learning.
2. It is in present-day Uzbekistan.
3. He knew Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 5, Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society._
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