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

Saba e-Muallaqt mean :

(A)

Seven Pre-Islamic deities

(B)

Seven Hills of Arabia

(C)

Seven best pre-Islamic poems

(D)

Arabian Ports on Red Sea

The first migration of the Muslims was to :

(A)

3.

6.

7.

8.

Yaman

(C)

Abyssinia

(D)

Taif

Abu Bakr

(B)

Umar

(C)

Uthman

(D)

Ali

(D)

Abu Bakr

The battle of Yarmuk was fought during the period of :

(A)

5.

(B)

The Riddah wars were fought during the period of :

(A)

4.

Madinah

Ali

(B)

Uthman

(C)

Umar

Founder of the Arabic grammar was :

(A)

Ibn Khallikan

(B)

Abu-al-Aswad Duali

(C)

Amir ibn Sharabil

(D)

Shihab al-Zuhri

The real founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty was :

(A)

Imad-al-Dawlah

(B)

Subuktigin

(C)

Mahmud

(D)

Masud

Who, for the first time among the Umayyad rulers of Spain, declared himself to be the
Caliph ?
(A)

Hakam I

(B)

Hakam II

(C)

Abd al Rahman II

(D)

Abd al Rahman III

The deputation of Najran came to the Holy Prophet :

(A)

After the conquest of Makkah

(B)

Before the treaty of Hudaibiya

(C)

Before the battle of Uhud

(D)

During the caliphate of Abu Bakr

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6.

7.

8.

(C)

(D)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(C)

(D)

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(A)
5.

(B)

g h ?

(A)
4.

(B)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ S S ?

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(B)

(C)

(D)

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(A)

U I

(B)

II

(C)

II

(D)

III

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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12.

13.

14.

Name the non-Muslim group who were allowed by the Prophet to offer their prayers
in the Prophets mosque :
(A)

Banu Qainqa Jews

(B)

Banu Quraiza Jews

(C)

The Christians of Najran

(D)

Banu Nazir Jews

The battle of Fijar took place :

(A)

before prophethood

(B)

after prophethood

(C)

before migration to Madinah

(D)

after battle of Badr

Which surah of the Quran was revealed on the occasion of the Hudaibiya Treaty ?
(A)

Surah Al-Noor

(B)

Surah Al-Imran

(C)

Surah Al-Fatiha

(D)

Surah Al-Fath

The battle of Siffin took place during the period of :

(A)

Had. Umar

(B)

Had. Uthman

(C)

Had. Ali

(D)

Had. Abu Bakr

Name the caliph who ordered to compile the Hadith :

(A)

Abdul Malik bin Marwan

(B)

Sulaiman bin Abdul Malik

(C)

Hisham bin Abdul Malik

(D)

Umar bin Abdul Aziz

The Saljuk rulers were :

(A)

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16.

17.

Arab

(B)

Irani

(C)

Turk

Name the author of Jami al-Bayan Fi Tafsiril-Quran.

(A)

Imam Zamakhshari

(B)

Imam Razi

(C)

Imam Baizawi

(D)

Imam Ibn Jarir Tabari

Name the adopted son of Hadrat Muhammad :

(A)

Had. Muazbin Jabal

(B)

Had. Zaid bin Harith

(C)

Had. Abd Allah bin Umar

(D)

Had. Abu Hurairah

Egypt was conqured during the period of :

(A)

Had. Abu Bakr

(B)

Had. Umar

(C)

Had. Uthman

(D)

Had. Ali

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13.

14.

S S ?

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$$

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(C)

$ ?

(A)
15.

16.

17.

(B)

(D)

$ $ ?

(A)

$$

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

$ $

(B)

$ $

(C)

(D)

S $ ?

(A)

U$

(B)

(C)

$ S

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Imam Malik was born in :

(A)

19.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

(B)

Baghdad

(C)

Madinah

(D)

Syria

(C)

Murjite

(D)

Mutazilite

To which sect did Zamakhshari belong :

(A)

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Makkah

Jabarite

(B)

Qadarite

Qiyas is :
(A)

Consideration of the public interest

(B)

Analogical deduction

(C)

Custom and tradition

(D)

The consensus of opinion among the learned

Jamaluddin Afghani is linked to the concept of :

(A)

Pan Hinduism

(B)

Pan Islamism

(C)

Pan Humanism

(D)

Pan Spiritualism

The issue of Khalq-e-Quarn emerged during :

(A)

Umayyads

(B)

Abbasids

(C)

Fatimids

(D)

Safavids

Hujjatullah-al-Baligha was written by :

(A)

Shah Wali Ullah

(B)

Imam Ghazali

(C)

Shah Abd al-Aziz

(D)

Shah Ismail Shaheed

Which statement is true concerning society in Pre-Islamic Arabia ?

(A)

Jahiliya people did not worship idols

(B)

Orphans were not deprived of their legitimate rights

(C)

Daughters were buried alive

(D)

They did not excel in their poetical expression

Which one of the following is obligatory upon a Muslim once in a lifetime ?

(A)

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(B)

Fasting

(C)
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Zakah

(D)

Haj

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(A)
19.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

(B)

(C)

(D)

(C)

(D)

(D)

(A)
20.

(B)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

g $ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

- ?

(A)

(B)

$$

(C)

$$

(D)

S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

$ $

(D)

$ ?

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28.

29.

