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1. Hud was sent as a Prophet to the people of
(A) ‘Ād
(B) Thamud
(C) Banu Israel
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
2. Mesopotamia is the old name of
(A) Yemen
(B) Turkey
(C) Iraq
(D) Afghanistan
Ans: C
3. The Himyarite kingdom was established in
(A) Syria
(B) Iraq
(C) Egypt
(D) South-western Arabia
Ans: D
4. The first European to cross the Empty Quarter (al-Rub’ al-Khali) was
(A) St. John Philby
(B) Bertram Thomas
(C) Lawrence of Arabia
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
5. Which of the following animals is known as the ship of the desert?
(A) Horse
(B) Elephant
(C) Donkey
(D) Camel
Ans: D
6. The war of Dahis and Ghabra was fought between
(A) ‘Abs and Dhubyan
(B) Banu Bakr and Taghlib
(C) Aws and Khazraj
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
7. In his migration from Mecca to Medina Prophet Muhammad was accompanied by
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr
(B) Hazrat Umar
(C) Hazrat Uthman
(D) Hazrat Ali
Ans: A
8. Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation in the year
(A) 600
(B) 610
(C) 615
(D) 622
Ans: B
9. The Islamic State was founded by Prophet Muhammad in
(A) Mecca
(B) Medina
(C) Jeddah
(D) Taif
Ans: B
10. The farewell pilgrimage was performed by Prophet Muhammad in the year
(A) 600
(B) 615
(C) 630
(D) 632
Ans: D
11. The battle of Yamamah was fought during the caliphate of
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr
(B) Hazrat Umar
(C) Hazrat Uthman
(D) Hazrat Ali
Ans: A
12. The battle of Siffin was fought between
(A) Aisha and Ali
(B) Quraish and Ansar
(C) Ali and Muawiyah
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
13. The legendary founder of Arabic grammar is
(A) Ibn Khallikan
(B) Abul Aswad al-Du’ali
(C) Umar II
(D) Abdul Malik
Ans: B
14. Hasan al-Basari lived during the
(A) Umayyad period
(B) Abbasid period
(C) Ayyubid period
(D) Ottoman period
Ans: A
15. Who among the following was a schoolmaster before becoming a governor?
(A) Musa Bin Nusayr
(B) Al-Muhallab
(C) Hajjaj Bin Yusuf
(D) Umar Bin Abdullah
Ans: C
16. The Umayyad Caliph Abdul Malik was succeeded by
(A) Hisham
(B) Umar II
(C) Marwan
(D) Al-Walid
Ans: D
17. Arrange the following Caliphs in chronological order. Use the code given below:
i. Yazid
ii. Mu‘awiyah
iii. Mu‘awiyah II
iv. Marwan
Codes:
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: B
18. Who among the following were contemporaries:
(A) Mutanabbi – Khalid Bin Walid
(B) Jarir – Salahuddin Ayyubi
(C) Harun Rashid – Charlemagne
(D) Mamun – Muthanna Ibn Harithah
Ans: C
19. Zubaydah was the wife of
(A) Caliph Al-Mansur
(B) Caliph Al-Hadi
(C) Caliph Al-Mahdi
(D) Caliph Harun Rashid
Ans: D
20. Arrange the following Caliphs in order they ruled. Use the code given below:
i. Al-Mamun
ii. Al-Mutawakkil
iii. Abdul Malik Bin Marwan
iv. Al-Mustasim
Codes:
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: D
21. The book ‘Firdaws al-Hikmah’ by Ali al-Tabari is a book on
(A) Geography
(B) Medicine
(C) Poetry
(D) Chemistry
Ans: B
22. Who one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Ibn Sina – Medicine
(B) Abu Hanifa – Jurisprudence
(C) Jabir Ibn Hayyan – Alchemy
(D) Al-Biruni – Tafsir-e-Quran
Ans: D
23. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Philosopher of the Arabs’?
(A) AL-Kindi
(B) Al-Farabi
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Al-Razi
Ans: A
24. The book ‘al-Durrah al-Yatimah’ was written by
(A) Al-Biruni
(B) Ibn Khaldun
(C) Ibn al-Muqaffa
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
25. The full name of al-Farabi was
(A) Abu Ali al-Farabi
(B) Abul Hasan al-Farabi
(C) Abu Hamid al-Farabi
(D) Abu Nasr al-Farabi
Ans: D
26. Which one of the following is correctly matched:
(A) Arabs – Aryans
(B) Baital Maqdis – Jerusalem
(C) Darul Hikmat – Baghdad
(D) Baitul Hikmat – Cairo
Ans: B
27. The first Muslim scholar in the field of comparative religion was
(A) Ibn Hazm
(B) Al Idrisi
(C) Al-Ghazali
(D) Al-Biruni
Ans: A
28. The book Mu‘jamul Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi is a
(A) Scientific dictionary
(B) Linguistic dictionary
(C) Geographical dictionary
(D) Biographical dictionary
Ans: C
29. Shan-e-Nuzul means
(A) The theme discussed in the Quran.
