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NTA NET Arab-Culture June-2013 Solved Paper II 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace Examrace Paper 3 has been removed from NET from 2018 (Notification)- now paper 2 and 3 syllabus is included in paper 2. Practice both paper 2 and 3 from past papers. NTA NET Arab-Culture June-2013 Solved Paper II Online Paper 1 complete video course with Dr. Manishika Jain. Lifetime subscription. Includes tests and expected questions. Join now! Secrets to easily score in UGC Paper-I-Get India՚s number 1 postal course with thoursands of UGC NET Paper-I questions Examrace NTA-NET Paper-I Postal Course 1. The term Jāhiliyah stands for a. Times of ignorance b. Computer age c. Healthy times d. Rainy season Answer: a 2. The inter-tribal hostilities in pre-Islamic Arabia were called a. Wafudul Arab b. Ayyam al-Arab c. Basus War d. Legends Answer: b 3. Al-Rub al-Khali is the name of a. An ocean b. A river c. A capital d. A desert Answer: d 4. The Annual Fair of Ukaz in pre-Islamic Arabia was held at a. Mecca b. Madina 1 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace c. Riyad d. Taif Answer: d 5. Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina in the year a. 632 A. D. b. 656 A. D. c. 622 A. D. d. 611 A. D. Answer: c 6. The concept of Muakhāt was introduced by Prophet Muhammad at a. Mecca b. Madina c. Taif d. Yemen Answer: b 7. Fathe-Mubeen refers to a. Badr b. Uhud c. Tabuk d. Sulh-i Hudaybiyah Answer: d 8. The Battle of Basus was fought between a. Quraish and Ansar b. Banu Bahila and Taghlib c. Banu Bakr and Banu Taghlib d. None of the above Answer: c 9. The Saba Muallaqats were hung over the walls of a. The shrine of Adam 2 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace b. Kaba c. The Shrine of Ibrahim d. The Shrine of Ismail Answer: b 10. The famous pre-Islamc poet was a. Jarir b. Nabighah Dhubyani c. Farazda d. Abu Nuwas Answer: b 11. The title of ‘Saifullah’ was given to a. Al-Muthawna bin Haritha b. Rafi bin Umayr c. Abu Ubaid ah d. Khalid bin Walid Answer: d 12. Tawhid means a. Polytheism b. Monotheism c. Atheism d. None of the above Answer: b 13. Muawiyah conquered Cyprus in the year a. 649 A. D. b. 670 A. D. c. 690 A. D. d. 636 A. D. Answer: a 14. Arrange the following books in order in which these were written, using the code given below: 3 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace a. Hujjat-ullah al-Balighah b. Bayan al-Quran c. Tafsir al-Quran d. Tahafat al-Falasifah Codes: a. 1 2 3 4 b. 4 1 2 3 c. 4 2 3 1 d. 4 1 3 2 Answer: d 15. The period of Hazrat Ali՚s caliphate is from a. 634 – 636 b. 632 – 634 c. 634 – 644 d. 656 – 661 Answer: d 16. The Institution of Baytal-Māl was established by a. Hazrat Umar b. Umar bin Abdul Aziz c. Amir Muawiyah d. Al-Mamun Answer: a 17. Hajjaj bin Yusuf was the Governor of a. Mecca b. Dahran c. Iraq d. Yemen Answer: c 18. Siddhanta was translated into Arabic by 4 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace a. Al-Mahdi b. Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Fazari c. Ibn al-Muqaffa d. Hunayn bin Ishaq Answer: b 19. Arrange the following rulers in chronological order using the code given below: a. Nuh bin Nasr b. Abbas Azam c. Mehmud Ghaznavi d. Alp Arsalan Codes: a. 1 3 4 2 b. 1 2 4 3 c. 1 2 3 4 d. 4 2 3 1 Answer: a 20. The audit or accounts office durng the Abbasid period was known as a. Diwan al Kharaj b. Diwan al Zimam c. Diwan al-Nazir fi-al Mazalim d. Diwan al-Shurtah Answer: b 21. The title of ‘al-shaykh al-Rais’ was given to a. Al-Razi b. Ibn Sina c. Al-Majusi d. Al-Mawardi Answer: b 22. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 5 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace a. Muslim 襃Umar Brotherhood al 襃Mukhtar b. Tijaniyya 襃Syed Qutb Order c. Tablighi 襃Muhammad Jamat Ilyas d. Sanusiya 襃Sheikh Order Muhammad bin Ali Answer: b 23. The title of Tafsir written by Muhammad bin Jarir al-Tabari is a. Ahkam al-Quran b. Jami al-Bayan c. Tafhim al-Quran d. Marif al-Quran Answer: b 24. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? a. Nahrwan 襃Khāwarij b. Kamal Ataturk 襃Bath Party c. Ikhwan al 襃Jamal Abdul Muslimun Nasir d. Ubaidullah 襃Tahrik 襃E Sindhi Mujahideen Answer: a 25. The concept of Asma al-Rijal was developed to a. Check the authenticity of the Quran b. Check the authenticity of Fiqh c. Scrutinize the narrators of Hadith d. Check the classification of Hadith Answer: c 26. Kitab al-Hidayah was compiled by a. Imam Tahawi b. Imam Karkhi c. Allama Marghinani d. Imam Razi Answer: c 6 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace 27. Muwatta was compiled by a. Mālik bin Anas b. Imam Shafai c. Ahmad bin Hanbal d. Abu Hanifa Answer: a 28. Sahifa i-Sādiqa, was compiled by a. Abdullah bin Zubair b. Abdullah bin Amr bin al-ās c. Zamakhshari d. Wāthiq Answer: b 29. Ijma means a. Reasoning b. Disagreement c. Consensus d. Consultation Answer: c 30. The most flexible school of Islamic Law is a. The Maliki School b. The Zahiri School c. The Hanafi School d. The Hanbali School Answer: c 31. The founder of the Mamluk dynasty was a. Baybars b. Shajar al-Durr c. Qalawun d. Al-Ashraf 7 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace Answer: b 32. The most distinguished scholar of the Ghaznavid period was a. Al-khwarizmi b. Al-Kindi c. Nāsir bin Ahmad d. Al-Biruni Answer: d 33. Siyāsat Nama was composed by a. Al-Māwardi b. Al-Kindi c. Al-Fārābi d. Nizāmul-Mulk Tasi Answer: d 34. The Safavid dynasty was established in the year a. 1258 A. D. b. 1260 A. D. c. 1450 A. D. d. 1501 A. D. Answer: d 35. The Revolution for the restoration of Constitution in Iran took place in the year a. 1909 b. 1905 c. 1900 d. 1501 Answer: b 36. Ibn Rushd was the author of a. Tahāfut al-Falasifa b. Tahāfut al-Tahāfut c. Tarikh al-Rusul 8 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace d. Al-Kitāb al Māliki Answer: b 37. During the Fātimid period Dar-al-Hikmah was established by a. Baybars b. Al-Nāsir c. Al-Zāhir d. Al-Hākim Answer: d 38. The Ottomon dynasty was established in the year a. 1924 b. 1905 c. 1299 d. 1517 Answer: c 39. The Jānisāri forces were established by a. Murād I b. Murād II c. Sulaiman the Magnificent d. Salim Answer: a 40. The twelve peaked crown was given to Ghzilbashi army by a. Hyder b. Junayd c. Salim d. Shaikh Saifuddin Answer: a 41. Egypt was annexed by Ottomans during the rule of a. Sulaiman the magnificent b. Salim I 9 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace c. Salim II d. Murad I Answer: b 42. The famous hospital ‘Al-Māristān al-Mansuri’ at Cairo was established by a. Baybars b. Al-Nasir c. Qalawun d. Saifud-din Qutuz Answer: c 43. The Theory of Irtifāqāt was propounded by a. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan b. Sir Muhammad Iqbal c. Hasan al-Banna d. Shah Waliullah Answer: d 44. The concept of “Pan-Islamism” was given by a. Jamalud-din Afghani b. Ibn Taimiyyah c. Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab d. Shah Waliullah Answer: a 45. The movement of Ikhwan al-Muslimun was started by a. Syed Qutb b. Hasan al-Banna c. Abul-Ala Mawdudi d. Syed Ahmad Shahid Answer: b 46. The Egyptian scholar who permitted the Muslims to wear the European dress was a. Jamal ud-din Afghani 10 of 9/27/2021 NTA NET Arab-Culture June 2013 Solved Paper II- Examrace b. Hasan al-Banna c. Muhammad Abduh d. Yusuf al Qarzāwi Answer: c 47. Which of the following is correctly matched? a. Ulugh Beg 襃Astronomy b. Umar Khayyam 襃Hadith c. Firdausi 襃Chemistry d. Abu Nasr Siraj 襃Geography Answer: a 48. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? a. Abu Bakr Khwarizmi 襃Mathematics b. Al 襃Kindi 襃Tafsir c. Ibn Nafis 襃Geography d. Al 襃Masudi 襃Philosophy Answer: a 49. Which of the following pairs is notcorrectly matched? a. Jalalud 襃Din Rumi 襃Poetry b. Abu Hamid Ghazali 襃Tassawuf c. Ibn Khaldun 襃Sociology d. Jabir bin Hayyan 襃History Answer: d 50. Which of the following is not correctly matched? a. Sultan Sanjar 襃Saljuqs b. Tahmasp 襃Safavids c. Sultan Muizz 襃Fatimids d. Sultan Muhammad 襃Timurids Answer: d Developed by: Mindsprite Solutions 11 of .
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