Solved MCQs Objective Question in Arab Culture and Islamic Studies-1st set

1. The capital of Himyarites was

(A) Zaffar

(B) Ma’arib

(C) Egypt

(D) Ma’an

Answer: (A)

2. Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) migrated to Madinah in the year

(A) 575 A.D.

(B) 620 A.D.

(C) 622 A.D.

(D) 632 A.D.

Answer: (C)

3. Abraha was the governor of

(A) Busra

(B) Damascus

(C) Fustat

(D) Yemen

Answer: (D)

4. The first migration of Muslims was to

(A) Madinah

(B) Kufah

(C) Abyssinia

(D) Taif

Answer: (C)

5. The Battle of Trench was fought in the year

(A) 622 A.D.

(B) 628 A.D.

(C) 630 A.D.

(D) 632 A.D.

Answer: (B)

6. Musailamah Kadhdhab was killed during the caliphate of

(A) H. Abu Bakr

(B) H. Umar

(C) H. Uthman

(D) H. Ali

Answer: (A)

7. Who chose Kufah as the capital of the Caliphate?

(A) H. Ali

(B) H. Uthman

(C) Umar bin Abdul Aziz

(D) Amin

Answer: (A)

8. The battle of Siffin was fought between

(A) H. Ali and H. Aisha

(B) H. Ali and H. Mu‘awiyah

(C) Yazid and H. Abdullah bin Zubair

(D) H. Khalid bin Walid and H. Mu‘awiyah

Answer: (B)

9. Caliph Ali was assassinated by

(A) Abu Lu’luFiroz

(B) Abdullah bin Saba

(C) Abdullah Wahab

(D) Abdul Rahman bin Muljim

Answer: (D)

10. The tragedy of Karbala took place in the year

(A) 661 A.D.

(B) 675 A.D.

(C) 680 A.D.

(D) 690 A.D.

Answer: (C)

11. Who among the following military commanders crushed the power of Abdullah bin Zubair?

(A) Tariq bin Ziyad

(B) Hajjaj bin Yusuf

(C) Musa bin Nusair

(D) Muhammad bin Qasim

Answer: (B)

12. The Arabicization of the State was initiated by

(A) Marwan

(B) Sulayman

(C) Ibrahim

(D) Abdul Malik bin Marwan

Answer: (D)

13. Who among the following is considered to be the founder of Arabic grammarGrammar It is the study of the rules governing the use of a language. That set of rules is also called the grammar of the language, and each language has its own distinct grammar. Grammar is part of the general study of language called linguistics.?

(A) Khalil ibn Ahmad

(B) Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali

(C) Shihab al-Zuhri

(D) Sibwaih

Answer: (B)

14. Who among the following was the first caliph in Islam born of a slave mother?

(A) Yazid III

(B) Walid I

(C) Marwan II

(D) Yazid II

Answer: (A)

15. Who founded the Abbasid dynasty?

(A) Al-Ma’mun

(B) Al-Mehdi

(C) Al-Hadi

(D) None of the above

Answer: (D)

16. Al-Khwarizmi was a

(A) Historian

(B) Chemist

(C) Musician

(D) Mathematician

Answer: (D)

17. Muruj al-Dhahab is written by

(A) Al-Ghazzali

(B) Al-Baladhuri

(C) Al-Mas‘udi

(D) Al-Biruni

Answer: (C)

18. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Kitab al-Hind – Al-Biruni

(B) Al-Burdah – Sharaf al- Din Muhammad

(C) Al-Itqan– Ibn Taimiyah

(D) Kitab al-Shifa – IbnSina

Answer: (C)

19. When did Imam Bukhari die?

(A) 870 A.D.

(B) 888 A.D.

(C) 894 A.D.

(D) 915 A.D.

Answer: (A)

20. Who was the last Abbasid Caliph?

(A) Al-Qa’im

(B) Al-Zahir

(C) Al-Mu‘tasim

(D) Al-Mustakfi

Answer: (C)

21. Ibn Khaldun was born in

(A) Iraq

(B) Egypt

(C) Syria

(D) Tunisia

Answer: (D)

22. Arrange the following Caliphs chronologically use the code given below:

i. Al-Wathiq

ii. Sulayman Ibn Abdul Malik

iii. Salim II

iv. Al-Hadi

Codes:

(A) iv i iii ii

(B) ii iii i iv

(C) i iii ii iv

(D) ii iv i iii

Answer: (D)

23. Who was the companion of the Prophet known as ‘Tarjuman Al- Qur’an’?

(A) Abdullah Ibn Umar

(B) Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ud

(C) Abdullah Ibn Abbas

(D) Abdullah Ibn Zubair

Answer: (C)

24. The author of ‘Kitab al-Kharaj’ was

(A) Muhammad Ibn Hasan

(B) Abu Yusuf

(C) Asad Ibn Furat

(D) Sahnoon

Answer: (B)

25. Which one of the following is considered as one of the source of Islamic LawLaw Positive command of sovereign or divine. One can be ruled either by a Statute, a Statue, or a Statement. Legislation is the rule-making process by a political or religious organisation. Physics governs natural law. Logical thinking is a sign of a healthy brain function. Dharma is eternal for Sanatanis.?

(A) Mubah

(B) Mustahab

(C) Istislah

(D) Mandub

Answer: (C)

26. The first Shi‘ite dynasty in the history of Islam was

(A) The Safavids

(B) The Idrisids

(C) The Fatimids

(D) The Hamdanids

Answer: (B)

27. Under which dynasty Egypt had become a sovereign. State for the first timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”) since Ptolemic and Pharaonic days?

