Emergence of Islam and Caliphate

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I Semester (2019 Admn.)

Emergence and Establishment of Islam ISH1(2)C01 - Emergence of Islam and Caliphate

Complementary Course for BA English

Question Bank & Answer Key

1) The Moon-God of the pre-Islamic Arabs was (A) Laat (B) Wadd (C) Uzza (D) Hubal

2) Al-Hijāz means (A) The barrier (B) The rocky tract (C) The pilgrimage centre (D) The great desert

3) The Holy Prophet was brought up by Halimah who belonged to (A) Banu Sa‘eed (B) Banu As‘ad (C) Banu Su‘ād (D) Banu Sa‘d

4) Laylat al-Qadr means- night of (A) Power (B) Bounty (C) Destiny (D) Mercy

5) The battle of Qadisiyah took place during the caliphate of (A) Mu ‘awiyah (B) Uthman (C) Ali (D) Umar

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6) Imam Malik was a (A) Mufassir (B) Muhaddith (C) Mutakallim (D) Mu‘arrikh

7) The famous desert ‘Al-Rub’al-Khāli’ is located in (A) North of Arabia (B) East of Arabia (C) West of Arabia (D) South of Arabia

8) The battle of Jamal was fought between (A) Bibi Ayshah & Hazrat Ali (B) Muawiyah & Hazrat Ali (C) Hazrat Ali & Yazid (D) Yazid & Al-Walid

9) The battle of Badr was fought in the year (A) 632 (B) 636 (C) 624 (D) 750

10) 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

11) The battle of Yarmuk was fought in the year (A) 636 (B) 646 (C) 656 (D) 667

12) Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Mulūk, was written by (A) Al-Tabari (B) Al-Razi (C) Ibn Sina (D) Al-Ghazzali

13) Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation at the age of (A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50

14) The pact of Hudaybiah was signed by Prophet Muhammad in the year (A) 620 (B) 625 (C) 628 (D) 630

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15) Caliph Abu Bakr took charge of the Caliphate in the year (A) 630 (B) 632 (C) 634 (D) 640

16) Caliph Ali shifted his capital from (A) Najaf to Medina (B) Medina to Karbala (C) Mecca to Medina (D) Medina to Kufa

17) The term Jāhiliyah stands for (A) Times of ignorance (B) Computer age (C) Healthy times (D) Rainy season

18) Al-Rub al-Khali is the name of (A) an ocean (B) a river (C) a capital (D) a desert

19) The Annual Fair of Ukaz in pre-Islamic Arabia was held at (A) Mecca (B) Madina (C) Riyad (D) Taif

20) The Battle of Trench was fought in the year (A) 622 A.D. (B) 627 A.D. (C) 630 A.D. (D) 632 A.D

21) 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

22) Musailamathul Kadhaab was killed during the caliphate of (A) H. Abu Bakr (B) H. Umar (C) H. Uthman (D) H. Ali

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23) The battle of Siffin was fought between (A) H. Ali and H. Aisha (B) H. Ali and H. Mu‘awiyah (C) Yazid and H. Abdullah bin Zubair (D) H. Khalid bin Walid and H. Mu‘awiyah

24) Ibn Khaldun was born in (A) Iraq (B) Egypt (C) Syria (D) Tunisia

25) Caliph Ali was assassinated by (A) Abu Lu’lu Firoz (B) Abdullah bin Saba (C) Abdullah Wahab (D) Abdul Rahman bin Muljim

26) Yathrib was the old name of (A) Makkah (B) Madinah (C) Taif (D) Juddah

27) Caliph Uthman was assassinated in the year (A) 642 A.D. (B) 648 A.D. (C) 651 A.D. (D) 656 A.D.

28) Pre-Islamic Arabia excelled in the field of (A) Architecture (B) Poetry (C) Prose (D) Painting

29) Riddah war were fought during the caliphate of (A) Mu‘āwiyah (B) Abū Bakr (C) Walīd (D) Uthman

30) Which event of the Prophet’s career has been called “Fat-hem-Mubīn” in the Qur’an ? (A) Battle of Badr (B) Conquest of Makkah (C) Treaty of Hudaibiyyah (D) Battle of U. hud

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31) The murderer of Hazrath Umar was (A) Ibn Muljam (B) Abu Lulu Firoz (C) Khurāsānī (D) None of the above

32) The Muslim Commander of Qādisiyyah battle was (A) Saa’d bin Abi Waqqās (B) Usāmā bin Zaid (C) Khalid bin Walīd (D) Qutaibah bin Muslim

33) Who was the spokesman of Muslims in the Court of Negus ? (A) Zaid bin Thābit (B) Jáfar bin Abī T. ālib (C) ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan (D) Ab– u Hurairah

