ARAB CULTURE AND ISLAMIC STUDIES-PAGE 5
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1. “Be loyal to thy tribe.” The slogan represented
(A) Asabiyah
(B) Adabiyah
(C) Asliyah
(D) Hubb al-Qabilah
Ans: A
2. The Arabicized Arabs were called
(A) Āribah
(B) Ma‘ribah
(C) Ajānib
(D) Musta‘ribah
Ans: D
3. The Ottoman ruler who captured Egypt was
(A) Sulaiman the magnificent
(B) Salim-I
(C) Murad-I
(D) Bayazid-I
Ans: B
4. The Ottoman rule was established in the year
(A) 1279
(B) 1289
(C) 1299
(D) 1309
Ans: C
5. The Moon-God of the pre-Islamic Arabs was
(A) Laat
(B) Wadd
(C) Uzza
(D) Hubal
Ans: B
6. Al-Hijāz means
(A) The barrier
(B) The rocky tract
(C) The pilgrimage centre
(D) The great desert
Ans: A
7. The Holy Prophet was brought up by Halimah who belonged to
(A) Banu Sa‘eed
(B) Banu As‘ad
(C) Banu Su‘ād
(D) Banu Sa‘d
Ans: D
8. The first war in which the Holy Prophet participated before prophethood was
(A) Fijar
(B) Dahis
(C) Basus
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
9. The first wife of the Holy Prophet after the death of Hazrat Khadijah was Hazrat
(A) Hafsah
(B) Aishah
(C) Saudah
(D) Zainab
Ans: C
10. Observing fasts of Ramadhan was made obligatory in the year
(A) 1 A.H.
(B) 2 A.H.
(C) 4 A.H.
(D) 5 A.H.
Ans: B
11. Kitab al-Maghazi is written by
(A) Al-Zamakhshari
(B) Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Al-Jahiz
(D) Al-Waqidi
Ans: D
12. Laylat al-Qadr means night of
(A) Power
(B) Bounty
(C) Destiny
(D) Mercy
Ans: A
13. The expedition of Tabuk was against the
(A) Bedouins and Christians
(B) Bedouins and Jews
(C) Christians and Jews
(D) Bedouins and Abyssinian mercenaries
Ans: C
14. Riddah war was fought against
(A) Christians
(B) Apostates
(C) Quraish
(D) Jews
Ans: B
15. The battle of al-Qadisiyah took place during the caliphate of Hazrat
(A) Mu ‘awiyah
(B) Uthman
(C) Ali
(D) Umar
Ans: D
16. Abdullah ibn Wahb al-Rāsibi was the leader of the
(A) Ash‘arites
(B) Mu‘tazilites
(C) Kharijites
(D) Rasibites
Ans: C
17. Yazid sent a force against the people of Madinah under the leadership of
(A) Al-Hajjaj
(B) Amr bin al-Ās
(C) Abul Ās
(D) Omar ibn Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqās
Ans: A
18. Arrange the construction of the following mosques chronologically.
Use the code given below:
i. Mosque of the Prophet
ii. Damascus Mosque
iii. Samarrah Mosque
iv. Azhar Mosque
Codes:
(A) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
Ans: B
19. Mu‘awiyah-II was Yazid’s
(A) Uncle
(B) Cousin
(C) Step-brother
(D) Son
Ans: D
20. Postal service was developed under
(A) Mu‘awiyah
(B) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(C) Abdul Malik
(D) Hishām
Ans: C
21. Abul Abbas al-Saffah was nominated as the first Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty by his brother.