(B) The relationship of a Surah with the next Surah.
(C) The background and conditions in which a Surah is revealed.
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
30. Which of the following books on Tafsir is incomplete?
(A) Tarjumanul Quran
(B) Tafhimul Quran
(C) Tadabbur-e Quran
(D) Bayanul Quran
Ans: A
31. The interest prohibited in the Quran is known as
(A) Al-Riba
(B) Al-Faidah
(C) Al-Mazid
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
32. Which of the following is the name of a Surah in the Quran?
(A) Al-Qahirah
(B) Al-Dakhilah
(C) Al-Kahf
(D) Al-Fadilah
Ans: C
33. The Surah of the Quran that begins without Bismillah is
(A) Surah Ikhlas
(B) Surah Tawbah
(C) Surah Falaq
(D) Surah Yasin
Ans: B
34. The author of the book ‘Kitabul Manazir’ was
(A) Ibn Abd Rabbih
(B) Ibn Rushad
(C) Ibn al-Haytham
(D) Ibn Zuhr
Ans: C
35. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Ibn Sina – Fath al-Rahman
(B) Al-Ghazali – Al-Itqan
(C) Al-Biruni – Al-Qanun
(D) Al-Ash‘ari – Ilm-e-Kalam
Ans: D
36. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Al-Mawardi – Ihya Ulum al-Din
(B) Al-Ghazali – Maqasid al-Falasifah
(C) Al-Farabi – Al-Siyasat al-Madaniyah
(D) Ibn Rushad – Al-Kulliyat fi al-Tibb
Ans: A
37. The conflict between the Asharites and the Mutazilites emerged during
(A) The Jahili period
(B) The Rashidi period
(C) The Abbasid period
(D) The Ottoman period
Ans: C
38. Who among the following is regarded as the greatest critic of Greek Philosophy?
(A) Al-Ghazali
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Al-Farabi
(D) Ibn Rushd
Ans: A
39. Imam Ghazali died in the year
(A) 1050
(B) 1011
(C) 1111
(D) 1211
Ans: C
40. Imam Shafi‘i was born in
(A) Baghdad
(B) Jerusalem
(C) Damascus
(D) Ghazzah
Ans: D
41. Author of the book ‘al-Masalik w-al-Mamalik’ was
(A) Ibn Khurdadhbih
(B) Al-Masudi
(C) Sulayman al-Tajir
(D) Al-Maqdisi
Ans: A
42. Hadith means
(A) Saying of Prophet Muhammad and his companions
(B) Sayings of Prophet Muhammad’s companions and those who followed them
(C) Sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad
(D) Juristic decisions of Imams
Ans: C
43. Which of the following is not a fundamental source of Islamic law?
(A) Quran
(B) Hadith
(C) Ijma
(D) Tabaqat Ibn Sa‘d
Ans: D
44. Arrange the following jurists in chronological order. Use the code given below:
i. Imam Abu Hanifah
ii. Imam Shafi‘i
iii. Imam Malik Ibn Anas
iv. Imam Ibn Hanbal
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) ii i iii iv
Ans: B
45. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Asnad – Hadith
(B) Tirmidhi – Comparative religion
(C) Ahmed Ibn Hanbal – Mishkat al-Masabih
(D) Abu Dawud – Al-Munqidh Min Al-Dalal
Ans: A
46. Imam Abu Yusuf belongs to
(A) Maliki school of Fiqh
(B) Hanbali school of Fiqh
(C) Hanafi school of Fiqh
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
47. The author of ‘Kashf al-Mahjub’ is
(A) Shaikh Ali Hujweri
(B) Khwaja Nizamuddin Awliya
(C) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
(D) Ameer Khusru
Ans: A
48. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Khwaja Muinuddin – Chistia Order
