Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Consider the following statements about Qutub Minar :

1. Qutub minar houses the tomb of Qutb-ud-din-Aibak.
2. It was built to compete with Alai minar.
3. The Qutub minar complex houses the ancient Gupta period iron pillar.

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

• A. 1 only
• B. 1 and 2
• C. 2 and 3
• D. 1,2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is B 1 and 2

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The Qutb Minar was constructed by Qutb-ud-din-Aibak and Iltutmish in the honour of Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki a 13th-century sufi saint.

Alai Minar was a later structure constructed during the time of Alauddin Khilji.

The 4th century Iron pillar, is also housed in the Qutb minar complex.