A Muslim man waves an Indian flag during a march to celebrate India’s Independence Day in Ahmedabad, India, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTX2KWWX
Choose one correct answer from the given options
1. The four schools of thought were founded during the reign of
(a) Abbasids
(b) Mughals
(c) Fatimids
(d) None of these
2. Status of a Mufti used to be that of a
(a) Draftsman
(b) Legislator
(c) Law Officer
(d) None of these
3. System developed by the Muslim doctors is
Mohammedan law
Fiqh
Muslim law
all the above.
4. Istihsan means:
(a) Preference of stronger evidence over analogy
(b) Preference over Ijtihad.
(c) Preference over Qiyas.
(d) None
5. The term Fiqa used in the literal sense means:
(a) Law
(b) Understanding
(c) People’s opinion
6. Analogy is rule of
(a) Deduction
(b) Interpretation
(c) Translation
(d) None of these
7. Muta under Mohammedan law means
a temporary marriage
a permanent marriage
a joint venture marriage
an illegal marriage.
8. A marriage with a woman before completion of her Iddat is
(a) Irregular
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) None of these
9. Muta marriages are allowed today by the
Sunnite Schools of Mohammedan law
Shiites Schools of Mohammedan law
Ithna Ashari School of Mohammedan Law
all the above.
10. Muta marriages are considered to be illicit by
Sunnite School of Mohammedan law
Ismailis
Zaydis
all the above.
11. Islam in Arabic means
submission to the will of God
deliberate adoption of a new faith
adoption of the faith of Islam
all the above.
12. Legal capacity (ahliyya) in Islamic law is divided into
- Ahliyya al-ada and ahliyya al-wafa
- Ahliyya al-wujoob and ahliyya al-haqq
- Ahliyya al-wujoob and ahliyya al-ada
- None of these
13. Failing the mother, the custody of a boy under the age of seven years belongs to:
(a) Father
(b) Paternal uncle
(c) Brother’s wife
(d) None of these
14. Hadith is
are the very words of God
are the traditions of the Prophet – the records of his action and his sayings
are the dictates of secular reason in accordance with certain definite principles
all the above.
15. According to Shariat the kinds of religious injunctions are
nine
seven
five
three.
16. Formal sources of Islamic law are
two
four
six
seven.
17. Islamic law is formally contained in
Koran
Hadith
Ijma & Kiyas
all the above.
18. A woman may be a Qadi/Kaji according to:
(a) Malikis
(b) Hanafis
(c) Hamblis
(d) None of these
19. Mohammedan law applies to
all persons who are Muslims by birth
all persons who are Muslims by conversion
all persons who are Muslims either by birth or by conversion
all persons who are Muslims by birth only and not to Muslims by conversion.
20. According to the Shariat, if one of the parents is a Muslim, the child is to be treated as
a Muslim
belonging to the religion of the father
belonging to the religion of the mother
belonging to the religion mutually agreed by the parents.
21. In India, if one of the parents is a Muslim, the child is to be treated as
belonging to the religion of the mother
belonging to the religion of the father
belonging to the religion mutually agreed by the parents
a Muslim.
22. Marriage in Islam is
a contract
a sacrament
a contract as well as a sacrament
either a contract or a sacrament.
23. Islamic law provides for
monogamy
unlimited polygamy
controlled polygamy
bigamy.
24. In Mohammedan law marriage is a
contract for the legalisation of intercourse and the procreation of children
contract for the procreation of children
contract for legalisation of intercourse
contract for different forms of sex relationship.
25. Under Islamic Law a child is legitimate if born after the dissolution of marriage and wife remaining unmarried:
(a) Within one year of the termination of marriage
(b) Within 280 days of the termination of marriage
(c) Within six months of the termination of marriage
(d) None of these