34) Who was the leader of Quraish in the battle of Uhd (A) Abu Jahal (B) Uthbath (C) Abusufyan (D) Shaibath 35) Hijri Calendar was introduced by (A) Abu Bakr (B) Mu‘āwiyah (C) Al-Khwarizmī (D) ‘Umar

36) The Arabs are known as the (A) Semites (B) Hamites (C) Aryans (D) None of the above

37) The Prophet Muhammad received the first Quranic revelation in (A) Taif (B) Tabuk (C) Cave of Hira (D) Cave of Thaur

38) The capital of the first three Rashidun Caliphate was (A) Makkah (B) Madinah (C) Kufa (D) Basrah

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39) The Caliph who known in the tittle of Amirul Muminin (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar (C) Uthman (D) Ali

40) The number of chapters in the Quran is (A) 111 (B) 114 (C) 116 (D) 120

41) Petra was the capital of (A) The Nabataeans (B) The Assyrians (C) The Babylonians (D) None of the above

42) Sihah-al- Sittah refers to (A) Collections of the poems (B) Collections of Hadith (C) Collections of Arabic stories (D) Collections of Quranic Verses

43) Muqadhima written by (A) Ibn Hazm (B) Ibn Khaldun (C) Jamaluddin Afghani (D) Al-Masudi

44)The Battle of Yamamah was fought during the Caliphate of (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) ‘Ali

45) The Quran was revealed to the Prophet through the Angel (A) Jibril (B) Mikail (C) Israfil (D Izrail

46) Hadith means (A) Life of the Prophet (B) Sayings and actions of the Prophet (C) Understanding Islam through Fiqh (D) None of the above

47) Hujjatullah-ul -Bālighah is written by (A) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (B) Ibn Taimiyah (C) Hasan al-Bannah (D) Shah Waliullah

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48) Imam Shafāi is associated with (A) Jurisprudence (B) History (C) Ilm ul Kalam (D) Tafsir

49) The greatest Muslim Historiographer was (A) Al-Zamakhshari (B) Al-Ghazali (C) Ibn Khaldun (D) Ibn Nadeem

50) The battle of Uhd took place in the year (A) AD.621 (B) AD.622 (C) AD.625 (D) AD.632

51) Nahjul balagha is the Sayings of (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) hazrat Ali

52)Annual fair during jahiliyya days were held at (A) Makkah (B) thaif (C) Yathrib (D) Ukkaz

53)who introduced idol worship in Arabian peninsula (A) Imrul qais (B) Amr ibn luhayyy (C) Ibn sabah (D) Abu Jahal

54)Hazrath Ali appointed as his representative for arbitration (A) Amr bin as (B) Abu Musa al Ashairi (C) Muawiya (D) Saad ibn abiwaqas

55) Sasanid General Rustum was killed in the battle of (A) Qadisiyyah (B)Badr (C) Muatha (D) Uhd

56) Grandfather of Prophet Muhammad was (A) Abdul Muthalib (B) Abdu manaf (C) Abu Thalib (D) Aboobacker

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57)Who was the Leader of Muslims in the migration of Abssinia (A) Jafar bin Abuthalib (B) Hazrath Ali (C) Hazrath hamza (D) Hazrat Uthman

58)UNESCO declared the world heritage site in Saudi Arabia is (A) Palmira (B) Petra (C) Kaaba (D) Marib Dam

59)The last verse of Quran is revealed at (A) Arafat (B) Hira (C) Madina (D) Makkka

60) Who called Prophet Muhammed as the ‘Saviour of Humanity’ (A) MN Roy (B) GB Shaw (C) PK Hitti (D) Anni Besent

61)The treaty of ‘Eliya’ was signed by (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) hazrat Ali

62) Who was the commander in chief of the muslim army during the period of Prophet Muhammad (A) Jafar bin Abuthalib (B) Hazrath Ali (C) Hazrath hamza (D) Usamah bin Zaid

63) The term jahiliyyah first occurred in (A) Muallaqath (B) Holy quran (C) Hadeths (D) Bible

64) The first Majid established in Madinah was (A) Masijd an -nabawi (B) masjidul Quba (C) Masjidul haram (D) Baithul Muqaddas

65)Battle of Ahzab is also known as (A) Badr (B) Khandaq (C) Jamal (D) Uhd

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66) The supreme sovereign of Islamic Empire is (A) Prophet (B) God (C) Caliph (D) Qadi

67) The farewell sermon is occurred at (A) Maunt Arafat (B) Mount hira (C) Mount Sinai (D) Madeenah

68)Who is known as the mother of believers (A) Khadeeja (B) Hafsa (C) Amina (D) Ayisha