(A) Ibrahim
(B) Ismail
(C) Ishaq
(D) Yaqub
Ans: A
22. The author of ‘al-Hawi’ was
(A) Ibn Sina
(B) Ibn Hazm
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Al-Razi
Ans: D
23. The first Islamic coins were struck at Damuscus by
(A) Yazid
(B) Abdul Malik
(C) Marwan
(D) Al-Walid
Ans: B
24. Arrange the following Caliphs in chronological order using the code given below:
(i) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(ii) Hisham
(iii) Al-Walid
(iv) Marwan-I
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: C
25. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Kitab al-Manazir – Ibn Arabi
(B) Kitab al-Hind – Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Kitab al-Āin – Al-Jahiz
(D) Kitab al-Aghani – Abul Faraj Isfahani
Ans: D
26. Al-Qayrawan was founded by
(A) Mūsa ibn Nusair
(B) ‘Uqbah ibn Nāfi’
(C) Mohammad ibn Qasim
(D) Tariq ibn Ziyad
Ans: B
27. The population throughout the Umayyad empire was divided into
(A) two social classes
(B) three social classes
(C) four social classes
(D) five social classes
Ans: C
28. Al-Akhtal, the famous poet was a
(A) Muslim
(B) Jew
(C) Magian
(D) Christian
Ans: D
29. Arrange the following Caliphs chronologically in respect of their rule, using the code given below:
(i) Al-Wathiq
(ii) Al-Amin
(iii) Al-Mutawakkil
(iv) Al-Mu‘tasim
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
Ans: A
30. Siddhanta was translated by
(A) Muhammad ibn-Ibrahim al- Fazāri
(B) Ibn al-Muqaffah
(C) Hunayn ibn Ishaq
(D) Ali ibn Al-Abbas
Ans: A
31. Arrange the following personalities chronologically according to their dates of death, using the code given below:
(i) Al-Ghazzali
(ii) Imam Malik
(iii) Ibn Sina
(iv) Al-Razi
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
Ans: B
32. Jāmi‘al-Bayān Fi Tafsir al-Qur’ān was written by
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Ibn Jarir al-Tabari
(C) Ibn Miskawayh
(D) Ibn al-Athir
Ans: B
33. The incomplete commentary on the Holy Qur’an was written by
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Ashraf Ali Thanvi
(C) Amin Ahsan Islahi
(D) Maulana Maududi
Ans: A
34. The Quranic commentary al- Kashshāf was written by
(A) Ibn Hazm
(B) Ibn Taimiyah
(C) Zamakhshari
(D) Ibn Kathir
Ans: C
35. Hadith means
(A) Only suggestions of Prophet Muhammad
(B) Sayigns of the Prophet and his companions
(C) Sayings of the rightly-guided Caliphs
(D) What Muhammad said, did and approved of.
Ans: D
36. Of the following, which is not a source of Islamic law?
(A) Ijmā’
(B) Qiyās
(C) The Holy Qur’ān
(D) Riwayah and Dirayah
Ans: D
37. Of the following, which is not included in Sihah Sittah?
(A) Musnad Imam Ahmad
(B) Jami' al-Tirmidhi
(C) Sunan Ibn Mājah
(D) Sunan Abu Dawood
Ans: A
38. Riwayah and Dirayah means
(A) Rituals mentioned in Hadith
(B) Compilation of Hadith
(C) Transmission and scrutiny of Hadith
(D) Source of Islamic law
Ans: C
39. The largest number of Ahādith were reported by
(A) Uthman
(B) Abu Hurairah
(C) Umar
(D) Abu Bakr
Ans: B
40. The author of Kitab al-Shamā’il is
(A) Imam Tirmidhi
(B) Imam Bukhari
(C) Imam Muslim
(D) Abu Dawood
Ans: A
41. Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani is a commentary on
(A) Sahih Muslim
(B) Sahih Bukhari
(C) Jami’ Tirmidhi
(D) Sunan Abi Dawood
Ans: B
42. The author of Kitab al-Umm is
(A) Abu Yusuf
(B) Sufiyan Sauri
(C) Imam Shafi’i
(D) Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ans: C
43. Identify the city which is known as ‘Dār-ul-Sunnah’:
(A) Madinah
(B) Makkah
(C) Basrah
(D) Kufah
Ans: A
44. Hazrat Umar sent Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ūd as a teacher to
(A) Ta’if
(B) Halb
