ARAB CULTURE AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. “Be loyal to thy tribe.” The slogan represented
(A) Asabiyah
(B) Adabiyah
(C) Asliyah
(D) Hubb al-Qabilah
2. The Arabicized Arabs were called
(A) – Aribah
(B) Ma‘ribah
(C) Ajānib
(D) Musta‘ribah
3. The Ottoman ruler who captured Egypt was
(A) Sulaiman the magnificent
(B) Salim-I
(C) Murad-I
(D) Bayazid-I
4. The Ottoman rule was established in the year
(A) 1279
(B) 1289
(C) 1299
(D) 1309
5. The Moon-God of the pre-Islamic Arabs was
(A) Laat
(B) Wadd
(C) Uzza
(D) Hubal
6. Al-Hijāz means
(A) The barrier
(B) The rocky tract
(C) The pilgrimage centre
(D) The great desert
7. The Holy Prophet was brought up by Halimah who belonged to
(A) Banu Sa‘eed
(B) Banu As‘ad
(C) Banu Su‘ād
(D) Banu Sa‘d
8. The first war in which the Holy Prophet participated before prophethood was
(A) Fijar
(B) Dahis
(C) Basus
(D) None of the above
9. The first wife of the Holy Prophet after the death of Hazrat Khadijah was Hazrat
(A) Hafsah
(B) Aishah
(C) Saudah
(D) Zainab
10. Observing fasts of Ramadhan was made obligatory in the year
(A) 1 A.H.
(B) 2 A.H.
(C) 4 A.H.
(D) 5 A.H.
11. Kitab al-Maghazi is written by
(A) Al-Zamakhshari
(B) Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Al-Jahiz
(D) Al-Waqidi
12. Laylat al-Qadr means night of
(A) Power
(B) Bounty
(C) Destiny
(D) Mercy
13. The expedition of Tabuk was against the
(A) Bedouins and Christians
(B) Bedouins and Jews
(C) Christians and Jews
(D) Bedouins and Abyssinian mercenaries
14. Riddah war was fought against
(A) Christians
(B) Apostates
(C) Quraish
(D) Jews
15. The battle of al-Qadisiyah took place during the caliphate of Hazrat
(A) Mu ‘awiyah
(B) Uthman
(C) Ali
(D) Umar
16. Abdullah ibn Wahb al-Rāsibi was the leader of the
(A) Ash‘arites
(B) Mu‘tazilites
(C) Kharijites
(D) Rasibites
17. Yazid sent a force against the people of Madinah under the leadership of
(A) Al-Hajjaj
(B) Amr bin al-Ās
(C) Abul Ās
(D) Omar ibn Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqās
18. Arrange the construction of the following mosques chronologically.
Use the code given below :
i. Mosque of the Prophet
ii. Damascus Mosque
iii. Samarrah Mosque
iv. Azhar Mosque
Codes :
(A) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
19. Mu‘awiyah-II was Yazid’s
(A) Uncle
(B) Cousin
(C) Step-brother
(D) Son
20. Postal service was developed under
(A) Mu‘awiyah
(B) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(C) Abdul Malik
(D) Hishām
21. Abul Abbas al-Saffah was nominated as the first Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty by his brother.
(A) Ibrahim
(B) Ismail
(C) Ishaq
(D) Yaqub
22. The author of ‘al-Hawi’ was
(A) Ibn Sina
(B) Ibn Hazm
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Al-Razi
23. The first Islamic coins were struck at Damuscus by
(A) Yazid
(B) Abdul Malik
(C) Marwan
(D) Al-Walid
24. Arrange the following Caliphs in chronological order using the code given below :
(i) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(ii) Hisham
(iii) Al-Walid
(iv) Marwan-I
Codes :
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
25. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Kitab al-Manazir – Ibn Arabi
(B) Kitab al-Hind – Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Kitab al-Āin – Al-Jahiz
(D) Kitab al-Aghani – Abul Faraj Isfahani
26. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Fusus al-Hikam – Ibn Taymiyah
(B) Kitab al-Shifa – Ibn Sina
(C) Kitab al-Hayawan – Al-Jahiz
(D) Al-Manar – Rashid Ridha
27. ‘Yaqut al-Hamavi’ was a
(A) Poet
(B) Historian
(C) Traditionist (Muhaddis)
