ARAB CULTURE AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Abrahah built a magnificent cathedral in
(A) Aden
(B) San‘a
(C) Khawlān
(D) None of the above
2. Banu Bakr fought Harb al-Basūs with
(A) Banu Asad
(B) Banu Tamim
(C) Banu Taghlib
(D) Banu ‘Abs
3. Dhul Quruh is the title given to the pre-Islamic Mu‘allaqah writer
(A) Imru al-Qais
(B) Zuhair bin Abi Sulma
(C) Labid bin Rabi‘ah
(D) Antarah bin Shaddad
4. The odes that were hung on the walls of Ka‘bah were
(A) three
(B) four
(C) five
(D) seven
5. Manah, that was worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs, was the goddess of
(A) Prosperity
(B) Death
(C) Destiny
(D) Knowledge
6. The conquest of Makkah took place in
(A) 7 A.H.
(B) 8 A.H.
(C) 9 A.H.
D) 10 A.H.
7. The Holy Prophet’s mother died at
(A) Makkah
(B) Tā’if
(C) Abwā
(D) San‘a
8. Bilal was the slave of
(A) Umayyah bin Khalaf
(B) Ibn al-Asda
(C) Hakam bin Abi al-Ās
(D) Uqba bin Ali
9. “Umm al-Masākeen” was the title of Hazrat
(A) Saudah bint Zam‘ah
(B) Umm Habibah
(C) Zainab bint Jahash
(D) Zainab bint Khuzaimah
10. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Abu Sufyan – Umm Habibah
(B) Abu Bakr – Asma
(C) Usman – Hafsah
(D) Ali – Umm Kulsum
11. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Aleppo – Syria
(B) Basrah – Yemen
(C) Yanbu‘ – Iraq
(D) Bandar Abbas – Lebanon
12. The Battle of the Bridge was fought between
(A) Muslims and Romans
(B) Muslims and Iranians
(C) Muslims and Egyptians
(D) Muslims and Syrians
13. The last King of Persia, prior to the establishment of the Islamic rule, was
(A) Anusharwan
(B) Jamshed-I
(C) Khusraw Parvez
(D) Yazdagird-III
14. Hazrat Ali was martyred in the year
(A) 650 AD
(B) 655 AD
(C) 661 AD
(D) 665 AD
15. The Muslim army defeated the last Iranian King belonging to the dynasty of
(A) Sāmānid
(B) Sasānid
(C) Safavid
(D) Shervanite
16. ‘Muqawqis’ is the Arabic term for
(A) Cyrus
(B) Caesar
(C) Negus
(D) Khusraw
17. The third Orthodox Caliph recalled Amr bin al-As from Egypt and appointed in his place his
(A) Son
(B) Son-in-law
(C) Nephew
(D) Foster brother
18. In 649, Mu‘āwiyah seized Cyprus, the famous naval base of
(A) Iranians
(B) Greeks
(C) Byzantines
(D) Egyptians
19. The Dhimmis
(A) enjoyed the protection and had no military duty.
(B) enjoyed the protection and paid zakat.
(C) enjoyed the protection and given military duty.