(C) Basrah
(D) Kufah
Ans: D
45. Al-Majmu‘ fi al-Fiqh was written by
(A) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(B) Abu Hanifah
(C) Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin
(D) Abu Yusuf
Ans: C
46. The Committee of jurists that compiled ‘Fatāwa Alamgiri’ was headed by
(A) Shaykh Hammad Jaunpuri
(B) Mufti Muhammad Akram Lahori
(C) Shaykh Nizam Burhanpuri
(D) Qazi Muhammad Husayn Jaunpuri
Ans: C
47. Shaykh Abdul Haq Dehlavi was
(A) Faqih
(B) Scholar of Hadith
(C) Physician
(D) Historian
Ans: B
48. The Sufis of Naqshbandi Order disapprove of
(A) Non-obligatory prayer
(B) Non-obligatory fasting
(C) Paying poordue
(D) Dhikr-e-Jali
Ans: D
49. Kashf al-Mahjūb was written by
(A) Makhdum Maha’imi
(B) Quli Qutub Shah
(C) Nizam al-Din Auliya
(D) Ali Hujweri
Ans: D
50. Khwajah Mu‘in al-Din Chishti was Khalifah of
(A) Khwajah Uthman Haruni
(B) Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
(C) Junaid Baghdadi
(D) Abdul Qādir Jilāni
Ans: A
(A) Asabiyah
(B) Adabiyah
(C) Asliyah
(D) Hubb al-Qabilah
Ans: A
2. The Arabicized Arabs were called
(A) Āribah
(B) Ma‘ribah
(C) Ajānib
(D) Musta‘ribah
Ans: D
3. The Ottoman ruler who captured Egypt was
(A) Sulaiman the magnificent
(B) Salim-I
(C) Murad-I
(D) Bayazid-I
Ans: B
4. The Ottoman rule was established in the year
(A) 1279
(B) 1289
(C) 1299
(D) 1309
Ans: C
5. The Moon-God of the pre-Islamic Arabs was
(A) Laat
(B) Wadd
(C) Uzza
(D) Hubal
Ans: B
6. Al-Hijāz means
(A) The barrier
(B) The rocky tract
(C) The pilgrimage centre
(D) The great desert
Ans: A
7. The Holy Prophet was brought up by Halimah who belonged to
(A) Banu Sa‘eed
(B) Banu As‘ad
(C) Banu Su‘ād
(D) Banu Sa‘d
Ans: D
8. The first war in which the Holy Prophet participated before prophethood was
(A) Fijar
(B) Dahis
(C) Basus
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
9. The first wife of the Holy Prophet after the death of Hazrat Khadijah was Hazrat
(A) Hafsah
(B) Aishah
(C) Saudah
(D) Zainab
Ans: C
10. Observing fasts of Ramadhan was made obligatory in the year
(A) 1 A.H.
(B) 2 A.H.
(C) 4 A.H.
(D) 5 A.H.
Ans: B
11. Kitab al-Maghazi is written by
(A) Al-Zamakhshari
(B) Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Al-Jahiz
(D) Al-Waqidi
Ans: D
12. Laylat al-Qadr means night of
(A) Power
(B) Bounty
(C) Destiny
(D) Mercy
Ans: A
13. The expedition of Tabuk was against the
(A) Bedouins and Christians
(B) Bedouins and Jews
(C) Christians and Jews
(D) Bedouins and Abyssinian mercenaries
Ans: C
14. Riddah war was fought against
(A) Christians
(B) Apostates
(C) Quraish
(D) Jews
Ans: B
15. The battle of al-Qadisiyah took place during the caliphate of Hazrat
(A) Mu ‘awiyah
(B) Uthman
(C) Ali
(D) Umar
Ans: D
16. Abdullah ibn Wahb al-Rāsibi was the leader of the
(A) Ash‘arites
(B) Mu‘tazilites
(C) Kharijites
(D) Rasibites
Ans: C
17. Yazid sent a force against the people of Madinah under the leadership of
(A) Al-Hajjaj
(B) Amr bin al-Ās
(C) Abul Ās
(D) Omar ibn Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqās
Ans: A
18. Arrange the construction of the following mosques chronologically.
Use the code given below:
i. Mosque of the Prophet
ii. Damascus Mosque
iii. Samarrah Mosque
iv. Azhar Mosque
Codes:
(A) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
Ans: B
19. Mu‘awiyah-II was Yazid’s
(A) Uncle
(B) Cousin
(C) Step-brother
(D) Son
Ans: D
20. Postal service was developed under
(A) Mu‘awiyah
(B) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(C) Abdul Malik
(D) Hishām
Ans: C
21. Abul Abbas al-Saffah was nominated as the first Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty by his brother.
