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. The seaport of Jeddah is located on the
(A) Western coast of Arabia
(B) Eastern coast of Arabia
(C) South-East of Arabia
(D) North-East of Arabia
2. The chief diety of al-Ka‘aba was
(A) Al-Uzza
(B) Al-Manat
(C) Al-Lat
(D) Hubal
3. The Pre-Islamic Arabs were
(A) Atheist
(B) Monotheist
(C) Polytheist
(D) None of the above
4. The first ode which won the favour of the judges of Ukaz hanged on the wall of Ka‘bah was of
(A) Zuhair bin Abi Sulma
(B) Antara bin Shadad
(C) Nabigha Zubyani
(D) Imru’al-Qays
5. Muhammad was assigned Prophethood at the age of
(A) 40 years
(B) 50 years
(C) 44 years
(D) 42 years
6. Prophet Muhammad migrated to Madina in the year
(A) 612
(B) 617
(C) 622
(D) 626
7. The peace treaty of Hudaybiyah was signed between the
(A) Muslims & Syrians
(B) Muslims & the Quraish
(C) Muslims & the Christians
(D) Muslims & the Jews
8. The first Muslim state was established at
(A) Mecca
(B) Damascus
(C) Kufah
(D) Madina
9. The caliphate became hereditary from the times of
(A) Mu‘awiyah
(B) Marwan-I
(C) Al-Abbas
(D) Al-Mamun
10. Egypt was captured during the times of
(A) Al-Walid
(B) Abu Bakr
(C) Umar
(D) Mu‘awiyah
11. Hazrat Ali was martyred by a
(A) Kharijite
(B) Murjite
(C) Dhimmi
(D) Sabian
12. Mu‘awiyah nominated his son Yazid as his successor in the year
(A) 599
(B) 759
(C) 659
(D) 679
13. The number of administrative divisions in the Umayyad Kingdom was
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 12
14. Ahl al-Dhimmah, were
(A) Christians
(B) Non-Muslims living in an Islamic state
(C) Muslims
(D) Jews
15. The legendary founder of Arabic grammar was
(A) Abual-aswad al-Duali
(B) Ibn Munabbih
(C) Ibn Sharyah
(D) Wasil bin Ata
16. The earliest religio-political sect in the history of Islam was
(A) Mutazilite
(B) Shiah
(C) Kharijite
(D) Murjite
17. The person who headed list of the Arabian Physicians during the first century of Islam was
(A) Al-Darimi
(B) Al-Farazdaq
(C) Ibn-Uthal
(D) Al-Harith ibn-Kaladah
18. The first mosque constructed in a conquered land was at
(A) Egypt
(B) Basrah
(C) Iran
(D) Damascus
19. Al-Saffah, the founder of the Abbasid Kingdom ruled from
(A) 785 to 786
(B) 750 to 754
(C) 754 to 775
(D) 847 to 849
20. Khalid ibn Barmak was the first incumbent to the office of
(A) Qazi
(B) Qazi-ul-Quzat
(C) Muhtasib
(D) Vazir
21. A school of popular philosophy which flourished in Basra, around the middle of the fourth Muslim century was
(A) Ikhwan al-Safa
(B) Ikhwan al-Muslimun
(C) Ikhwan al-Arab
(D) Ikhwan al-Ajam
22. Al-Hashimiyah, a courtly residence in Al-Anbar was built by
(A) Mauwiyah
(B) Mamun
(C) Haroon al-Rashid
(D) Al-Saffah
23. The diacritical marks on the Quran was laid by
(A) Tariq bin Ziyad
(B) Abu al Aswad al-Du’ali
(C) Hasan al-Basri
(D) Ibn Mas‘ud
24. The Quran was compiled on single Arabic dialect by
(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Umar
(C) Uthman
(D) Ali
25. Imam Razi was the author of
(A) Bayan al-Quran
(B) Tafsir ul-Quran
(C) Tafsir i-Kabir
(D) Tafhim al-Quran
26. According to a Quranic verse, zakat must be given to
(A) 7 categories of people
(B) 5 categories of people
(C) 3 categories of people
(D) 2 categories of people
27. The fundamental sources of Islamic law are