(D) none of the above
20. The famous medieval Muslim Indologist was
(A) Ibn al-Muqaffah
(B) Al-Biruni
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Haji Khalifah
21. As Caliph, Hazrat Abubakr received
(A) 1200 dirmah annually
(B) stipend in kind
(C) stipend to cover all his expenses
(D) no stipend
22. The title “Khalifatu Khalifati Rasūl Allah” was used for Hazrat
(A) Umar
(B) Usman
(C) Ali
(D) Mu‘āwiyah
23. Hazrat Ali was proclaimed the fourth Caliph in
(A) Makkah
(B) Madinah
(C) Kufah
(D) Najaf
24. ‘The Battle of Camel’ took place outside
(A) Basrah
(B) Madinah
(C) Kufah
(D) Ta’if
25. Amir Mu‘āwiyah was a descendant of
(A) Hashim
(B) Abdul Muttalib
(C) Abd Shams
(D) None of the above
26. Al-Qayrawan was founded by
(A) Mūsa ibn Nusair
(B) ‘Uqbah ibn Nāfi’
(C) Mohammad ibn Qasim
(D) Tariq ibn Ziyad
27. The population throughout the Umayyad empire was divided into
(A) two social classes
(B) three social classes
(C) four social classes
(D) five social classes
28. Al-Akhtal, the famous poet was a
(A) Muslim
(B) Jew
(C) Magian
(D) Christian
29. Arrange the following Caliphs chronologically in respect of their rule, using the code given below :
(i) Al-Wathiq
(ii) Al-Amin
(iii) Al-Mutawakkil
(iv) Al-Mu‘tasim
Codes :
(A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
30. Siddhanta was translated by
(A) Muhammad ibn-Ibrahim al- Fazāri
(B) Ibn al-Muqaffah
(C) Hunayn ibn Ishaq
(D) Ali ibn Al-Abbas
31. Arrange the following personalities chronologically according to their dates of death, using the code given below :
(i) Al-Ghazzali
(ii) Imam Malik
(iii) Ibn Sina
(iv) Al-Razi
Codes :
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(C) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
32. Jāmi‘al-Bayān Fi Tafsir al-Qur’ān was written by
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Ibn Jarir al-Tabari
(C) Ibn Miskawayh
(D) Ibn al-Athir
33. The incomplete commentary on the Holy Qur’an was written by
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Ashraf Ali Thanvi
(C) Amin Ahsan Islahi
(D) Maulana Maududi
34. The Quranic commentary al-Kashshāf was written by
(A) Ibn Hazm
(B) Ibn Taimiyah
(C) Zamakhshari
(D) Ibn Kathir
35. Hadith means
(A) Only suggestions of Prophet Muhammad
(B) Sayigns of the Prophet and his companions
(C) Sayings of the rightly-guided Caliphs
(D) What Muhammad said, did and approved of
36. Of the following, which is not a source of Islamic law ?
(A) Ijmā’
(B) Qiyās
(C) The Holy Qur’ān
(D) Riwayah and Dirayah
37. Of the following, which is not included in Sihah Sittah ?
(A) Musnad Imam Ahmad
(B) Jami’ al-Tirmidhi
(C) Sunan Ibn Mājah
(D) Sunan Abu Dawood
38. Riwayah and Dirayah means
(A) Rituals mentioned in Hadith
(B) Compilation of Hadith
(C) Transmission and scrutiny of Hadith
(D) Source of Islamic law
39. The largest number of Ahādith were reported by
(A) Uthman
(B) Abu Hurairah
(C) Umar
(D) Abu Bakr
40. The author of Kitab al-Shamā’il is
(A) Imam Tirmidhi
(B) Imam Bukhari
(C) Imam Muslim
(D) Abu Dawood
41. Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani is a commentary on
(A) Sahih Muslim
(B) Sahih Bukhari
(C) Jami’ Tirmidhi
(D) Sunan Abi Dawood
42. The author of Kitab al-Umm is
(A) Abu Yusuf
(B) Sufiyan Sauri
(C) Imam Shafi’i
(D) Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
43. Identify the city which is known as ‘Dār-ul-Sunnah’ :
(A) Madinah
(B) Makkah
(C) Basrah
(D) Kufah
44. Hazrat Umar sent Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ūd as a teacher to
(A) Ta’if
(B) Halb
(C) Basrah
(D) Kufah
45. Al-Majmu‘ fi al-Fiqh was written by
(A) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(B) Abu Hanifah
(C) Zayd ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin
(D) Abu Yusuf
46. The Committee of jurists that compiled ‘Fatāwa Alamgiri’ was headed by
(A) Shaykh Hammad Jaunpuri
(B) Mufti Muhammad Akram Lahori
(C) Shaykh Nizam Burhanpuri
(D) Qazi Muhammad Husayn Jaunpuri
47. Shaykh Abdul Haq Dehlavi was
(A) Faqih
(B) Scholar of Hadith
(C) Physician
(D) Historian
