UPSC NDA II 2025 General Ability Paper
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Directions : In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in _ present-day Uzbekistan
S6 : He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for the city
P. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he _ took several scholars back to his capital, Ghazni : Al-Biruni was one among them
Q. He was well versed in several languages; Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Sanskrit
R. Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time
S. However he did not know Greek, although he was familiar with the works of Plato and other Greek philosophers
S1: Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in _ present-day Uzbekistan
S6 : He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for the city
P. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he _ took several scholars back to his capital, Ghazni : Al-Biruni was one among them
Q. He was well versed in several languages; Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Sanskrit
R. Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time
S. However he did not know Greek, although he was familiar with the works of Plato and other Greek philosophers
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