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6.

This paper contains fifty (50) multiple-choice questions, each question carrying
two (2) marks. Attempt all of them.

Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina in :

(A)

580 A.D.

(B)

620 A.D.

(C)

622 A.D.

(D)

624 A.D.

The battle of Jamal was fought between :

(A)

Had rat Aishah and Amir Muawiyah

(B)

Had rat Aishah and Had rat Talhah

(C)

Had rat Aishah and Had rat Zubair

(D)

Had rat Aishah and Had rat Ali

Had rat Abu Bakr ruled during :

(A)

630 - 632 A.D.

(B)

632 - 634 A.D.

(C)

634 - 644 A.D.

(D)

644 - 656 A.D.

The founder of the Umayyad dynasty was :

(A)

Muawiyah

(B)

Umar Bin Abdul Aziz

(C)

Abdul Malik

(D)

None of the above

The capital of the Umayyad Kingdom was :

(A)

Cairo

(B)

Mecca

(C)

Damascus

(D)

Bukhara

The Abbasid dynasty was established in :

(A)

661 A.D.

(B)

700 A.D.

(C)

750 A.D.

(D)

850 A.D.

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P $

(A)

580 .

(B)

620 .

(C)

622 .

(D)

624 .

h ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

630 . 632 .

(B)

632 . 634 .

(C)

634 . 644 .

(D)

644 . 656 .

S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S ?

(A)

661 .

(B)

700 .

(C)

750 .

(D)

850 .

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9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

The Dome of Rock at Jerusalem was built by :

(A)

Abdul Malik

(B)

Hisham

(C)

Al-Mamun

(D)

Harun al-Rashid

Qiyas as a source of law was extensively used in legislation by :

(A)

Imam Malik

(B)

Imam Ahmad Ibn Hambal

(C)

Imam Abu Hanifah

(D)

Imam Shafici

(B)

Abul Ala Moududi

Tafheemul Quran was written by :

(A)

Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan

(C)

Abul Majid Daryabadi

(D)

None of the above

The Quranic commentary Tarjumanul Quran was written by :

(A)

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(B)

Al-Zamakhshari

(C)

Abdul Kalam Azad

(D)

Ashraf Ali Thanavi

The six authentic books of Hadith (Sihah Sittah) were compiled during the :
(A)

Prophetic period

(B)

Period of the first four caliphs

(C)

Umayyad period

(D)

Abbasid period

The Idrisi dynasty lasted during :

(A)

788 - 974 A.D.

(B)

800 - 909 A.D.

(C)

868 - 905 A.D.

(D)

None of the above

Which of the following dynasties ruled during 909-1171 A.D. ?

(A)

The Abbasids

(B)

The Fatimids

(C)

The Ghaznavids

(D)

The Ayyubids

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12.

13.

L $--$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

L -

m M ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ m ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

m ?

(A)

(B)

-$$

(C)

(D)

S ( ) ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

788 - 974 .

(B)

800 - 909 .

(C)

868 - 905 .

(D)

909 . 1171 . ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

$$

(D)

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16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

The book Kitabul Hind was written by :

(A)

Muhammad Ibn Musa

(B)

Umar al-Khayyam

(C)

Al-Biruni

(D)

Ibn Battutah

Who of the following was a Berber ruler ?

(A)

Sabugtagin

(B)

Yusuf Bin Tashfin

(C)

Baybars

(D)

Al-Hakam

The discovery of blood circulation was made by :

(A)

Ibn Zuhr

(B)

Ibn al-Nafis

(C)

Ibn Sina

(D)

None of the above

Who of the following is popularly known by the title of al-Muallim al-Thani ?

(A)

Ibn Arabi

(B)

Al-Suhrawardi

(C)

Al-Farabi

(D)

Al-Ghazali

Al-Hashimiyah was the first capital of :

(A)

The Abbasids

(B)

The Safawids

(C)

The Ottomans

(D)

The Ayyubids

The office of Vazir appeared for the first time in Islamic Government during the reign
of :
(A)

Al-Mahdi

(B)

Al-Rashid

(C)

Al-Mutawakkil

(D)

Al-Mansur

An Indian treatise on astronomy Siddhanta was translated into Arabic as Sindhind

during the reign of :
(A)

Umayyads

(B)

Abbasids

(C)

Ghaznavids

(D)

Tughluqs

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20.

(A)

(B)

(C)

-L

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Q ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

M - - h ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

-$

- ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ S L ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

-P

(D)

S S h
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(A)

(B)

(C)

$$

(D)

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23.

24.

al-Qanun fi-al-Tibb was written by :

(A)

Ibn Zakariya Razi

(B)

Ali Ibn Isa

(C)

Ibn Sina

(D)

Ibn Ishaq Samani

The Prophetic traditions collected according to their subject matter are known as :
(A)

Musnad

(B)

Musnaf

(C)

Mashhad

(D)

Maruf

Who among the following rulers declared himself to be the Caliph ?

(A)

Ubayd Allah

(B)

Azdud Daulah

(C)

Imadud Daulah

(D)

Muizzud Daulah

What is the correct sequence of the following books in the chronological order. Choose
the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i)

Jalain

(ii)

Al-Kashshaf

(iii)

Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Tawil

(iv)

Jami al-bayan fi tafsir al-Quran

Code :

25.

26.

27.

