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7.

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

The chief of the Pre-Islamic Arabia was called :

(A)

Imam

(B)

Khalifa

(C)

Shaykh

(D)

Governor

Which one of the following wars was fought for 40 years ?

(A)

The Basus War

(B)

The Fijar War

(C)

The Riddah War

(D)

The Crusades

The Prophet Mohammad was born in the year of :

(A)

Elephant

(B)

Camel

(C)

Horse

(D)

Lion

Who gave refuge to first muslim migrants from Makkah ?

(A)

Kisra

(B)

Negus

(C)

Caesar

(D)

None of the above

The Prophet was known before his prophethood as :

(A)

Al-Ameen

(B)

Al-Mujahid

(C)

Al-Shaykh

(D)

Al-Munir

Makkah was conquered by the Prophet in :

(A)

610 A.D.

(B)

622 A.D.

(C)

630 A.D.

(D)

632 A.D.

Madinah was known in Pre-Islamic Arabia as :

(A)

Yathrib

(B)

Hijaz

(C)

Sana

(D)

Yarmuk

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-S ?

(A)

(B)

$$

(C)

(D)

h 40 ?

(A)

(B)

- $

(C)

- g

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

P S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ $ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

-$

(D)

$ P $ ?

(A)

610 .

(B)

622 .

(C)

630 .

(D)

632 .

-S ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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15.

Al-Uzzah was :
(A)

Governor of Syria

(B)

Caretaker of Kaba

(C)

The pre-Islamic deity

(D)

Governor of Makkah

The battle of Yamama took place during the caliphate of :

(A)

Abu Bakr

(B)

Uthman

(C)

Muawiyah

(D)

Harun al-Rashid

Jerusalem was conquered during the period of :

(A)

Umar bin Al Khattab

(B)

Uthman bin Affan

(C)

Ali bin Abi Talib

(D)

Umar bin Abdul Aziz

Which battle was fought between Ali and Aishah ?

(A)

Battle of Siffin

(B)

Battle of Camel

(C)

Battle of Nahrawan

(D)

Battle of Tabuk

Thaqifah Bani Saidah is known for :

(A)

The foundation of dissent in Islam

(B)

The efforts to compile the Quran

(C)

The settlement of the issue of caliphate

(D)

Hudaibiyah Treaty

Who among the following is the most renowned poetess :

(A)

Khaula

(B)

Hind

(C)

Zubaidah

(D)

Khansa

Zaid bin Thabit was associated with the compilation of :

(A)

Pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry

(B)

The Holy Quran

(C)

The Traditions of the Prophet

(D)

The Sermons

Caliph Umar was assassinated by :

(A)

Ibn Muljam

(B)

Abdullah Bin Saba

(C)

Firoz

(D)

Abu Muslim Khurasani

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-$ ?

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(B)

(C)

-S

(D)

- $$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

M -

$ M $ ?

(A)

-$

(B)

S $$$

(C)

(D)

$$

h ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

-S

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ $ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S $

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20.

21.

The capital of Umayyad dynasty was :

(A)

Makkah

(B)

Madinah

(C)

Kufa

(D)

Damascus

The Umayyad dynasty lasted :

(A)

From 571 A.D. to 622 A.D.

(B)

From 661 A.D. to 750 A.D.

(C)

From 780 A.D. to 850 A.D.

(D)

From 850 A.D. to 1258 A.D.

Muawiyah was represented in Tahkim (arbitration) by :

(A)

Abu Muslim

(B)

Ubaidah bin Jarrah

(C)

Amr bin al-As

(D)

Abu Musa Ashari

Who among the Umayyad rulers is known as the fifth rightly guided caliph ?
(A)

Muawiyah

(B)

Walid II

(C)

Hisham

(D)

Umar bin Abdul Aziz

Sindh was conquered during the governorship of :

(A)

Ibn Qutaibah

(B)

Hajjaj bin Yusuf

(C)

Tariq bin Ziyad

(D)

Abu Musa Ashari

Arrange the following personalities in chronological order

Use the code given below :
(i)

Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi

(ii)

Shaikh Ahmed Sarshindi

(iii)

Syed Sulaiman Nadvi

(iv)

Shah Waliullah

Code :

22.

(A)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(B)

(ii)

(iv)

(iii)

(i)

(C)

(iii)

(ii)

(iv)

(i)

(D)

(iv)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Abdul Qasim al-Zahrawi was a distinguished :

(A)

Mathematician

(B)

Historian

(C)

Geographer

(D)

Surgeon

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21.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

571 . 622 .

(B)

661 . 750 .

(C)

780 . 850 .

(D)

850 . 1258 .

(S) ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ ?

(A)

(B)

II

(C)

(D)

$$

$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

$ $

(D)

Rh

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

Code

22.

(A)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(B)

(ii)

(iv)

(iii)

(i)

(C)

(iii)

(ii)

(iv)

(i)

(D)

(iv)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

$ -$ ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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27.

28.

The book Tahafut al-Tahafut was written by :

(A)

Ibn Sina

(B)

Ibn Al-Arabi

(C)

Ibn Rushd

(D)

Ibn al-Khatib

Kitabul Hind was written by :

(A)

Ibn Battuta

(B)

Al-Idrisi

(C)

Al-Battani

(D)

Al-Biruni

The discovery of Pulmonary Blood circulation is credited to :

(A)

Ibn Sina

(B)

Ibn al Nafis

(C)

Al-Razi

(D)

Ali bin Abbas

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A)

Mosque of cordova - spain

(B)

Dome of the Rock - Egypt

(C)

Al-Azhar - Saudi Arabia

(D)

Mosque of Samarra - Syria

The concept of Wahdatul Shuhud was propounded by :

(A)

Ibn Al-Arabi

(B)

Syed Ali Hujwiri

(C)

Jalaluddin Rumi

(D)

Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Arrange the following philosophers chronologically. Use the code given below :
(i)

Ibn Sina

(ii)

Al-Farabi

(iii)

Al-Kindi

(iv)

Ibn Rushd

Code :
(A)

(iii)

(ii)

(iv)

(i)

(B)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(C)

(i)

(iv)

(ii)

(iii)

(D)

(iii)

(ii)

(i)

(iv)

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26.

