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. Ghumdan of the first century after Christ, is ascribed as
(A) The River
(B) The Mountain
(C) The Land of Castles
(D) The Desert
2. The city of Ma’rib was located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Syria
(C) Iraq
(D) Yemen
3. The attack of Abrahah on the city of Mecca is mentioned in the Quranic chapter ?
(A) 24
(B) 105
(C) 34
(D) 44
4. The famous desert ‘Al-Rab’al-Khali’ is located in
(A) North of Arabia
(B) East of Arabia
(C) West of Arabia
(D) South of Arabia
5. The Palmyrene civilization was an interesting blend of
(A) Greek, Arabian & Syrian elements
(B) Greek, Syrian & Iranian elements
(C) Greek, Syrian & Yemani element
(D) Greek, Syrian & Indian elements
6. The battle of Jamal was fought between
(A) Bibi Ayshah & Hazrat Ali
(B) Muawiyah & Hazrat Ali
(C) Hazrat Ali & Yazid
(D) Yazid & Al-Walid
7. The first revelation was received by the Prophet on
(A) Shab-i-Qadr
(B) Shab-i-Mi’raj
(C) Shab-i-Barat
(D) Shab-i-Noor
8. The battle of Badr was fought in the year
(A) 632
(B) 636
(C) 624
(D) 750
9. The year of delegation is
(A) 9th A.H.
(B) 8th A.H.
(C) 7th A.H.
(D) 6th A.H.
10. The Madinan Chapters mainly deal with the concept of
(A) Ibadat
(B) Mu’amalat
(C) Mankuhat
(D) Ibadat, Muamlat and Uqubat
11. Ridda wars were fought during the Caliphate of
(A) Ali
(B) Uthman
(C) Umar
(D) Abu Bakr
12. The battle of Yarmuk was fought in the year
(A) 636
(B) 646
(C) 656
(D) 667
13. The task of the compilation of the Quran was assigned to
(A) Khalid bin Walid
(B) Hajjaj ibn Yousuf
(C) Zayd bin Thabit
(D) Amr ibn al-As
14. During Haj the stone-throwing ritual takes place at
(A) Muzdalfah
(B) Mecca
(C) Arafat
(D) Jamrat al-Aqabah
15. ‘Ahl i-Bayt’ are the descendents of
(A) House of Prophet Muhammad
(B) House of Banu Bakr
(C) House of Muawiya
(D) House of Banu Abbas
16. Sindh was captured by
(A) Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
(B) Khalid bin Walid
(C) Amr ibn al-As
(D) Mohd. Bin Qasim
17. The first Arabic dictionary entitled Kitab al-‘Ayn was compiled by
(A) Amr ibn Sharahil al-Shabi
(B) Abu Hunayn
(C) Al-Khalil
(D) Abdullah ibn Masut
18. Wasil bin Ata was the founder of
(A) Asharites
(B) Mu’tazilites
(C) Maturidis
(D) Hanafis
19. The ‘Dome of Rock’ was built by
(A) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(B) Haroon Al-Rashid
(C) Abdul Malik bin Marwan
(D) Hisham
20. Arrange the following books in chronological order using the code given below :
(i) Kitab al-Aghani
(ii) Sahih-i-Bukhari
(iii) Rehla of Ibn Battuta
(iv) Bayon al-Quran
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
21. Arrange the following rulers in order of chronology using the code given below :
(i) Mu‘awiyah
(ii) Abdul Malik bin Marwan
(iii) Haroon Al-Rashid
(iv) Hadi
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
22. The Abbasid Kingdom was established in the year
(A) 850
(B) 1258
(C) 750
(D) 950
23. Which one of the following is correctly matched :
(A) Ijma – Analogy
(B) Istihsan – Expediency
(C) Ijtihad – Blind following
(D) Sahihain – Seven books of Hadith
24. Which one is not correctly matched :
(A) Jami‘ul Quran – Uthman
(B) Mowlana Ilyas – Tablighi Jamat
(C) Hasan al- Banna – Ikhwanul- Muslimin
(D) Wasil bin Ata – Murjites