(A) Ibrahim
(B) Ismail
(C) Ishaq
(D) Yaqub
Ans: A
22. The author of ‘al-Hawi’ was
(A) Ibn Sina
(B) Ibn Hazm
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Al-Razi
Ans: D
23. The first Islamic coins were struck at Damuscus by
(A) Yazid
(B) Abdul Malik
(C) Marwan
(D) Al-Walid
Ans: B
24. Arrange the following Caliphs in chronological order using the code given below:
(i) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(ii) Hisham
(iii) Al-Walid
(iv) Marwan-I
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: C
25. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Kitab al-Manazir – Ibn Arabi
(B) Kitab al-Hind – Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Kitab al-Āin – Al-Jahiz
(D) Kitab al-Aghani – Abul Faraj Isfahani
Ans: D
26. Al-Qayrawan was founded by
(A) Mūsa ibn Nusair
(B) ‘Uqbah ibn Nāfi’
(C) Mohammad ibn Qasim
(D) Tariq ibn Ziyad
Ans: B
27. The population throughout the Umayyad empire was divided into
(A) two social classes
(B) three social classes
(C) four social classes
(D) five social classes
Ans: C
28. Al-Akhtal, the famous poet was a
(A) Muslim
(B) Jew
(C) Magian
(D) Christian
Ans: D
29. Arrange the following Caliphs chronologically in respect of their rule, using the code given below:
(i) Al-Wathiq
(ii) Al-Amin
(iii) Al-Mutawakkil
(iv) Al-Mu‘tasim
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
Ans: A
30. Siddhanta was translated by
(A) Muhammad ibn-Ibrahim al- Fazāri
(B) Ibn al-Muqaffah
(C) Hunayn ibn Ishaq
(D) Ali ibn Al-Abbas
Ans: A
31. Arrange the following personalities chronologically according to their dates of death, using the code given below:
(i) Al-Ghazzali
(ii) Imam Malik
(iii) Ibn Sina
(iv) Al-Razi
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
Ans: B
32. Jāmi‘al-Bayān Fi Tafsir al-Qur’ān was written by
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Ibn Jarir al-Tabari
(C) Ibn Miskawayh
(D) Ibn al-Athir
Ans: B
33. The incomplete commentary on the Holy Qur’an was written by
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Ashraf Ali Thanvi
(C) Amin Ahsan Islahi
(D) Maulana Maududi
Ans: A
34. The Quranic commentary al- Kashshāf was written by
(A) Ibn Hazm
(B) Ibn Taimiyah
(C) Zamakhshari
(D) Ibn Kathir
Ans: C
35. Hadith means
(A) Only suggestions of Prophet Muhammad
(B) Sayigns of the Prophet and his companions
(C) Sayings of the rightly-guided Caliphs
(D) What Muhammad said, did and approved of.
Ans: D
36. Of the following, which is not a source of Islamic law?
(A) Ijmā’
(B) Qiyās
(C) The Holy Qur’ān
(D) Riwayah and Dirayah
Ans: D
37. Of the following, which is not included in Sihah Sittah?
(A) Musnad Imam Ahmad
(B) Jami' al-Tirmidhi
(C) Sunan Ibn Mājah
(D) Sunan Abu Dawood
Ans: A
38. Riwayah and Dirayah means
(A) Rituals mentioned in Hadith
(B) Compilation of Hadith
(C) Transmission and scrutiny of Hadith
(D) Source of Islamic law
Ans: C
39. The largest number of Ahādith were reported by
(A) Uthman
(B) Abu Hurairah
(C) Umar
(D) Abu Bakr
Ans: B
40. The author of Kitab al-Shamā’il is
(A) Imam Tirmidhi
(B) Imam Bukhari
(C) Imam Muslim
(D) Abu Dawood
Ans: A
41. Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani is a commentary on
(A) Sahih Muslim
(B) Sahih Bukhari
(C) Jami’ Tirmidhi
(D) Sunan Abi Dawood
Ans: B
42. The author of Kitab al-Umm is
(A) Abu Yusuf
(B) Sufiyan Sauri
(C) Imam Shafi’i
(D) Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ans: C
43. Identify the city which is known as ‘Dār-ul-Sunnah’:
(A) Madinah
(B) Makkah
(C) Basrah
(D) Kufah
Ans: A
44. Hazrat Umar sent Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ūd as a teacher to
(A) Ta’if
(B) Halb
(C) Basrah
(D) Kufah
Ans: D
45. Al-Majmu‘ fi al-Fiqh was written by
(A) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(B) Abu Hanifah
(C) Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin
(D) Abu Yusuf
Ans: C
46. The Committee of jurists that compiled ‘Fatāwa Alamgiri’ was headed by
(A) Shaykh Hammad Jaunpuri
(B) Mufti Muhammad Akram Lahori
(C) Shaykh Nizam Burhanpuri
(D) Qazi Muhammad Husayn Jaunpuri
Ans: C
47. Shaykh Abdul Haq Dehlavi was
(A) Faqih
(B) Scholar of Hadith
(C) Physician
(D) Historian
Ans: B
48. The Sufis of Naqshbandi Order disapprove of
(A) Non-obligatory prayer
(B) Non-obligatory fasting
(C) Paying poordue
(D) Dhikr-e-Jali
Ans: D
49. Kashf al-Mahjūb was written by
(A) Makhdum Maha’imi
(B) Quli Qutub Shah
(C) Nizam al-Din Auliya
(D) Ali Hujweri
Ans: D
50. Khwajah Mu‘in al-Din Chishti was Khalifah of
(A) Khwajah Uthman Haruni
(B) Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
(C) Junaid Baghdadi
(D) Abdul Qādir Jilāni
Ans: A
51. The Battle of Badr took place in
(A) 1 AH
(B) 2 AH
(C) 3 AH
(D) 4 AH
Ans: B
52. The first written constitution given by the Prophet Muhammad is known as
(A) Dastur-e-Makka
(B) Mithaq-e-Tayyiba
(C) Dastur-e-Tabuk
(D) Mithaq-e-Madina
Ans: D
53. The Farewell Sermon given by the Prophet Muhammad is known as
(A) Juma al-Wada
(B) Thaniyat al-Wada
(C) Khutbat al-Wada
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
54. Match the following correctly:
(A) Umayyad Dynasty– Al-Majusi
(B) Abbasid Dynasty – Al-Jahiz
(C) Mamluk Dynasty – Ubaidullah Sindhi
(D) Mughal Dynasty – Marghinani
Ans: B
55. The Prophet Muhammad expired in the year
(A) 632 A.D.