27.

28.

- ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

- ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

-M

- ?

(A)

(B)

--

(C)

-$

(D)

(A)

(B)

$ S

(C)

(D)

-- S ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

g M

(D)

Rh

(i)

(ii)

-$

(iii)

(iv)

Code
(A)

(iii)

(ii)

(iv)

(i)

(B)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(C)

(i)

(iv)

(ii)

(iii)

(D)

(iii)

(ii)

(i)

(iv)

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31.

32.

33.

34.

Idrisi dynasty lasted :

(A)

From 620 A.D. to 858 A.D.

(B)

From 788 A.D. to 974 A.D.

(C)

From 801 A.D. to 846 A.D.

(D)

From 918 A.D. to 1052 A.D.

The Mamluks ruled :

(A)

From 1175 A.D. to 1414 A.D.

(B)

From 1250 A.D. to 1517 A.D.

(C)

From 1348 A.D. to 1571 A.D.

(D)

From 1436 A.D. to 1679 A.D.

Mawardi was a renowned :

(A)

Poet

(B)

Political Thinker

(C)

Musician

(D)

Engineer

Single out the correct statement :

(A)

The author of Kashful Mahjub was Ibrahim Adham

(B)

Awariful Maarif was written by Amir Khusrau

(C)

Kalilah wa Dimnah was written by Ibn al-Muqaffa

(D)

Farazdaq was a great Muallaqah writer.

The two primary sources of Islamic law are

(A)

Muallaqat and Mufaddaliyat

(B)

Jurisprudence and Scholastic theology

(C)

The Quram and the Sunnah

(D)

Sufism and Islamic Philosophy

Ottomans conquered Constantinople in :

(A)

35.

(B)

1453 A.D.

(C)

1493 A.D.

(D)

1473 A.D.

(C)

Ayyubid

(D)

Mamluk

Zahir Baybars belonged to the dynasty of :

(A)

36.

1423 A.D.

Umayyad

(B)

Abbasid

The rule of the Ottomans lasted upto :

(A)

17th Century

(B)

18th Century

(C)

19th Century

(D)

20th Century

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31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

(A)

620 . 858 .

(B)

788 . 974 .

(C)

801 . 846 .

(D)

918 . 1052 .

(A)

1175 . 1414 .

(B)

1250 . 1517 .

(C)

1348 . 1571 .

(D)

1436 . 1679 .

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

SM

(C)

(D)

S d

(A)

$ $

(B)

$$

(C)

(D)

S S

S S #

(A)

1423 .

(B)

1453 .

(C)

1493 .

(D)

1473 .

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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44.

Payam-e-Mashriq is written by :
(A)

Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

(B)

Allama Iqbal

(C)

Firdausi

(D)

Abdul Qadir Bedil

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A)

Masudi - Futuhul Buldan

(B)

Al-Razi - Ali Hawi

(C)

Al Idrisi - Kitabul Qanun

(D)

Ibn Khallikan - Muqaddamah

The last abbasid caliph was :

(A)

Mutasim

(B)

Harun Rashid

(C)

Mutawakkil

(D)

Mustasim

The Umayyads of Spain were :

(A)

Berbers

(B)

Europeans

(C)

Arabs

(D)

Turks

Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind was written by :

(A)

Shibli Nomani

(B)

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(C)

Abdul Kalam Azad

(D)

Maulana Maududi

The movement of Pan-Islamism was started by :

(A)

Hasan Banna

(B)

Qutub Shaheed

(C)

Muhammad Abduh

(D)

Jamaluddin Afghans

Ibn Taimiyah was the follower of :

(A)

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

(B)

Abu Hanifah

(C)

Al-Shafii

(D)

Malik

Fusus al Hikam is written by :

(A)

Ibn Rushd

(B)

Al-Kindi

(C)

Al-Ghazali

(D)

Ibn Arabi

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39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

-$ - -

(C)

- - $

(D)

$ - $

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S $
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S
(A)

--

(B)

(C)

(D)

$$

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

Ikhwan-al-Muslimin was founded by :

(A)

Muhammad Abduh

(B)

Hasan Al-Banna

(C)

Syed Qutub

(D)

Jamaluddin Afghani

Bostan was written by :

(A)

Sadi Shirazi

(B)

Hafiz Shirazi

(C)

Urfi Shirazi

(D)

Abul Faraj Isfahani

The founder of Qajar Dynasty was :

(A)

Fath Ali Shah

(B)

Ahmad Ali Shah

(C)

Agha Muhammad Khan

(D)

Muhammad Ali Shah

The chapter of the Quran that begins without Bismillah is :

(A)

Surah Taha

(B)

Surah Muhammad

(C)

Surah Yasin

(D)

Surah Taubah

Baramikah flourished during the rule of :

(A)

Umayyads

(B)

Abbasids

(C)

Fatimids

(D)

Mamluks

The last king of Pahlavi dynasty was :

(A)

Ahmad Ali Shah

(B)

Ahmad Shah Abdali

(C)

Ahmad Raza Shah

(D)

Muhammad Raza Shah

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47.

48.

49.

50.

S S

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

S
(A)

(B)

$$ $

(C)

$ $

(D)

$ S$

$ S

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

$ S

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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