(B) Ibn Arabi – Wahdat al-Wujud
(C) Hasan Basari – Qadiriya order
(D) Mujaddid Alf-e Thani – Naqshbandia order
Ans: C
49. Who among the following was an Egyptian Sufi poet?
(A) Hafiz Shirazi
(B) Shaikh Sadi
(C) Al-Rumi
(D) Ibn al-Farid
Ans: D
50. Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order. Use the code given below:
i. The Fatimids
ii. The Ayyubids
iii. Burji Mamluks
iv. Bahri Mamluks
Codes:
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: C
(A) ‘Ād
(B) Thamud
(C) Banu Israel
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
2. Mesopotamia is the old name of
(A) Yemen
(B) Turkey
(C) Iraq
(D) Afghanistan
Ans: C
3. The Himyarite kingdom was established in
(A) Syria
(B) Iraq
(C) Egypt
(D) South-western Arabia
Ans: D
4. The first European to cross the Empty Quarter (al-Rub’ al-Khali) was
(A) St. John Philby
(B) Bertram Thomas
(C) Lawrence of Arabia
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
5. Which of the following animals is known as the ship of the desert?
(A) Horse
(B) Elephant
(C) Donkey
(D) Camel
Ans: D
6. The war of Dahis and Ghabra was fought between
(A) ‘Abs and Dhubyan
(B) Banu Bakr and Taghlib
(C) Aws and Khazraj
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
7. In his migration from Mecca to Medina Prophet Muhammad was accompanied by
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr
(B) Hazrat Umar
(C) Hazrat Uthman
(D) Hazrat Ali
Ans: A
8. Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation in the year
(A) 600
(B) 610
(C) 615
(D) 622
Ans: B
9. The Islamic State was founded by Prophet Muhammad in
(A) Mecca
(B) Medina
(C) Jeddah
(D) Taif
Ans: B
10. The farewell pilgrimage was performed by Prophet Muhammad in the year
(A) 600
(B) 615
(C) 630
(D) 632
Ans: D
11. The battle of Yamamah was fought during the caliphate of
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr
(B) Hazrat Umar
(C) Hazrat Uthman
(D) Hazrat Ali
Ans: A
12. The battle of Siffin was fought between
(A) Aisha and Ali
(B) Quraish and Ansar
(C) Ali and Muawiyah
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
13. The legendary founder of Arabic grammar is
(A) Ibn Khallikan
(B) Abul Aswad al-Du’ali
(C) Umar II
(D) Abdul Malik
Ans: B
14. Hasan al-Basari lived during the
(A) Umayyad period
(B) Abbasid period
(C) Ayyubid period
(D) Ottoman period
Ans: A
15. Who among the following was a schoolmaster before becoming a governor?
(A) Musa Bin Nusayr
(B) Al-Muhallab
(C) Hajjaj Bin Yusuf
(D) Umar Bin Abdullah
Ans: C
16. The Umayyad Caliph Abdul Malik was succeeded by
(A) Hisham
(B) Umar II
(C) Marwan
(D) Al-Walid
Ans: D
17. Arrange the following Caliphs in chronological order. Use the code given below:
i. Yazid
ii. Mu‘awiyah
iii. Mu‘awiyah II
iv. Marwan
Codes:
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: B
18. Who among the following were contemporaries:
(A) Mutanabbi – Khalid Bin Walid
(B) Jarir – Salahuddin Ayyubi
(C) Harun Rashid – Charlemagne
(D) Mamun – Muthanna Ibn Harithah
Ans: C
19. Zubaydah was the wife of
(A) Caliph Al-Mansur
(B) Caliph Al-Hadi
(C) Caliph Al-Mahdi
(D) Caliph Harun Rashid
Ans: D
20. Arrange the following Caliphs in order they ruled. Use the code given below:
i. Al-Mamun
ii. Al-Mutawakkil
iii. Abdul Malik Bin Marwan
iv. Al-Mustasim
Codes:
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: D
21. The book ‘Firdaws al-Hikmah’ by Ali al-Tabari is a book on
(A) Geography
(B) Medicine
(C) Poetry
(D) Chemistry
Ans: B
22. Who one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Ibn Sina – Medicine
(B) Abu Hanifa – Jurisprudence
(C) Jabir Ibn Hayyan – Alchemy
(D) Al-Biruni – Tafsir-e-Quran
Ans: D
23. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Philosopher of the Arabs’?
(A) AL-Kindi
(B) Al-Farabi
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Al-Razi
Ans: A
24. The book ‘al-Durrah al-Yatimah’ was written by
(A) Al-Biruni
(B) Ibn Khaldun
(C) Ibn al-Muqaffa
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
25. The full name of al-Farabi was
(A) Abu Ali al-Farabi
(B) Abul Hasan al-Farabi
(C) Abu Hamid al-Farabi
(D) Abu Nasr al-Farabi
Ans: D
26. Which one of the following is correctly matched:
(A) Arabs – Aryans
(B) Baital Maqdis – Jerusalem
(C) Darul Hikmat – Baghdad
(D) Baitul Hikmat – Cairo
Ans: B
27. The first Muslim scholar in the field of comparative religion was
(A) Ibn Hazm
(B) Al Idrisi
(C) Al-Ghazali
(D) Al-Biruni
Ans: A
28. The book Mu‘jamul Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi is a
(A) Scientific dictionary
(B) Linguistic dictionary
(C) Geographical dictionary
(D) Biographical dictionary
Ans: C
29. Shan-e-Nuzul means
(A) The theme discussed in the Quran.
