Question

S1: The Qutub Minar was completed under Qutub-ud-din-Aibak during the Delhi Sultanate.
S2: The inscriptions on the tower depict the ruler's victory over India.

Choose the appropriate option:

• A. S1: True; S2: True; S2 is the correct explanation for S1
• B. S1: True; S2: True; Both the statements are independent statements
• C. S1: True; S2: False
• D. S1: False; S2: True

Answer 1

The correct option is D S1: False; S2: True

The construction of the Qutub Minar was started by the Delhi Sultanate ruler, Qutub-ud-din Aibak of the Slave dynasty, and completed by his successor, Iltutmish. Inscriptions from the Minaret show that it posed a reminder of the victory of the ruler, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, over India.