(D) Qur‘anic exegesist
28. ‘Al-Baladhuri’ is the author of
(A) Mu‘jim al-Buldan
(B) Qamus al-Buldan
(C) Al-Milal wa Al-Nehal
(D) Futuh al-Buldan
29. The Hadith narrated by a liar is called
(A) Maqlub
(B) Mastur
(C) Matr–uk
(D) Mudraj
30. Who among the following is known for emphasizing ‘Nazm-e-Qur’an ?
(A) Mufti Mohammad Shafi
(B) Hamid-ud-Din Farahi
(C) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Abul A’la Maududi
31. Who is the author of al-Akhbar al- Tiwāl ?
(A) Abu Hanifah al-Dinawari
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Al-Ghazzali
(D) Al-Mas‘udi
32. The Saljuqs were
(A) Arabs
(B) Abyssinians
(C) Turks
(D) Iranians
33. Saifud Daula was
(A) Aghlabi
(B) Fatimi
(C) Ayyubi
(D) Hamdani
34. Imam Malik was
(A) Mufassir
(B) Muhaddith
(C) Mutakallim
(D) Mu‘arrikh
35. Al-Zahra Palace was built by
(A) Abdul Rahman-II
(B) Abdul Rahman al-Dakhil
(C) Abdul Rahman al-Kawakibi
(D) Abdul Rahman al-Nasir
36. Shahnamah was written by
(A) Firdausi Tusi
(B) Nizam al-Mulk Tusi
(C) Asadi Tusi
(D) Nasir al-Din Tusi
37. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Fi Zilal al-Qur’an– Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) Tafheem al-Qur’an– Maulana Maududi
(C) Jami‘ al- Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Qur’an – Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Tarjumanal- Qur’an – Mohammad Ibn Jarir al- Tabari
38. Ibn al-Baytār was bron in
(A) Egypt
(B) Syria
(C) Spain
(D) Iraq
39. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Ithna ‘Ashari – Imamat
(B) Al-Qanun – Ibn Sina
(C) Sayyed Qutub Shaheed – Egypt
(D) Kitab al-Hayawan – Ibn Khaldun
40. Dar ul-Hikmah was established in
(A) Egypt
(B) Iraq
(C) Syria
(D) Yemen
41. The Crusaders captured Jerusalem in
(A) 1072
(B) 1085
(C) 1089
(D) 1099
42. Arrange the following personalities in chronological order according to their birth, using the code given below :
(i) Abul Faraj Isfahani
(ii) Ibn Rushd
(iii) Ibn Hazm
(iv) Imam Bukhari
Codes :
(A) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(B) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
43. The founder of the Fatimid dynasty was
(A) Al-Mansur
(B) Ulugh Beg
(C) Ubaidullah
(D) Al-Mu’izz
44. Rukn al-Din Baybars belonged to
(A) Bahri Mamluks
(B) Burji Mamluks
(C) Fatimids
(D) Ayyubites
45. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Al-Qa’im – Saljuq
(B) Shajarat al-Durr – Fatimid
(C) Nur al-Din Zangi – Crusade
(D) Qalawun – Ayyubid
46. The great age of translation was during
(A) Umayyad period
(B) Fatimids
(C) Buwayhids
(D) Early Abbasid period
47. Jabir ibn Hayyan was a renowned
(A) Astrologer
(B) Chemist
(C) Geographer
(D) Historian
48. The issue of Khalq-e-Qur’an emerged during the rule of the
(A) Orthodox Caliphate
(B) Umayyads
(C) Abbasids
(D) Ottomans
49. Armugham-e-Hijaz is the work of
(A) Iqbal
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Shah Waliullah
(D) Ashraf Ali Thanvi
50. Al-Fawz al-Kabir was written by
(A) Hasan al-Bannā
(B) Muhammad Abduh
(C) Jamal al-Din Afghani
(D) Shah Waliullah
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