(B) The relationship of a Surah with the next Surah.
(C) The background and conditions in which a Surah is revealed.
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
30. Which of the following books on Tafsir is incomplete?
(A) Tarjumanul Quran
(B) Tafhimul Quran
(C) Tadabbur-e Quran
(D) Bayanul Quran
Ans: A
31. The interest prohibited in the Quran is known as
(A) Al-Riba
(B) Al-Faidah
(C) Al-Mazid
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
32. Which of the following is the name of a Surah in the Quran?
(A) Al-Qahirah
(B) Al-Dakhilah
(C) Al-Kahf
(D) Al-Fadilah
Ans: C
33. The Surah of the Quran that begins without Bismillah is
(A) Surah Ikhlas
(B) Surah Tawbah
(C) Surah Falaq
(D) Surah Yasin
Ans: B
34. The author of the book ‘Kitabul Manazir’ was
(A) Ibn Abd Rabbih
(B) Ibn Rushad
(C) Ibn al-Haytham
(D) Ibn Zuhr
Ans: C
35. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Ibn Sina – Fath al-Rahman
(B) Al-Ghazali – Al-Itqan
(C) Al-Biruni – Al-Qanun
(D) Al-Ash‘ari – Ilm-e-Kalam
Ans: D
36. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Al-Mawardi – Ihya Ulum al-Din
(B) Al-Ghazali – Maqasid al-Falasifah
(C) Al-Farabi – Al-Siyasat al-Madaniyah
(D) Ibn Rushad – Al-Kulliyat fi al-Tibb
Ans: A
37. The conflict between the Asharites and the Mutazilites emerged during
(A) The Jahili period
(B) The Rashidi period
(C) The Abbasid period
(D) The Ottoman period
Ans: C
38. Who among the following is regarded as the greatest critic of Greek Philosophy?
(A) Al-Ghazali
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Al-Farabi
(D) Ibn Rushd
Ans: A
39. Imam Ghazali died in the year
(A) 1050
(B) 1011
(C) 1111
(D) 1211
Ans: C
40. Imam Shafi‘i was born in
(A) Baghdad
(B) Jerusalem
(C) Damascus
(D) Ghazzah
Ans: D
41. Author of the book ‘al-Masalik w-al-Mamalik’ was
(A) Ibn Khurdadhbih
(B) Al-Masudi
(C) Sulayman al-Tajir
(D) Al-Maqdisi
Ans: A
42. Hadith means
(A) Saying of Prophet Muhammad and his companions
(B) Sayings of Prophet Muhammad’s companions and those who followed them
(C) Sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad
(D) Juristic decisions of Imams
Ans: C
43. Which of the following is not a fundamental source of Islamic law?
(A) Quran
(B) Hadith
(C) Ijma
(D) Tabaqat Ibn Sa‘d
Ans: D
44. Arrange the following jurists in chronological order. Use the code given below:
i. Imam Abu Hanifah
ii. Imam Shafi‘i
iii. Imam Malik Ibn Anas
iv. Imam Ibn Hanbal
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) ii i iii iv
Ans: B
45. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Asnad – Hadith
(B) Tirmidhi – Comparative religion
(C) Ahmed Ibn Hanbal – Mishkat al-Masabih
(D) Abu Dawud – Al-Munqidh Min Al-Dalal
Ans: A
46. Imam Abu Yusuf belongs to
(A) Maliki school of Fiqh
(B) Hanbali school of Fiqh
(C) Hanafi school of Fiqh
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
47. The author of ‘Kashf al-Mahjub’ is
(A) Shaikh Ali Hujweri
(B) Khwaja Nizamuddin Awliya
(C) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
(D) Ameer Khusru
Ans: A
48. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Khwaja Muinuddin – Chistia Order
