ARAB CULTURE & ISLAMIC STUDIES
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. The Himyarite Kingdom was established in
(A) West Arabia
(B) East Arabia
(C) South Arabia
(D) North Arabia
2. Which event of Islamic history has been described as Fath-e-Mubeen in the Holy Quran ?
(A) Treaty of Hudaybiyah
(B) Conquest of Mecca
(C) Badr
(D) Uhad
3. Who among the following did not participate in the Battle of Badr ?
(A) Abu Jahal
(B) Abu Lahab
(C) Utba
(D) Shaiba
4. The Munzir tribe ruled in
(A) Bahrain
(B) Hunain
(C) Hira
(D) Syria
5. Arrange the following “Ghazwas” in chronological order, use the codes given below :
i. Hunain
ii. Uhad
iii. Khandaq
iv. Khaibar
Codes :
(A) ii, iii, iv, i
(B) iii, ii, i, iv
(C) iv, i, ii, iii
(D) i, ii, iii, iv
6. The first female martyr in Islam was
(A) H. Safiyah
(B) H. Sumayyah
(C) H. Umme Aiman
(D) H. Saudah
7. Who among the following was not the son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad ?
(A) Uthman
(B) Ali
(C) Abul Aas
(D) Amr bin Al-Aas
8. The Battle of Camel took place in
(A) Madinah
(B) Kufa
(C) Basrah
(D) Taif
9. Who among the following military commanders crushed the power of Abdullah bin Zubair ?
(A) Mohammad bin Qasim
(B) Tariq bin Ziyad
(C) Musa bin Nusair
(D) Hajjaj bin Yusuf
10. The tragedy of Karbala took place in the year
(A) 665 A.D.
(B) 680 A.D.
(C) 675 A.D.
(D) 690 A.D.
11. Al-Akhtal the famous poet was a
(A) Muslim
(B) Zoroastrian
(C) Jew
(D) Christian
12. The Arabicization of the State took place during the period of
(A) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(B) Hisham
(C) Abdul Malik bin Marwan & Al Walid
(D) Ameer Muawiyah
13. The caliphate of Umar bin Abdul Aziz lasted during the period
(A) 717 – 720
(B) 702 – 705
(C) 719 – 724
(D) 710 – 713
14. The Barmakids flourished during the rule of
(A) The Mamluks
(B) The Ayyubids
(C) The Abbasids
(D) The Umayyads
15. Hashimiyah was the capital of Abbasids during the rule of
(A) Al Saffah
(B) Al Mamoon
(C) Al Hadi
(D) Al Mansoor
16. The great musician Ibrahim Al Mawsili is associated with
(A) The Umayyads
(B) The Abbasids
(C) The Fatimids
(D) The Saljuqs
17. Al Khawarizmi was a great
(A) Sufi
(B) Historian
(C) Mathematician
(D) Musician
18. Abul Hasan Al-Asthari is famous for
(A) Ilm-e-Tibb
(B) History
(C) Sociology
(D) Ilm-e-Kalam
19. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Jami-Al-Bayan Fi Tafseer-Al-Quran – Al-Tabari
(B) Tafseer Tarjuman Al-Quran – Maulana Maududi
(C) Tafseer Fi Zilal Al-Quran – Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
(D) Tafheem Al-Quran – Sayyad Qutub
20. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Kitab Al-Shifa – Ibn Sina
(B) Al Itqan – Ibn Taimiyah
(C) Muqaddemah – Ibn Khaldun
(D) Kitab Al-Hind – Al Biruni
21. Tafseer “Mafatihulghaib” was written by
(A) Al Tabari
(B) Zamakhshari
(C) Imam Razi
(D) Baizavi
22. Tafseer “Bayan Al Quran” is written by
(A) Ashraf Ali Thanavi
(B) Maulana Maududi
(C) Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
23. “Tirmidhi Shareef” is the name of
(A) A mosque in Iraq
(B) A city in Spain
(C) A book of Hadith
(D) A Sufi Monastery
24. Imam Bukhari was born in the year
(A) 191 A.H.
(B) 194 A.H.
(C) 196 A.H.
(D) 197 A.H.