(A) Istislah and Istidlal
(B) Qiyas and Istihsan
(C) The Quran Hadith
(D) Istihsan Istislah
28. Sihah Sittah, were complied during the
(A) Abbasid period
(B) Umayyad period
(C) Mamluk period
(D) Ottoman period
29. Qiyas means
(A) Giving preference
(B) Tradition
(C) Consensus
(D) Analogical deduction
30. Usul al-Fiqh, was laid down by
(A) Al-Shaibani
(B) Imam Shafii
(C) Abu Yusuf
(D) Yahya Andulusi
31. Kitab al-Umm, was written by
(A) Al-Shafii
(B) Imam Malik
(C) Abu Yusuf
(D) Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
32. Arrange the following jurists in chronological order using the code given below :
(i) Abu Hanifah
(ii) Imam Malik
(iii) Al-Shafii
(iv) Al-Shamarqandi
Codes :
(A) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
33. Arrange the following books of Hadith literature in order of chronology using the code given below :
(i) Muwatta
(ii) Sahih Bukhari
(iii) Mishkat al-Masabih
(iv) Sahifah Sadiqah
Codes :
(A) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
34. Mahr, paid promptly at the time of marriage is called
(A) Sadaqah
(B) Mahr-i-Mu‘ajjal
(C) Mahr-i-Mithl
(D) Mahr-i-Mui’ajjal
35. Ahmad ibn Hanbal was imprisoned by
(A) Mamun
(B) Haroon al-Rashid
(C) Al-Saffah
(D) Al-Mutawakkil
36. The Jabaris believed in the concept of
(A) Free-will
(B) Caliphate
(C) Imamat
(D) Pre-destination
37. The Muslim Philosophical school which believed in ‘Reason’ & ‘Revelation’ was
(A) Qadaris
(B) Maturidis
(C) Asharites
(D) Mutazilites
38. The most illustrious name in Arabic annals in the fields of philosophy was
(A) Ibn-Sina
(B) Ibn Khaldun
(C) Al-Majusi
(D) Al-Biruni
39. The harmonization of Greek philosophy with Islam began with
(A) Al-Battani
(B) Al-Ashqui
(C) Hasan Al-Basri
(D) Al-Kindi
40. Tahafat al-Falasifah, was written by
(A) Khwajazadah
(B) Al-Ghazzali
(C) Al-Kindi
(D) Al-Farabi
41. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched :
(A) Ihyani-Uloom – Al-Ghazzali
(B) Kitab al-Khiraj – Al-Shafii
(C) Tarjuman al- Quran – Al-Kindi
(D) Fusus at Hikam – Abdul Qadir Gilani
42. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched :
(A) Shah Waliullah – Puritanic movement
(B) Nizam-ud-Din Auliya – Chishti order
(C) Khwaja Moinuddin – Sajistan
(D) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
43. The term Sufi is derived from
(A) ‘Saff’, ‘Safa’, ‘Ahl al-Suff’ & ‘Suf’
(B) Purity of Nafs
(C) Purity of Qalb
(D) Purity of Mind and Soul
44. The theory of ‘Disinterested love’ was given by
(A) Abu Hashim of Kufa
(B) Uwais al-Qarani
(C) Hasan Basri
(D) Rabia Basri
45. The theory of Wahdat ul Wujud was propounded by
(A) Al-Ghazali
(B) Ibn al-Arabi
(C) Ibn Sina
(D) Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi
46. Khair al-Majalis, are the Malfuzat of
(A) Khwaja Moin ud Din Chishti
(B) Syed Mohd. Hussaini Gisudaraz
(C) Shaikh Nizam ud-din Auliya
(D) Shaikh Nasir ud-Din Chiragh of Delhi
47. Naqshbandi Sufi order in India was started by
(A) Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi
(B) Abdullah Shah
(C) Khwaja Baqibilla
(D) Bakhtiyar Kaki
48. The Shrine of Bandagi Muhammad Ghowth is located in
(A) Utch-Multan
(B) Delhi
(C) Lucknow
(D) Mumbai
49. The Qadiri order became very popular in India in
(A) North India
(B) Deccan