(A) The Tulunids

(B) The Mamluks

(C) The Ayyubids

(D) The Fatimids

Answer: (C)

28. South Italy was conquered during the rule of

(A) The Fatimids

(B) The Aghlabids

(C) The Tulunids

(D) The Idrisids

Answer: (A)

29. Which dynasty superseded the Tahirid dynasty?

(A) The Hamdanids

(B) The Samanids

(C) The Tulunids

(D) The Saffarids

Answer: (D)

30. Who among the following was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty?

(A) Subuktigin

(B) Mahmud Ghaznawi

(C) Mas‘udGhaznawi

(D) Alptagin

Answer: (A)

31. Who among the following was Tabi‘ee Faqeeh?

(A) Asadibn Furat

(B) Sahnun Ibn Sa‘eed

(C) Urwah Ibn Zubair

(D) Dawud Ibn Sulayman

Answer: (C)

32. Al-Hawi al-Kabeer is a book of

(A) Hanafi Law

(B) Shafi‘ee Law

(C) Maliki Law

(D) Hanbali Law

Answer: (B)

33. Fath al-Bari is a commentary of

(A) Sahih MuslimMuslim A community gathered around Muhammad (d. 632 CE) and confessed that Muhammad was the last of Prophets and he received Quran through Zibreel Farista from Allah. Hadith of Sahih Bukhari faithfully recorded the commands of Muhammad. He acknowledged the contribution of Jesus to the Abrahamic Religion.

(B) Sunan Abi Dawud

(C) Jami Tirmidhi

(D) Sahih Bukhari

Answer: (D)

34. Horseshoe type and pointed arches were used in the architecture built by

(A) Umayyads of Spain

(B) Mughals of IndiaIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa) is the name of this land mass. The people of this land are Sanatan Dharmin and they always defeated invaders. Indra (10000 yrs) was the oldest deified King of this land. Manu's jurisprudence enlitened this land. Vedas have been the civilizational literature of this land. Guiding principles of this land are : सत्यं वद । धर्मं चर । स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः । Read more

(C) Safavids of Iran

(D) Abbasids of Baghdad

Answer: (A)

35. The fall of Granada took place in the year

(A) 1148 A.D.

(B) 1236 A.D.

(C) 1492 A.D.

(D) 1498 A.D.

Answer: (C)

36. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(A) Mu’tazilah – Al-Muljim

(B) Naqshbandi – Dancing Dervesh

(C) Ithna ‘Ashari – Imamat

(D) Qadrite – Irja

Answer: (C)

37. Arrange the following rulers in order in which they ruled.

Use the code given below:

(i) Bayazid I

(ii) Urkhan

(iii) Murad I

(iv) Uthman I

Codes:

(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Answer: (B)

38. Yanicheri was the name of the armyArmy The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran shall be an Islamic army, which is an ideological and peoples army and which shall recruit competent individuals faithful to the objectives of the Islamic Revolution and ready to make sacrifices for attaining the same. (Art-144) of

(A) Safavids

(B) Timurids

(C) Ghaznavids

(D) Ottomans

Answer: (D)

39. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(A) Ibn Qutaibah – Tawq al- Hamamah

(B) Ibn Hazm – Al-Qanun

(C) Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih– Al-‘Iqd al-Farid

(D) Ibn Khaldun – Kitab al- Hayawan

Answer: (C)

40. Hisab al-Jabrwa al-Muqābalah was written by

(A) Jabir bin Hayyan

(B) Al-Khwarizmi

(C) Al-Farabi

(D) Umar Khayyam

Answer: (B)

41. Arrange the following personalities in chronological order

Use the code given below:

(i) Ibn Sina

(ii) Al-Razi

(iii) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

(iv) Al-Kindi

Codes:

(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

Answer: (B)

42. Al-Tabari is associated with

(A) History

(B) Astronomy

(C) Mathematics

(D) Painting

Answer: (A)

43. The Great Mosque of Samarra was built during the reign of

(A) Al-Mamun

(B) Al-Mutawakkil

(C) Al-Muktafi

(D) Al-Saffah

Answer: (B)

44. The subject matter of Kitab al- Nagham is

(A) Music

(B) Pottery

(C) Architecture

(D) Painting

Answer: (A)

45. Armughan-e-Hijaz is written by

(A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(B) Shah Waliullah

(C) Altaf Husain Hali

(D) Muhammad Iqbal

Answer: (D)

46. Arrange the following books in chronological order. Use the code given below:

(i) Bal-e-Jibril

(ii) Athar al-Sanadid

(iii) Muqaddamah

(iv) Hujjatullah al-Balighah

Codes:

(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

Answer: (C)

47. Syed Qutub Shaheed was

(A) An Iraqi

(B) An Egyptian

(C) A Syrain

(D) A Libyan

Answer: (B)

48. Ikhwan al-Muslimeen was established in the year

(A) 1920 A.D.

(B) 1924 A.D.

(C) 1928 A.D.

(D) 1941 A.D.

Answer: (C)

49. Bidāya al-Mujtahid deals with

(A) Theory of historical development

(B) Islamic jurisprudenceJurisprudence It is a branch of philosophy, that discusses the legality of Law. Oppenheimer v Cattermole (1976), the court considered the question of whether a Nazi law was so iniquitous that it should refuse to recognise it as a law, thus raising the connection between the concepts of law and morality.

(C) Legal interpretation

(D) Literary criticism

Answer: (B)

50. Al-Hambra was built by

(A) al-Murabitun

(B) al-Muwahhidun

(C) Banu Jawhar

(D) The rulers of Granada

Answer: (D)