(B) Ibn Arabi – Wahdat al-Wujud
(C) Hasan Basari – Qadiriya order
(D) Mujaddid Alf-e Thani – Naqshbandia order
Ans: C
49. Who among the following was an Egyptian Sufi poet?
(A) Hafiz Shirazi
(B) Shaikh Sadi
(C) Al-Rumi
(D) Ibn al-Farid
Ans: D
50. Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order. Use the code given below:
i. The Fatimids
ii. The Ayyubids
iii. Burji Mamluks
iv. Bahri Mamluks
Codes:
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: C
51. The famous jurist, Alqamah al-Nakha’i, was a pupil of
(A) Abd Allah ibn Abi ‘Awf
(B) Abd Allah ibn Abbas
(C) Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar
(D) Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ūd
Ans: D
52. The name of the extinct book of Abu Hanifah was
(A) Kitāb al-Rā’i
(B) Kitab al-Kharāj’
(C) Usūl al-Hadith
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
53. The author of Kitab al-Risālah is
(A) Imam Muhammad
(B) Imam Abu Yusuf
(C) Imam Shāfi’i
(D) Imam Razi
Ans: C
54. The Prophet’s nocturnal journey is mentioned in Surah
(A) Al-Ma‘ūn
(B) Al-Feel
(C) Al-Sajdah
(D) Al-Isrā’
Ans: D
55. Nizam al-Din Auliyā was born in
(A) Bulandshahar
(B) Badāyūn
(C) Baghdad
(D) Bareilly
Ans: B
56. Mujaddid Alf Thāni was born in
(A) Malerkotla
(B) Lahore
(C) Delhi
(D) Sirhind
Ans: D
57. Ezālat al-Khifā ‘un Khilāfat al-Khulafā was written by
(A) Shah Waliullah
(B) Abdul Haq Dehlavi
(C) Nizam al-Din Auliyā
(D) Amir Khusro
Ans: A
58. Panchtantra was translated into Arabic from Pahlavi by
(A) Al-Fārābi
(B) Ibn al-Mu‘qaffa‘
(C) Muhammad ibn Mūsa al-Khwarizmi
(D) Al-Kindi
Ans: B
59. Beside being a poet and mathematician, Umar al-Khayyam was
(A) Astronomer
(B) Historian
(C) Chemist
(D) Pharmacist
Ans: A
60. Al-Kindi is known as the
(A) Theologian of the Arabs
(B) Novelist of the Arabs
(C) Philosopher of the Arabs
(D) Poet of the Arabs
Ans: C
61. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Al-Battani – Astronomer
(B) Ibn Sina – Historian
(C) Farabi – Jurist
(D) Ibn Nafis – Poet
Ans: A
62. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Al-Biruni – Kitab al-Hind
(B) Abu al-Qasim al-Zahravi – Tafsir
(C) Al-Jahiz – Kitab al-Hayawān
(D) Gazzali – Tarikh al-Khulafā
Ans: D
63. Identify the personality known as Herodotus of the Arabs?
(A) Al-Tabari
(B) Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Al-Biruni
Ans: B
64. Arrange the following personalities chronologically, according to their demise using the code given below:
(i) Al-Biruni
(ii) Al-Kindi
(iii) Al-Tabari
(iv) Ibn Sinā
Codes:
(A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
Ans: D
65. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was basically
(A) Physician
(B) Astrologer
(C) Geographer
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
66. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Ghazzali – Mathematics
(B) Ali Hujveri – Medicine
(C) Jabir ibn Hayyan – Chemistry
(D) Ibn Sina – Mysticism
Ans: C
67. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Scientific – Sir Sayyad Society Ahmad Khan