Who among the following took care of Muhammad after the death of minah ?
(A)

Abd Allah

(B)

Al-Abbas

(C)

Hamzah

(D)

Abdal-Muttalib

Name the spokesman of Muslim emigrants to Abyssinia :

(A)

Jafar ibn Abi Talib

(B)

Zubair

(C)

Talha

(D)

Zaid

Who among the following adopted the slogan La hukma illa Lil-Lah ?
(A)

Ashairites

(B)

Ithna Asharis

(C)

Mutazilites

(D)

Kharijites

Which of the following years is called the year of delegations (sanat-al-wufud) ?

(A)

30.

31.

2 AH

(B)

5 AH

(C)

7 AH

(D)

9 AH

The Truce of Al-Hudaybiyah was signed between :

(A)

Banu Quraiza and Banu Nader

(B)

Banu Qainqa and Banu Quraiza

(C)

Muslims and the Quraish

(D)

Muslims and the Jews of Madinah

Arrange the following Caliphs, according to the length of their Caliphate. Use the
code given below.
(i)

Abu Bakr

(ii)

Umar

(iii)

Uthman

(iv)

Ali

Code :
(A)

(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(B)

(iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

(C)

(ii), (iv), (iii), (i)

(D)

(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

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28.

29.

$ $ $ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S Q ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

- ?

(A)
30.

31.

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

$$ $

(B)

$$ $

(C)

(D)

$$

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

:
(A)

(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(B)

(iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

(C)

(ii), (iv), (iii), (i)

(D)

(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

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Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order. Use the code given below :
(i)

Umayyads

(ii)

Ottomans

(iii)

Ghaznavids

(iv)

Mamluks

Code :

33.

(A)

(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

(B)

(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(C)

(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

(D)

(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

Arrange the following thinkers in chronological order. Use the code given below :
(i)

Al-Mawardi

(ii)

Ibn Khaldun

(iii)

Ibn Taimiyah

(iv)

Shah Wali Allah

Code :

34.

35.

36.

(A)

(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(B)

(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(C)

(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

(D)

(iii), (ii), (i), (iv)

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A)

The Qadrites

believers in the concept of predestination

(B)

The Murjites

supporters of Ali

(C)

The Kharijites

earliest religio-political sect

(D)

The Shias

socio-economic thought

Wafd Party was founded by :

(A)

Ubaidullah Mahdi

(B)

Yasir Arafat

(C)

Rashid Raza

(D)

Al-Kawakibi

Author of Bayanul Quran was :

(A)

Ashraf Ali Thanwi

(B)

Abul Ala Mawdudi

(C)

Abdul Kalam Azad

(D)

Shibli Nomani

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(i)

(ii)

(iii)

$$

(iv)

:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33.

(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

(i)

(ii)

-$

(iii)

(iv)

:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
34.

35.

36.

(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(iii), (ii), (i), (iv)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

The book Reconstruction of Islamic Thought was written by :

(A)

Sir Abdul Qadir

(B)

Syed Mahmud

(C)

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(D)

Allama Iqbal

Who among the following was the inventor of the muhaqqaq style of calligraphy ?
(A)

Ibnul Bawwab

(B)

Al-Raihani

(C)

Al-Haqqani

(D)

None of the above

Ibn Muqlah was famous in the field of :

(A)

Pottery

(B)

Painting

(C)

Music

(D)

Calligraphy

Janissary corps belonged to :

(A)

The safanids

(B)

The Mughals

(C)

The Ottomans

(D)

The Mamluks

The founder of the Safavid dynasty was :

(A)

Shah Abbas

(B)

Shah Ismail

(C)

Shah Safiuddin

(D)

Shah Tahmasp

The longest surah of the Quran is :

(A)

Surah Al-Imran

(B)

Surah Al-Bagrah

(C)

Surah Al-Nisa

(D)

Surah Yusuf

Al-Maristan al-Mansuri was built by :

(A)

Aybak

(B)

Baybars

(C)

Qalawun

(D)

Al-Malik al-Ashraf

Who of the following is treated as the fifth rightly-guided Caliph ?

(A)

Amir Muawiyah

(B)

Umar bin Abdul Aziz

(C)

Walid

(D)

Hisham

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38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

S S ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$$

$ c ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

( )

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

$g

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

-S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

g ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

The author of Kitabul Aghani was :

(A)

Abul Faraj Isfahani

(B)

Sahib Ibn Abbad

(C)

Ibn Qutaibah

(D)

None of the above

Who wrote Bang-e-Dara ?

(A)

Mir Taqi Mir

(B)

Ghalib

(C)

Sawda

(D)

Allama Iqbal

Barmakids were the wazirs of :

(A)

Umayyads

(B)

Abbasids

(C)

Ayyubids

(D)

Mamluks

The number of the surahs contained in the Quran are :

(A)

109

(B)

110

(C)

114

(D)

12

Which one of the following was the first shiite dynasty in history ?
(A)

The Aghlabids

(B)

The Fatimids

(C)

The Idrisids

(D)

The Tulunids

Name the capital of the Aghlabids :

(A)

Cordova

(B)

Fas

(C)

Farghana

(D)

Qairawan

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46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

$ ?
(A)

$ S$

(C)

(B)

(D)

?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$$

(B)

$ ?

(A)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

109

(B)

110

(C)

114

(D)

12

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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