(B) 635 A.D.
(C) 638 A.D.
(D) 640 A.D.
Ans: A
56. A big number of memorizers of the Quran were martyred in the Battle of
(A) Yamama
(B) Qadsiya
(C) Camel
(D) Siffeen
Ans: A
57. The Caliphate of Abu Bakr lasted during the period
(A) 630 – 632 A.D.
(B) 632 – 634 A.D.
(C) 638 – 641 A.D.
(D) 635 – 638 A.D.
Ans: B
58. Abu Bakr embraced Islam at the age of
(A) 41
(B) 35
(C) 38
(D) 40
Ans: C
59. Ameer Muawiya was first appointed as Governor of Syria by
(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Ali
(C) Uthman
(D) Umar
Ans: D
60. Jami al-Quran is the popular title of
(A) Uthman
(B) Ali
(C) Umar
(D) Abu Hafs
Ans: A
61. The Navy was introduced during the period of
(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Umar
(C) Uthman
(D) Ali
Ans: C
62. Ali shifted his capital from Madina to
(A) Makka
(B) Basra
(C) Karbala
(D) Kufa
Ans: D
63. The Battle of Nahrawan was fought between
(A) Ali and Kharijites
(B) Muawiya and Kharijites
(C) Ali and Muawiya
(D) Yazid and Husain
Ans: A
64. Jareer and Farazdaq were eminent
(A) Poets
(B) Vizirs
(C) Historians
(D) Musicians
Ans: A
65. The revolt against the Umayyads was led by
(A) Alqamah
(B) Abu Muslim Khorasani
(C) Jarir
(D) Walid
Ans: B
66. Banu Bakr fought Harb al-Basūs with
(A) Banu Asad
(B) Banu Tamim
(C) Banu Taghlib
(D) Banu ‘Abs
Ans: C
67. Dhul Quruh is the title given to the pre-Islamic Mu‘allaqah writer
(A) Imru al-Qais
(B) Zuhair bin Abi Sulma
(C) Labid bin Rabi‘ah
(D) Antarah bin Shaddad
Ans: A
68. The odes that were hung on the walls of Ka‘bah were
(A) three
(B) four
(C) five
(D) seven
Ans: D
69. Manah, that was worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs, was the goddess of
(A) Prosperity
(B) Death
(C) Destiny
(D) Knowledge
Ans: C
70. The conquest of Makkah took place in
(A) 7 A.H.
(B) 8 A.H.
(C) 9 A.H.
(D) 10 A.H.