(C) South India
(D) West of Delhi
50. The Bhakti movement was started by
(A) Ram Tiwari
(B) Chand Basheshwar
(C) Ram Krishna Parmahans
(D) Ramanuja
51. The mystical mannal which was taught in the Indian Chishti Khanqahs to train the disciples was
(A) Awarif al-Maarif
(B) Futuhat i-Makkiyah
(C) Futuh al-Ghaib
(D) Fusus al-Hikam
52. The Be-shai sufi order which worked in the Deccan was
(A) The Naqshbandi
(B) The Rifai
(C) The Suhrawardi
(D) The Chishti
53. The highest number of Sunnis in India are the followers of
(A) Hanbali school
(B) Shafii school
(C) Maliki school
(D) Hanafi school
54. Iman Jafar al-Sadiq was the
(A) Sixth Shi‘i Imam
(B) Seventh Shi‘i Imam
(C) Third Shi‘i Imam
(D) Fourth Shi‘i Imam
55. The concept of Imam al-Muntazar is given by the
(A) Ismailis
(B) Ithna Asharis
(C) Zaydis
(D) Zahiris
56. The Khojas are a sub-branch of
(A) Zaydis
(B) Jafaris
(C) Sunnis
(D) Ismails
57. Mut‘a’h marriages were permitted among
(A) Shias
(B) Sunnis
(C) Christians
(D) Jews
58. The deadly opponents of Ali were
(A) The Maturidis
(B) The Shiahs
(C) Kharijites
(D) Murjites
59. Zawiyas were associated with the
(A) Sanusis
(B) Tijanis
(C) Qadiris
(D) Naqshbandis
60. The headquarter of the Sanusi order initially was at
(A) Yaman
(B) Damascus
(C) Egypt
(D) Jaghbub
61. The Jamat-i-Islami was established by Moulana Mowdudi in British India in the year
(A) 1945
(B) 1941
(C) 1932
(D) 1930
62. The ‘movements of Mujahidin’ was started by
(A) Abdul Qadir
(B) Moulana Abdul hai
(C) Syed Ahmed Shaheed
(D) Moulana Mahmud ul-Hasan
63. Wadud Miyan was the founder of which reformistic movement among the peasants of Bengal ?
(A) Tijaniya movement
(B) Tablighi movement
(C) Wahabi movement
(D) Faraidi movement
64. The founder of modern Iran was
(A) Shah Rukh
(B) Shah Ismail
(C) Nasir ud-din Shah Qachar
(D) Shah Abbas
65. The bloodless revolution in which the Iranian Ulama participated took place in the year
(A) 1905
(B) 1800
(C) 1672
(D) 1777
66. The first charter called ‘Hat i-Sharifi Gulhane’ was issued during the times of
(A) Sultan Abdul Hamid
(B) Sultan Salim-III
(C) Sultan Abdul Majeed
(D) Sultan Murad-I
67. The concept of ‘Pan-Turanism’ was given by
(A) Zia Gokalp
(B) Ziya Pasha
(C) Namik Kamal
(D) Ibrahim Shinasi
68. Silsila al-Tawarikh was written by
(A) Masudi
(B) Al-Beruni
(C) Ibn Battuta
(D) Sulaiman the Merchant
69. Hasan al-Banna was the founder of
(A) Ikhwan Ul-Muslimin
(B) Wahabi Movement
(C) Ikhwan al-Safa
(D) Bahai Movement
70. The ‘Ba‘th’ party is a political party of
(A) Arabia and Yemen
(B) Iran and Afghanistan
(C) Iraq and Syria
(D) Egypt
71. In which conference Jamiat al-Ulama decided to support the Congress
(A) At Saharanpur
(B) At Bareilly
(C) At Allahabad
(D) At Amroha
72. Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental school was established in the year
(A) 1855
(B) 1866
(C) 1877
(D) 1888
73. Dar ul-Uloom Nadwatul Ulama was started in the year
(A) 1900
(B) 1910
(C) 1895
(D) 1898
74. The great reformist of Badiuz Zaman Said Nursi hails from
(A) Pakistan
(B) Iran
(C) Turkey
(D) Syria
75. The first Egyptian writer who was awarded the Noble Prize is
(A) Najib Mahfuz
(B) Mohd. Yusuf
(C) Ahmad Amin
(D) Taufiq al-Hakim
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