25. Imam Abu Dawood flourished during the period
(A) Umayyads
(B) Abbasids
(C) Fatimids
(D) Ayyubids
26. “Muwatta” is a book of
(A) Hadith
(B) Tafseer
(C) Pre Islamic Poetry
(D) History
27. Nasai’s book deals with
(A) Collection of Islamic Law
(B) Collection of a Hadith
(C) Problems related to women
(D) Muslim personal law
28. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Shias – Institution of Imamat
(B) Sayyad Qutub – Muslim Brotherhood
(C) Ibn Hazm – Al Qanun
(D) Maulana Abul Laith – Jamat Islami
29. The Samanid dynasty was established in the year
(A) 874
(B) 890
(C) 869
(D) 878
30. Al-Idrisi made significant contribution in the field of
(A) Medicine
(B) Chemistry
(C) Architecture
(D) Geography
31. The Ghaznavid dynasty came to an end in the year
(A) 1186
(B) 1175
(C) 1197
(D) 1169
32. The Ikhshidi dynasty was established in ?
(A) Tripoli
(B) Damascus
(C) Sicily
(D) Al-Fustat
33. Which one is not correctly matched ?
(A) Sanjar – Ghaznavids
(B) Shahrukh – Taimurids
(C) Malik Shah – Tulunids
(D) Ziadatullah – Aghlabids
34. The founder of the Fatimid dynasty was
(A) Abu Abdullah
(B) Ubaidullah
(C) Ismail bin Mohammad
(D) Wasiq Billah
35. The last ruler of the Fatimid dynasty was
(A) Azid
(B) Al Mustansir
(C) Al Aziz
(D) Al Muizz
36. The Ayyubid dynasty lasted during the period
(A) 1164 – 1260
(B) 1160 – 1248
(C) 1171 – 1250
(D) 1150 – 1255
37. Rashiduddin Sinan was the chief of the
(A) Ismaili Assassins
(B) Ayyubid Assassins
(C) Sunni Assassins
(D) Shia Assassins
38. The real foundation of the Mamluk Power was laid by
(A) Qalawun
(B) Baybers
(C) Shajaratul Durr
(D) Al Nasir
39. Al Hamra is situated in
(A) Iran
(B) Iraq
(C) Spain
(D) Turkey
40. Al Zahra Palace was built by
(A) Al Hakam
(B) Abdul Rahman Al Nasir
(C) Hisham
(D) Abdul Rahman Al Dakhil
41. The founder of modern Egypt was
(A) Sayeed Pasha
(B) Ismail Pasha
(C) Mustafa Kamal
(D) Mohammad Ali Pasha
42. Sheikh Abdul Haq Dehlavi was
(A) Physician
(B) Scholar of Hadith
(C) Faqih
(D) Historian
43. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Masael-e-Tasawwuf – Maikash Akbarabadi
(B) Tasawwuf-e-Islam – Abdul Majid Daryabadi
(C) Mabadi Al Tasawwuf – Khalifa Haji
(D) Kashful Mahjoob – Sheikh Ali Al Hijveri
44. The Iranian revolution of 1979 was led by
(A) Ayatullah Sistani
(B) Baqar Al-Sadr
(C) Ayatullah Khumaini
(D) Mehdi Ghilan Shah
45. The theory of Pan Islamism was introduced by
(A) Sayyed Qutub
(B) Jamaluddin Afghani
(C) Mustafa Kamal
(D) Jamal Abdul Nasir
46. Which of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) Shuddhi Movement – Ramanuja
(B) Mujahideen Movement – Maulana Zakaria
(C) Krishna Movement – Pandit Ravi Kumar
(D) Bhakti Movement – Ramanuja
47. Hasan Al Banna is related to
(A) Al-Bath Party
(B) Ikhwan Al Muslimeen
(C) Wahabi Movement
(D) Mehdavi Movement
48. “Al Muslimoon Fi-al-Hind” is written by
(A) Azad Bilgrami
(B) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi
(C) Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
(D) Sayyed Suleman Nadvi
49. The capital of Libya is
(A) Tripoli
(B) Sana
(C) Cairo
(D) Damascus
50. “Yenicheri” was a
(A) Religious Group
(B) Name of a Palace
(C) Army
(D) Turkish General
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