(B) Kanz al-Iman – Ahmad Raza Khan
(C) Ahl-e-Hadith – Abul A’la Maududi
(D) Bhakti Movement – Ramanand
Ans: C
68. Saddam Husain belonged to
(A) Al-B’ath Party
(B) Ahl-e-Hadith
(C) Sannusi Movement
(D) Ikhwan-al-Muslimun
Ans: A
69. Khawarij were
(A) Against Ali and in favour of Mu‘āwiyah
(B) Against Ali and Mu‘āwiyah
(C) Against Mu‘āwiyah and in favour of Ali
(D) In favour of Ali and Mu‘āwiyah
Ans: B
70. The Ithna ‘Asharis follow the laws laid down by
(A) Imam Zahir
(B) Imam Zaid
(C) Imam Isma’il
(D) Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq
Ans: D
71. The founder of modern Egypt is
(A) Ismail Pasha
(B) Saeed Pasha
(C) Mohammad Ali Pasha
(D) Abbas Pasha
Ans: C
72. Sayyad Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at
(A) Balakot
(B) Pathankot
(C) Rajkot
(D) Sherkot
Ans: A
73. Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab was born in the year
(A) 1690
(B) 1703
(C) 1803
(D) 1903
Ans: B
74. The revolution in Iran led by Ayat Allah Khumaini took place in
(A) 1979
(B) 1984
(C) 1988
(D) 1989
Ans: A
75. The book of al-Mas‘ūdi which depicts the early Indo-Arab relations is
(A) Kitab al-Ma‘arif
(B) Kitab al-Khiraj
(C) Kashf al-Mahjūb
(D) Murūj al-Dhahab
Ans: D
76. The sea-port of Jeddah is located on the
(A) Eastern Coast of Arabia
(B) Western Coast of Arabia
(C) In the Indian Ocean
(D) Persian Gulf
Ans: B
77. Ma’rib dam is located in the country
(A) India
(B) Egypt
(C) Iraq
(D) Yemen
Ans: D
78. The chief deity of al-ka‘abah during the pre-Islamic period was
(A) Al-Lat
(B) Al-Manat
(C) Hubl
(D) Al-uzza
Ans: C
79. The annual fair in which the poetic masterpieces were selected was held at
(A) Mecca
(B) Madina
(C) Yemen
(D) Ukaz
Ans: D
80. Al-Mufaddaliyat was compiled by
(A) Al-Dabbi
(B) Al-Dhabi
(C) Imraul Qays
(D) Al-Aghani
Ans: A
81. Which of the following pair is not matched correctly?
(A) Capital of the Abbasids – Kufa
(B) Capital of the Umayyads – Damascus
(C) First Muslim Capital – Madina
(D) Capital of the Fatimids – Cairo
Ans: A
82. The first slave who accepted Islam was
(A) Zayd bin Harith
(B) Hazrat Bilal
(C) Usama
(D) Hatim al-Tair
Ans: B
83. Prophet Muhammad accompanied his uncle Abu-Talib on a caravan journey to
(A) Palestine
(B) Egypt
(C) Syria
(D) Habsha
Ans: C
84. ‘Isra’ the nocturnal journey of Prophet Muhammad took place when he was in
(A) Mecca
(B) Madina
(C) Taif
(D) Cairo
Ans: A
85. The oldest account of Prophet Muhammad’s life is available in
(A) Sirah ibn-Ishaq
(B) Sirat al-Nabi
(C) Muhammad-e-Arabi
(D) Al-Rahiq ul-Makhtum
Ans: A
86. After Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation there was a brief interval which is called
(A) Sanat al-Wufud
(B) Laylat al-Qadr
(C) Ihsan
(D) Fatrah
Ans: D
87. The compulsory acts in Islam are called
(A) Faraid
(B) Nafil
(C) Sunnat
(D) Sunnat-i Nuwakkida
Ans: A
88. Zakat is to be paid by the will to do Muslims at the rate of
(A) 3 %
(B) 6 %
(C) 10 %
(D) 2½ %
Ans: D
89. The Bayat-i Rizwan took place at
(A) Mecca
(B) Hudaybiyah
(C) Madina
(D) Taif
Ans: B
90. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Mamluk dynasty was established by Shajar al-dur