Ans: B
71. The Holy Prophet’s mother died at
(A) Makkah
(B) Tā’if
(C) Abwā
(D) San‘a
Ans: C
72. As Caliph, Hazrat Abubakr received
(A) 1200 dirmah annually
(B) Stipend in kind
(C) Stipend to cover all his expenses
(D) No stipend
Ans: D
73. The title “Khalifatu Khalifati Rasūl Allah” was used for Hazrat
(A) Umar
(B) Usman
(C) Ali
(D) Mu‘āwiyah
Ans: A
74. Hazrat Ali was proclaimed the fourth Caliph in
(A) Makkah
(B) Madinah
(C) Kufah
(D) Najaf
Ans: B
75. ‘The Battle of Camel’ took place outside
(A) Basrah
(B) Madinah
(C) Kufah
(D) Ta’if
Ans: A
76. Amir Mu‘āwiyah was a descendant of
(A) Hashim
(B) Abdul Muttalib
(C) Abd Shams
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
77. The book ‘Surat al-Ard’ was authored by
(A) Al-Khwarizmi
(B) Al-Indrisi
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Al-Masudi
Ans: A
78. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Al-Biruni – Kitab al- Manazir
(B) Ibn Khaldun – Muqaddimah
(C) Ibn Rushd – Tahafit al-Falasifah
(D) Ibn Muqaffa – Sindhind
Ans: B
79. The architect of the famous Sulaymania Mosque was
(A) Rehan
(B) Muhammad al-Fatih
(C) Sivan
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
80. The scholar who compiled the famous book ‘Multaqa al-Abhur’ was
(A) Mustafa Kamal
(B) Khalifa Haji
(C) Kara Mustafa
(D) Ibrahim al-Halabi
Ans: D
81. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan – Tahzibul Akhlaq
(B) Ghulam Ali Azad – Subhatul Marjan
(C) Allamah Iqbal – Bale Jibril
(D) Muhammad Abduh – Kitab al-Umm
Ans: D
82. The Science of Hadith criticism was evolved by
(A) Mufassirun
(B) Muhadithun
(C) Fuqaha
(D) Rationalists
Ans: B
83. Abu Muslim was the leader of
(A) The Khurasanis
(B) Jabarites
(C) Qadarites
(D) Shiites
Ans: A
84. The concept of Al-Sultan Zillullah-I fil Ard was propounded by
(A) Mawardi
(B) Al-Majusi
(C) Kindi
(D) Nizamul Mulk Tusi
Ans: D
85. Diwan ul-Kharāj during the Abbasid period looked after matters of
(A) Finance
(B) Postal system
(C) Judiciary
(D) Administration
Ans: A
86. Kitab al-Tibb al-Mansuri, in the field of medicine was written by
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Ibn-Ishaq al-Samani
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Al-Majusi
Ans: B
87. The title of al-mu‘allim al-thani was given to
(A) Abu Nasr al-Farabi
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Al-Ghazali
(D) Al-Hamadani
Ans: A
88. Kitab al-Hind, was written by
(A) Sulaiman the Merchant
(B) Ibn Battutah
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Al-Battani
Ans: C
89. Jama‘at-i Islami was established by
(A) Maulana Maududi
(B) Ashraf Ali Thanwi
(C) Dr. Sir Iqbal
(D) Maulana Zakariya
Ans: A
90. The famous book entitled ‘Tazkirah’ was authored by
(A) Dr. Sir Iqbal
(B) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ans: C
91. Which of the following do not match correctly?
(A) Ibn Haitham– Kitab al-Manazir
(B) Ibn Muqaffa – Kalilahwa Dimnah
(C) Abul Faraj Isfahani – Kitab al- Aghani
(D) Ibn Rushd – Al-Fawz al- Kabir
Ans: D
92. Jami‘al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran, was written by
(A) Imam Bukhari
(B) Mohd. Ibn-Jarir al-Tabari
(C) Ibn Qutaybah
(D) Al-Yaqubi
Ans: B
93. Siha Sitta, the six canonical books of Hadith literature were compiled during the period of
(A) Ummayid period
(B) Abbasid period
(C) Khilafat-i Rashida
(D) The Ottoman period
Ans: B
94. The Qiyas was extensively used in legislation by
(A) Abu Hanifa
(B) Malik ibn Anas