25. The title of ‘Al-Shaykh al-rais’ was given to
(A) Al-Farabi
(B) Al-Ghazzali
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Ibn Khaldun
26. Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Muluk, was written by
(A) Al-Tabari
(B) Al-Razi
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Al-Ghazzali
27. The Kitab al-Asrar was written by
(A) Ibn Khaldun
(B) Al-Farabi
(C) Al-Razi
(D) Al-Kindi
28. Abul A‘la Maududi was the author of
(A) Ma‘arif al-Quran
(B) Tarjuman al-Quran
(C) Bayan al-Quran
(D) Tafhim al-Quran
29. ‘Sahifa Sadiqa’ was written by
(A) Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As
(B) Imam Malik
(C) Imam Bukhari
(D) Ashraf Ali Thanwi
30. The monumental book of Hadith literature, Muwatta, was written by
(A) Imam Bukhari
(B) Imam Muslim
(C) Imam Shafii
(D) Imam Malik
31. The science of Hadith criticism was evolved by
(A) Mufassirin
(B) Muhaddithin
(C) Fuqahaa
(D) Falasifah
32. The most rigid school of Islamic law is
(A) The Hanafi school
(B) The Maliki school
(C) The Shafii school
(D) The Hanbali school
33. Apart from the Quran and Hadith, Qiyas and Istihsan were extensively used in legislation by
(A) Abu Hanifah
(B) Malik ibn Anas
(C) Al-Shafi‘i
(D) Ahmed ibn Hanbal
34. The founder of a juristic school is known as
(A) Mujtahid fi Muntasib
(B) Mujtahid fi-Mazhab
(C) Mujtahid fi-Shar’
(D) Mujtahid fi-Masail
35. Hidaya was written by
(A) Abu Yusuf
(B) Habib al-Kufi
(C) Imam Shafi‘i
(D) Burham al-Din al-Marghinani
36. The author of Kitab al-Khiraj was
(A) Abu Yusuf
(B) Imam Shaibani
(C) Al-Tahawi
(D) Al-Khaduri
37. The Idrisids were
(A) Maliki
(B) Sunnite
(C) Shi‘ite
(D) Hanafi
38. The capital of Ikhshidids was
(A) Kufa
(B) Al-Maw il
(C) Baghdad
(D) Damascus
39. The founder of the Safarid kingdom of Persia was
(A) Nasiruddin Shah
(B) Bayazid
(C) Shah Abbas
(D) Shah Ismail
40. Al-Biruni was a contemporary of
(A) Mahmood Ghaznawi
(B) Mohd bin Tughlaq
(C) Babur
(D) Humayun
41. Ismaili propaganda was skilfully organised by
(A) The Mamluks
(B) The Buwahids
(C) The Ghaznavids
(D) The Fatimids
42. The real founder of the Mumluk power was
(A) Shajar al-Dur
(B) Baybars
(C) Qalawun
(D) Qait Bay
43. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Ithna Ashari – Believe in 12 Imams
(B) Ismails – Believe in 5 Imams
(C) Zaydis – Believe in 7 Imams
(D) Babis – Believe in 15 Imams
44. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Iranian revolution of 1979 – Ayatullah Khomeini
(B) Mulla Sadra – Iran
(C) Ali Shariati – Iran
(D) Al-Ghazzali – Andalus
45. The Umayyad amirate in Spain was established by
(A) Abd al-Rahman-I
(B) Abdullah
(C) Hisham-I
(D) Abd al-Rahman-II
46. Tarikh Iftitah al-Andalus, was written by
(A) Ibn Khaldun
(B) Ibn-Qutiyah
(C) Al-Ghazzali
(D) Al-Farabi
47. The ‘Janisari’ army was established by
(A) Sulaiman the Magnificent
(B) Bayazid-I
(C) Salim-I
(D) Murad-I
48. The Bektashi derveshes of the Ottoman dynasty belonged to
(A) Orthodox mystic order
(B) Unorthodox mystic order
(C) Traditional values
(D) Modern values
49. The theory of Irtifaqat was propounded by
(A) Jamaluddin Afghani
(B) Hasan al-Banna
(C) Ibn Taymiyah
(D) Shah Waliullah
50. Mohd. Abduh was the rector of
(A) Madarsa-i-Nizamia
(B) Jamia Azhar
(C) Dar al-Hikma
(D) Madrasah of Qait-Bay
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