48. The Sufis of Naqshbandi Order disapprove of
(A) Non-obligatory prayer
(B) Non-obligatory fasting
(C) Paying poordue
(D) Dhikr-e-Jali
49. Kashf al-Mahjūb was written by
(A) Makhdum Maha’imi
(B) Quli Qutub Shah
(C) Nizam al-Din Auliya
(D) Ali Hujweri
50. Khwajah Mu‘in al-Din Chishti was Khalifah of
(A) Khwajah Uthman Haruni
(B) Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
(C) Junaid Baghdadi
(D) Abdul Qādir Jilāni
51. The famous jurist, Alqamah al- Nakha’i, was a pupil of
(A) Abd Allah ibn Abi ‘Awf
(B) Abd Allah ibn Abbas
(C) Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar
(D) Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ūd
52. The name of the extinct book of Abu Hanifah was
(A) Kitāb al-Rā’i
(B) Kitab al-Kharāj’
(C) Usūl al-Hadith
(D) None of the above
53. The author of Kitab al-Risālah is
(A) Imam Muhammad
(B) Imam Abu Yusuf
(C) Imam Shāfi’i
(D) Imam Razi
54. The Prophet’s nocturnal journey is mentioned in Surah
(A) Al-Ma‘ūn
(B) Al-Feel
(C) Al-Sajdah
(D) Al-Isrā’
55. Nizam al-Din Auliyā was born in
(A) Bulandshahar
(B) Badāyūn
(C) Baghdad
(D) Bareilly
56. Mujaddid Alf Thāni was born in
(A) Malerkotla
(B) Lahore
(C) Delhi
(D) Sirhind
57. Ezālat al-Khifā ‘un Khilāfat al-Khulafā was written by
(A) Shah Waliullah
(B) Abdul Haq Dehlavi
(C) Nizam al-Din Auliyā
(D) Amir Khusro
58. Panchtantra was translated into Arabic from Pahlavi by
(A) Al-Fārābi
(B) Ibn al-Mu‘qaffa‘
(C) Muhammad ibn Mūsa al-Khwarizmi
(D) Al-Kindi
59. Beside being a poet and mathematician, Umar al-Khayyam was
(A) Astronomer
(B) Historian
(C) Chemist
(D) Pharmacist
60. Al-Kindi is known as the
(A) theologian of the Arabs
(B) novelist of the Arabs
(C) philosopher of the Arabs
(D) poet of the Arabs
61. Which of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Al-Battani – Astronomer
(B) Ibn Sina – Historian
(C) Farabi – Jurist
(D) Ibn Nafis – Poet
62. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Al-Biruni – Kitab al-Hind
(B) Abu al-Qasim al-Zahravi – Tafsir
(C) Al-Jahiz – Kitab al-Hayawān
(D) Gazzali – Tarikh al-Khulafā
63. Identify the personality known as Herodotus of the Arabs ?
(A) Al-Tabari
(B) Al-Mas‘udi
(C) Ibn Khaldun
(D) Al-Biruni
64. Arrange the following personalities chronologically, according to their demise using the code given below :
(i) Al-Biruni
(ii) Al-Kindi
(iii) Al-Tabari
(iv) Ibn Sinā
Codes :
(A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
65. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was basically
(A) Physician
(B) Astrologer
(C) Geographer
(D) None of the above
66. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Ghazzali – Mathematics
(B) Ali Hujveri – Medicine
(C) Jabir ibn Hayyan – Chemistry
(D) Ibn Sina – Mysticism
67. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Scientific – Sir Sayyad Society Ahmad Khan
(B) Kanz al-Iman – Ahmad Raza Khan
(C) Ahl-e-Hadith – Abul A’la Maududi
(D) Bhakti Movement – Ramanand
68. Saddam Husain belonged to
(A) Al-B’ath Party
(B) Ahl-e-Hadith
(C) Sannusi Movement
(D) Ikhwan-al-Muslimun
69. Khawarij were
(A) against Ali and in favour of Mu‘āwiyah
(B) against Ali and Mu‘āwiyah
(C) against Mu‘āwiyah and in favour of Ali
(D) in favour of Ali and Mu‘āwiyah
70. The Ithna ‘Asharis follow the laws laid down by
(A) Imam Zahir
(B) Imam Zaid
(C) Imam Isma’il
(D) Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq
71. The founder of modern Egypt is
(A) Ismail Pasha
(B) Saeed Pasha
(C) Mohammad Ali Pasha
(D) Abbas Pasha
72. Sayyad Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at
(A) Balakot
(B) Pathankot
(C) Rajkot
(D) Sherkot
73. Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab was born in the year
(A) 1690
(B) 1703
(C) 1803
(D) 1903
74. The revolution in Iran led by Ayat Allah Khumaini took place in
(A) 1979
(B) 1984
(C) 1988
(D) 1989
75. The book of al-Mas‘ūdi which depicts the early Indo-Arab relations is
(A) Kitab al-Ma‘arif
(B) Kitab al-Khiraj
(C) Kashf al-Mahjūb
(D) Murūj al-Dhahab
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