(B) Abbasid dynasty was founded by Harun al-Rashid
(C) Baghdad was the capital of Umayyads
(D) Mohd. Abduh was a native of Istanbul
Ans: A
91. The office of the caliphate became hereditary from the times of
(A) Muawiyah
(B) Yazid-II
(C) Al-Saffah
(D) Al-Amin
Ans: A
92. As per the Christian calendar the period of rightly guided caliphate is of
(A) 39 years
(B) 40 years
(C) 29 years
(D) 58 years
Ans: C
93. Non-Muslims living in an Islamic State are called
(A) Ahl al-Zimma
(B) Ahl al-Madina
(C) Ahl al-Zahir
(D) Ahl al-Batin
Ans: A
94. Hazrat Ali was assassinated by
(A) Abu Lulu Firoz
(B) Hulaqu Khan
(C) Ibn Muljam
(D) Il-Khan
Ans: C
95. Which of the following statement is wrong?
(A) Sura-i Baqara is the 2nd Chapter of the Quran
(B) Sura-i Nisa is the Fifth Chapter of the Quran
(C) Sura-i Al-e Imran is the 3rdChapter of the Quran
(D) Sura-i Fatheha is the 1stChapter of the Quran
Ans: B
96. The Riddah wars took place during the caliphate of
(A) Ali
(B) Umar
(C) Abu Bakr
(D) Uthman
Ans: C
97. The battle of Siffin took place between
(A) Aysha and Ali
(B) Prophet Muhammad &Quraysh
(C) Ali & Muawiyah
(D) Haroon al-Rashid & Qalawun
Ans: C
98. The Umayyid Caliph Abdul-Malik introduced
(A) The Arbieization of public registers
(B) Postal system
(C) The Dept. of Shurta
(D) Baytul-Mal
Ans: A
99. The founder of the Mutazilite School was
(A) Al-Farabi
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Wasil bin Ata‘
(D) Hasan al-Banna
Ans: C
100. The Asharite school was founded by
(A) Abu Musa
(B) Ghafari
(C) Al-Walid
(D) Abul Hasan
Ans: D
(A) Abd Allah ibn Abi ‘Awf
(B) Abd Allah ibn Abbas
(C) Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar
(D) Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ūd
Ans: D
52. The name of the extinct book of Abu Hanifah was
(A) Kitāb al-Rā’i
(B) Kitab al-Kharāj’
(C) Usūl al-Hadith
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
53. The author of Kitab al-Risālah is
(A) Imam Muhammad
(B) Imam Abu Yusuf
(C) Imam Shāfi’i
(D) Imam Razi
Ans: C
54. The Prophet’s nocturnal journey is mentioned in Surah
(A) Al-Ma‘ūn
(B) Al-Feel
(C) Al-Sajdah
(D) Al-Isrā’
Ans: D
55. Nizam al-Din Auliyā was born in
(A) Bulandshahar
(B) Badāyūn
(C) Baghdad
(D) Bareilly
Ans: B
56. Mujaddid Alf Thāni was born in
(A) Malerkotla
(B) Lahore
(C) Delhi
(D) Sirhind
Ans: D
57. Ezālat al-Khifā ‘un Khilāfat al-Khulafā was written by
(A) Shah Waliullah
(B) Abdul Haq Dehlavi
(C) Nizam al-Din Auliyā
(D) Amir Khusro
Ans: A
58. Panchtantra was translated into Arabic from Pahlavi by
(A) Al-Fārābi
(B) Ibn al-Mu‘qaffa‘
(C) Muhammad ibn Mūsa al-Khwarizmi
(D) Al-Kindi
Ans: B
59. Beside being a poet and mathematician, Umar al-Khayyam was
(A) Astronomer
(B) Historian
(C) Chemist
(D) Pharmacist
Ans: A
60. Al-Kindi is known as the
(A) Theologian of the Arabs
(B) Novelist of the Arabs
(C) Philosopher of the Arabs
(D) Poet of the Arabs
Ans: C
61. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Al-Battani – Astronomer
(B) Ibn Sina – Historian
(C) Farabi – Jurist
(D) Ibn Nafis – Poet
Ans: A
62. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Al-Biruni – Kitab al-Hind
(B) Abu al-Qasim al-Zahravi – Tafsir
(C) Al-Jahiz – Kitab al-Hayawān
(D) Gazzali – Tarikh al-Khulafā
Ans: D
63. Identify the personality known as Herodotus of the Arabs?
(A) Al-Tabari
(B) Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Al-Biruni
Ans: B
64. Arrange the following personalities chronologically, according to their demise using the code given below:
(i) Al-Biruni
(ii) Al-Kindi
(iii) Al-Tabari
(iv) Ibn Sinā
Codes:
(A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
Ans: D
65. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was basically
(A) Physician
(B) Astrologer
(C) Geographer
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
66. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Ghazzali – Mathematics
(B) Ali Hujveri – Medicine
(C) Jabir ibn Hayyan – Chemistry
(D) Ibn Sina – Mysticism
Ans: C
67. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Scientific – Sir Sayyad Society Ahmad Khan