(A)

i, iii, ii, iv

(B)

ii, i, iii, iv

(C)

iv, ii, iii, i

(D)

ii, i, iv, iii

Choose the odd among the following :

(A)

Shah Wali Allah

(B)

Ibn al-Haythan

(C)

Nasiruddin Tusi

(D)

Ali bin yunus

The Muslim Brotherhood was established by :

(A)

Sayyid Qutb

(B)

Muhammad Qutb

(C)

Zainab al-Ghazali

(D)

Hasan al-Banna

Al-Hilal of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was published :

(A)

Weekly

(B)

Fortnightly

(C)

Monthly

(D)

Quarterly

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23.

24.

- - ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

L$

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(i)

(ii)

-$

(iii)

L $ SL

(iv)

$ L $

25.

26.

27.

(A)

i, iii, ii, iv

(B)

ii, i, iii, iv

(C)

iv, ii, iii, i

(D)

ii, i, iv, iii

(A)

(B)

(C)

Lg

(D)

S S ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

-$$

(D)

m - ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi was the author of :

(A)

Bahar-e-Shariat

(B)

Bahishti Zewar

(C)

Fazail Amal

(D)

Maarifal Quran

The Khawarzam Shah dynasty was founded by :

(A)

Qutbuddin Muhammad

(B)

Tukash

(C)

Alauddin Muhammad

(D)

Nushtigin

The founder of the Saljuq dynasty was :

(A)

Tughril Beg

(B)

Alp Arsalan

(C)

Malik Shah

(D)

Sanjar

Name the Turkish tribe which ruled Iran from 1779 to 1797 A.D. :
(A)

The Safavids

(B)

The Qachaars

(C)

The Ottomans

(D)

The Pahalvis

Who among the following was the first Samani ruler ?

(A)

Ismail

(B)

Abu Salih Mansur

(C)

Nasr ibn Ahmad

(D)

None of the above

Who among the following was the Safavid ruler ?

(A)

Shah Tahmasp

(B)

Sikandar

(C)

Qutbuddin

(D)

Miran Adil Khan

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

(A)

Quran is the only primary source of Islamic Law

(B)

The Quran is the book of Allah

(C)

The Quran Constitues a Comprehensive Code of Laws

(D)

Jurists use reasoning (Qiyas) where there is an explicit injunction of the Quran

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29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

$$

(D)

S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

1779 . 1797 .

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

SC

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36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

Darul Hikmat was established in Cairo by the Fatimid Caliph :

(A)

Al-Hakim

(B)

Al-Aziz

(C)

Al-Muizz

(D)

None of the above

Author of the book Kitabul Manazir was :

(A)

Ali bin yunus

(B)

Ibnul Haytham

(C)

Al-Khwarizimi

(D)

Ibnul Jazzar

Hero of the crusade wars was :

(A)

Changez Khan

(B)

Al-Hakim

(C)

Salahuddin Ayyubi

(D)

Al-Mamun

Sultan Malik Shah died in :

(A)

1092 A.D.

(B)

1100 A.D.

(C)

1150 A.D.

(D)

1175 A.D.

Sultan Salih Najmuddin was a :

(A)

Abbasid ruler

(B)

Fatimid ruler

(C)

Ayyubid ruler

(D)

Mamluk ruler

Ibn al-Baytar was a great :

(A)

Botanist

(B)

Zoologist

(C)

Geographer

(D)

Mathematician

The book al-Futuhat al-Makkiya was written by :

(A)

Yahya Suharwardi

(B)

Ibn al Arabi

(C)

Al-Ghazali

(D)

Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

Jabir Ibn Hayyan was a renowned scientist in the field of :

(A)

Mathematics

(B)

Medicine

(C)

Al Chemy

(D)

Surgery

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36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

M S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

- ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

-$$

(D)

h ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

1092 .

(B)

1100 .

(C)

1150 .

(D)

1175 .

g ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

S S

(B)

(C)

(D)

P S ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

-$$

(D)

h ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

Author of Kitab al-Haywan was :

(A)

Al-Jahiz

(B)

Al-Razi

(C)

Ibn Zuhr

(D)

None of the above

The book al-Musiqi al Kabir was authored by :

(A)

Al-Ghazali

(B)

Ibn Khaladun

(C)

Al-Farabi

(D)

None of the above

The Geographical dictionary Mujam al-Buldan was written by :

(A)

Al-Hamadani

(B)

Yaqub Hamawi

(C)

Masudi

(D)

al-Idrisi

Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi was an eminent :

(A)

Historian

(B)

Poet

(C)

Surgean

(D)

Geographer

Author of the book al-Taysir :

(A)

Ibn Rushd

(B)

Ibn Zuhr

(C)

Ibnul Jazzar

(D)

Ibnul Khatib

Constantinople was captured in the year :

(A)

1258 A.D

(B)

1360 A.D.

(C)

1453 A.D.

(D)

1560 A.D.

Who of the following was the greatest Muslim historiographer ?

(A)

Ibn al-Khatib

(B)

Ibn al-Khaladun

(C)

Al-Shafaii

(D)

None of the above

Napolean occupied Egypt in the year :

(A)

1600 A.D.

(B)

1750 A.D.

(C)

1798 A.D.

(D)

1850 A.D.

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44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

S ?
(A)

-$

(B)

-$

(C)

-$

(D)

S ?
(A)

-$$

(B)

-$

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ -$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

- S ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S ?

(A)

1258 .

(B)

1360 .

(C)

1453 .

(D)

1560 .

(A)

(B)

(C)

-$

(D)

d # ?

(A)

1600 .

(B)

1750 .

(C)

1798 .

(D)

1850 .

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