(C) Idris al-Shafii
(D) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ans: A
95. Abu Yousuf was the student of
(A) Imam Zahir
(B) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(C) Idris al-Shafii
(D) Abu Hanifa
Ans: D
96. The Mehr which is paid promptly is called
(A) Mehr-i Mu‘ajjal
(B) Mehr-i Muwajjal
(C) Mehr-i Mithil
(D) Mehr-i Fatimi
Ans: A
97. Ihya al-ulum was written by
(A) Al-Ghazali
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Al-Farabi
(D) Mohd. ibn Abdul Wahab
Ans: A
98. Shah Waliullah authored
(A) Sirat al-Nabi
(B) Sirat-i Mustaqim
(C) Bayan al-Arab
(D) Izalat al-Khafa
Ans: D
99. Arrange the following scholars in chronological order. Use the code given below:
(i) Badiuzzaman Nursi
(ii) Ibn Taymiyyah
(iii) Ibn Bajja
(iv) Ibn Khaldun
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: C
100. The Sufis of which order flourished in India during the Sultanate period?
(A) The Chishtis
(B) The Rifai‘s
(C) The Naqshbandis
(D) The Qadris
Ans: A
(A) 1 AH
(B) 2 AH
(C) 3 AH
(D) 4 AH
Ans: B
52. The first written constitution given by the Prophet Muhammad is known as
(A) Dastur-e-Makka
(B) Mithaq-e-Tayyiba
(C) Dastur-e-Tabuk
(D) Mithaq-e-Madina
Ans: D
53. The Farewell Sermon given by the Prophet Muhammad is known as
(A) Juma al-Wada
(B) Thaniyat al-Wada
(C) Khutbat al-Wada
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
54. Match the following correctly:
(A) Umayyad Dynasty– Al-Majusi
(B) Abbasid Dynasty – Al-Jahiz
(C) Mamluk Dynasty – Ubaidullah Sindhi
(D) Mughal Dynasty – Marghinani
Ans: B
55. The Prophet Muhammad expired in the year
(A) 632 A.D.
(B) 635 A.D.
(C) 638 A.D.
(D) 640 A.D.
Ans: A
56. A big number of memorizers of the Quran were martyred in the Battle of
(A) Yamama
(B) Qadsiya
(C) Camel
(D) Siffeen
Ans: A
57. The Caliphate of Abu Bakr lasted during the period
(A) 630 – 632 A.D.
(B) 632 – 634 A.D.
(C) 638 – 641 A.D.
(D) 635 – 638 A.D.
Ans: B
58. Abu Bakr embraced Islam at the age of
(A) 41
(B) 35
(C) 38
(D) 40
Ans: C
59. Ameer Muawiya was first appointed as Governor of Syria by
(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Ali
(C) Uthman
(D) Umar
Ans: D
60. Jami al-Quran is the popular title of
(A) Uthman
(B) Ali
(C) Umar
(D) Abu Hafs
Ans: A
61. The Navy was introduced during the period of
(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Umar
(C) Uthman
(D) Ali
Ans: C
62. Ali shifted his capital from Madina to
(A) Makka
(B) Basra
(C) Karbala
(D) Kufa
Ans: D
63. The Battle of Nahrawan was fought between
(A) Ali and Kharijites
(B) Muawiya and Kharijites
(C) Ali and Muawiya
(D) Yazid and Husain
Ans: A
64. Jareer and Farazdaq were eminent
(A) Poets
(B) Vizirs
(C) Historians
(D) Musicians
Ans: A
65. The revolt against the Umayyads was led by
(A) Alqamah
(B) Abu Muslim Khorasani
(C) Jarir
(D) Walid
Ans: B
66. Banu Bakr fought Harb al-Basūs with
(A) Banu Asad
(B) Banu Tamim
(C) Banu Taghlib
(D) Banu ‘Abs
Ans: C
67. Dhul Quruh is the title given to the pre-Islamic Mu‘allaqah writer
(A) Imru al-Qais
(B) Zuhair bin Abi Sulma
(C) Labid bin Rabi‘ah
(D) Antarah bin Shaddad
Ans: A
68. The odes that were hung on the walls of Ka‘bah were
(A) three
(B) four
(C) five
(D) seven
Ans: D
69. Manah, that was worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs, was the goddess of
(A) Prosperity
(B) Death
(C) Destiny
(D) Knowledge
Ans: C
70. The conquest of Makkah took place in
(A) 7 A.H.
(B) 8 A.H.
(C) 9 A.H.
(D) 10 A.H.