(B) Kanz al-Iman – Ahmad Raza Khan
(C) Ahl-e-Hadith – Abul A’la Maududi
(D) Bhakti Movement – Ramanand
Ans: C
68. Saddam Husain belonged to
(A) Al-B’ath Party
(B) Ahl-e-Hadith
(C) Sannusi Movement
(D) Ikhwan-al-Muslimun
Ans: A
69. Khawarij were
(A) Against Ali and in favour of Mu‘āwiyah
(B) Against Ali and Mu‘āwiyah
(C) Against Mu‘āwiyah and in favour of Ali
(D) In favour of Ali and Mu‘āwiyah
Ans: B
70. The Ithna ‘Asharis follow the laws laid down by
(A) Imam Zahir
(B) Imam Zaid
(C) Imam Isma’il
(D) Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq
Ans: D
71. The founder of modern Egypt is
(A) Ismail Pasha
(B) Saeed Pasha
(C) Mohammad Ali Pasha
(D) Abbas Pasha
Ans: C
72. Sayyad Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at
(A) Balakot
(B) Pathankot
(C) Rajkot
(D) Sherkot
Ans: A
73. Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab was born in the year
(A) 1690
(B) 1703
(C) 1803
(D) 1903
Ans: B
74. The revolution in Iran led by Ayat Allah Khumaini took place in
(A) 1979
(B) 1984
(C) 1988
(D) 1989
Ans: A
75. The book of al-Mas‘ūdi which depicts the early Indo-Arab relations is
(A) Kitab al-Ma‘arif
(B) Kitab al-Khiraj
(C) Kashf al-Mahjūb
(D) Murūj al-Dhahab
Ans: D
76. The sea-port of Jeddah is located on the
(A) Eastern Coast of Arabia
(B) Western Coast of Arabia
(C) In the Indian Ocean
(D) Persian Gulf
Ans: B
77. Ma’rib dam is located in the country
(A) India
(B) Egypt
(C) Iraq
(D) Yemen
Ans: D
78. The chief deity of al-ka‘abah during the pre-Islamic period was
(A) Al-Lat
(B) Al-Manat
(C) Hubl
(D) Al-uzza
Ans: C
79. The annual fair in which the poetic masterpieces were selected was held at
(A) Mecca
(B) Madina
(C) Yemen
(D) Ukaz
Ans: D
80. Al-Mufaddaliyat was compiled by
(A) Al-Dabbi
(B) Al-Dhabi
(C) Imraul Qays
(D) Al-Aghani
Ans: A
81. Which of the following pair is not matched correctly?
(A) Capital of the Abbasids – Kufa
(B) Capital of the Umayyads – Damascus
(C) First Muslim Capital – Madina
(D) Capital of the Fatimids – Cairo
Ans: A
82. The first slave who accepted Islam was
(A) Zayd bin Harith
(B) Hazrat Bilal
(C) Usama
(D) Hatim al-Tair
Ans: B
83. Prophet Muhammad accompanied his uncle Abu-Talib on a caravan journey to
(A) Palestine
(B) Egypt
(C) Syria
(D) Habsha
Ans: C
84. ‘Isra’ the nocturnal journey of Prophet Muhammad took place when he was in
(A) Mecca
(B) Madina
(C) Taif
(D) Cairo
Ans: A
85. The oldest account of Prophet Muhammad’s life is available in
(A) Sirah ibn-Ishaq
(B) Sirat al-Nabi
(C) Muhammad-e-Arabi
(D) Al-Rahiq ul-Makhtum
Ans: A
86. After Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation there was a brief interval which is called
(A) Sanat al-Wufud
(B) Laylat al-Qadr
(C) Ihsan
(D) Fatrah
Ans: D
87. The compulsory acts in Islam are called
(A) Faraid
(B) Nafil
(C) Sunnat
(D) Sunnat-i Nuwakkida
Ans: A
88. Zakat is to be paid by the will to do Muslims at the rate of
(A) 3 %
(B) 6 %
(C) 10 %
(D) 2½ %
Ans: D
89. The Bayat-i Rizwan took place at
(A) Mecca
(B) Hudaybiyah
(C) Madina
(D) Taif
Ans: B
90. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Mamluk dynasty was established by Shajar al-dur
(B) Abbasid dynasty was founded by Harun al-Rashid
(C) Baghdad was the capital of Umayyads
(D) Mohd. Abduh was a native of Istanbul
Ans: A
91. The office of the caliphate became hereditary from the times of
(A) Muawiyah
(B) Yazid-II
(C) Al-Saffah
(D) Al-Amin
Ans: A
92. As per the Christian calendar the period of rightly guided caliphate is of
(A) 39 years
(B) 40 years
(C) 29 years
(D) 58 years
Ans: C
93. Non-Muslims living in an Islamic State are called
(A) Ahl al-Zimma
(B) Ahl al-Madina
(C) Ahl al-Zahir
(D) Ahl al-Batin
Ans: A
94. Hazrat Ali was assassinated by
(A) Abu Lulu Firoz
(B) Hulaqu Khan
(C) Ibn Muljam
(D) Il-Khan
Ans: C
95. Which of the following statement is wrong?
(A) Sura-i Baqara is the 2nd Chapter of the Quran
(B) Sura-i Nisa is the Fifth Chapter of the Quran
(C) Sura-i Al-e Imran is the 3rdChapter of the Quran
(D) Sura-i Fatheha is the 1stChapter of the Quran
Ans: B
96. The Riddah wars took place during the caliphate of
(A) Ali
(B) Umar
(C) Abu Bakr
(D) Uthman
Ans: C
97. The battle of Siffin took place between
(A) Aysha and Ali
(B) Prophet Muhammad &Quraysh
(C) Ali & Muawiyah
(D) Haroon al-Rashid & Qalawun
Ans: C
98. The Umayyid Caliph Abdul-Malik introduced
(A) The Arbieization of public registers
(B) Postal system
(C) The Dept. of Shurta
(D) Baytul-Mal
Ans: A
99. The founder of the Mutazilite School was
(A) Al-Farabi
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Wasil bin Ata‘
(D) Hasan al-Banna
Ans: C
100. The Asharite school was founded by
(A) Abu Musa
(B) Ghafari
(C) Al-Walid
(D) Abul Hasan
Ans: D