Ans: B
71. The Holy Prophet’s mother died at
(A) Makkah
(B) Tā’if
(C) Abwā
(D) San‘a
Ans: C
72. As Caliph, Hazrat Abubakr received
(A) 1200 dirmah annually
(B) Stipend in kind
(C) Stipend to cover all his expenses
(D) No stipend
Ans: D
73. The title “Khalifatu Khalifati Rasūl Allah” was used for Hazrat
(A) Umar
(B) Usman
(C) Ali
(D) Mu‘āwiyah
Ans: A
74. Hazrat Ali was proclaimed the fourth Caliph in
(A) Makkah
(B) Madinah
(C) Kufah
(D) Najaf
Ans: B
75. ‘The Battle of Camel’ took place outside
(A) Basrah
(B) Madinah
(C) Kufah
(D) Ta’if
Ans: A
76. Amir Mu‘āwiyah was a descendant of
(A) Hashim
(B) Abdul Muttalib
(C) Abd Shams
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
77. The book ‘Surat al-Ard’ was authored by
(A) Al-Khwarizmi
(B) Al-Indrisi
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Al-Masudi
Ans: A
78. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Al-Biruni – Kitab al- Manazir
(B) Ibn Khaldun – Muqaddimah
(C) Ibn Rushd – Tahafit al-Falasifah
(D) Ibn Muqaffa – Sindhind
Ans: B
79. The architect of the famous Sulaymania Mosque was
(A) Rehan
(B) Muhammad al-Fatih
(C) Sivan
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
80. The scholar who compiled the famous book ‘Multaqa al-Abhur’ was
(A) Mustafa Kamal
(B) Khalifa Haji
(C) Kara Mustafa
(D) Ibrahim al-Halabi
Ans: D
81. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan – Tahzibul Akhlaq
(B) Ghulam Ali Azad – Subhatul Marjan
(C) Allamah Iqbal – Bale Jibril
(D) Muhammad Abduh – Kitab al-Umm
Ans: D
82. The Science of Hadith criticism was evolved by
(A) Mufassirun
(B) Muhadithun
(C) Fuqaha
(D) Rationalists
Ans: B
83. Abu Muslim was the leader of
(A) The Khurasanis
(B) Jabarites
(C) Qadarites
(D) Shiites
Ans: A
84. The concept of Al-Sultan Zillullah-I fil Ard was propounded by
(A) Mawardi
(B) Al-Majusi
(C) Kindi
(D) Nizamul Mulk Tusi
Ans: D
85. Diwan ul-Kharāj during the Abbasid period looked after matters of
(A) Finance
(B) Postal system
(C) Judiciary
(D) Administration
Ans: A
86. Kitab al-Tibb al-Mansuri, in the field of medicine was written by
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Ibn-Ishaq al-Samani
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Al-Majusi
Ans: B
87. The title of al-mu‘allim al-thani was given to
(A) Abu Nasr al-Farabi
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Al-Ghazali
(D) Al-Hamadani
Ans: A
88. Kitab al-Hind, was written by
(A) Sulaiman the Merchant
(B) Ibn Battutah
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Al-Battani
Ans: C
89. Jama‘at-i Islami was established by
(A) Maulana Maududi
(B) Ashraf Ali Thanwi
(C) Dr. Sir Iqbal
(D) Maulana Zakariya
Ans: A
90. The famous book entitled ‘Tazkirah’ was authored by
(A) Dr. Sir Iqbal
(B) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ans: C
91. Which of the following do not match correctly?
(A) Ibn Haitham– Kitab al-Manazir
(B) Ibn Muqaffa – Kalilahwa Dimnah
(C) Abul Faraj Isfahani – Kitab al- Aghani
(D) Ibn Rushd – Al-Fawz al- Kabir
Ans: D
92. Jami‘al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran, was written by
(A) Imam Bukhari
(B) Mohd. Ibn-Jarir al-Tabari
(C) Ibn Qutaybah
(D) Al-Yaqubi
Ans: B
93. Siha Sitta, the six canonical books of Hadith literature were compiled during the period of
(A) Ummayid period
(B) Abbasid period
(C) Khilafat-i Rashida
(D) The Ottoman period
Ans: B
94. The Qiyas was extensively used in legislation by
(A) Abu Hanifa
(B) Malik ibn Anas
(C) Idris al-Shafii
(D) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ans: A
95. Abu Yousuf was the student of
(A) Imam Zahir
(B) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(C) Idris al-Shafii
(D) Abu Hanifa
Ans: D
96. The Mehr which is paid promptly is called
(A) Mehr-i Mu‘ajjal
(B) Mehr-i Muwajjal
(C) Mehr-i Mithil
(D) Mehr-i Fatimi
Ans: A
97. Ihya al-ulum was written by
(A) Al-Ghazali
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Al-Farabi
(D) Mohd. ibn Abdul Wahab
Ans: A
98. Shah Waliullah authored
(A) Sirat al-Nabi
(B) Sirat-i Mustaqim
(C) Bayan al-Arab
(D) Izalat al-Khafa
Ans: D
99. Arrange the following scholars in chronological order. Use the code given below:
(i) Badiuzzaman Nursi
(ii) Ibn Taymiyyah
(iii) Ibn Bajja
(iv) Ibn Khaldun
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: C
100. The Sufis of which order flourished in India during the Sultanate period?
(A) The Chishtis
(B) The Rifai‘s
(C) The Naqshbandis
(D) The Qadris
Ans: A