69) Who was the first compiler of Holy Quran (A) Jafar bin Abuthalib (B) Hazrath Ali (C) Zaid bin Thabith (D) Usamah bin Zaid

70)Persia was captured during the period of (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) hazrat Ali

71)The first caliphate kingdom was established at (A) Madinah (B) Makkah (C) Bagdad (D) Kufa

72) The first civil war started in the history of Islam is at (A) Jamal (B) Siffin (C) Karbala (D) Khandaq

73)Who was the first believer in Islam (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) hazrat Ali

74) Who was the governor of Syria under Uthman (A) Jafar bin Abuthalib (B) Muawiya (C) Zaid bin Thabith (D) Usamah bin Zaid

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75)The consultative body under pious caliphate is known as (A) Shura (B) Ijma (C) Qiyas (D) Baithul mal

76)The Muslim immigrants in Madinah is known as (A) Ansar (B) Sahaba (C) Muhajir (D) Mujahid

77) The tax imposed on non-Muslims in an Islamic State is (A) Jizya (B) Kharaj (C) Zakat (D) Ibadah

78) The Nufud Desert is situated in (A) North of Arabia (B) East of Arabia (C) West of Arabia (D) South of Arabia

79) The farewell pilgrimage is happened in the year (A) 642 A.D. (B) 628 A.D. (C) 632 A.D. (D) 656 A.D.

80) The ancient Dam referred in the Holy Quran is (A) Aswan (B) Marib (C) Dathul Imad (D) Nile delta

81)Who regarded as the pioneer of the Sirah and maghazi (A) Urwa bin Zubair (B) Al Baladuri (C) Ibn saad (D) Al Masudi

82) ‘Seven Arabian Poem’ is written by (A) Sir William Jones (B) Edward Zaid (C) PK Hitti (D) Edward Gibbon

83) The battle days of Arabs commonly known as (A) Arabian Nights (B) Arab spring (C) Ayyamul Arab (D) Arabian Peninsula

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84) ‘Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’ is written by (A) Toynbee (B) Hegel (C) Ibn Khaldun (D) Edward Gibbon

85) The author of ‘History of the Arabs’ is (A) PK Hitti (B) Ameer Ali (C) Ibn Khaldun (D) Edward Zaid

86) Salmanul Farizi was a (A) Thabi (B) Sahabi (C) Thabi Thabi (D) Muhajir

87)The Caliph, who married two daughters of Prophet (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) hazrat Ali

88)Who was the father of Bibi Hafsa (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) Uthman (D) hazrat Ali

89)Name of the clan of Prophet Muhammad (A) Hashim (B) Kinana (C) Zahra (D) Quraish

90)The Near East came to be called as Middle East after (A) Renaissance (B) First world war (C) Second World war (D) 1498AD

91) The period of Hazrat Ali’s caliphate is (A) 634 – 636 (B) 632 – 634 (C) 634 – 644 (D) 656 – 661

92) ‘Bai’at al-Ridhwan’ took place in the year (A) 622 A.D. (B) 628 A.D. (C) 630 A.D. (D) 634 A.D

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93)Which Surah of the Quran does not start with Bismillah ? (A) Surah Baqarah (B) Surah Anfal (C) Surah Taubah (D) Surah Al-Maidah

94) The first to lose his office in Arab Spring was (A) Hosni Mubarak (B) Gadhafi (C) Sadham Husain (D) Zainul Abideen Bin Ali

95)The present President of Turkey (A) Ahammed Nejad (B) Bashar al Asad (C) Rajab Thayyip Urdugan (D) Imran Khan

98) Prophet Muhammad was died at (A) Madinah (B) Makkah (C) Bagdad (D) Kufa

99)The period of Hazrat Aboobacker’s caliphate is (A) 634 – 636 (B) 632 – 634 (C) 634 – 644 (D) 656 – 661

100)Who was the companion of Prophet in the Hijra to Madina (A) Abu Bakr (B) Umar Bin Al-Khattab (C) zaid bin Thabith (D) Ali

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ANSWER KEY

1 D 26 B 51 D 76 C

2 A 27 D 52 D 77 A

3 D 28 B 53 B 78 A

4 A 29 B 54 B 79 C

5 D 30 B 55 A 80 B

6 B 31 B 56 A 81 A

7 D 32 A 57 A 82 A

8 A 33 B 58 D 83 C

9 C 34 C 59 A 84 D

10 A 35 D 60 B 85 A

11 A 36 A 61 B 86 B

12 A 37 C 62 D 87 C

13 B 38 B 63 B 88 B

14 C 39 A 64 B 89 D

15 B 40 B 65 B 90 B

16 D 41 A 66 B 91 D

17 A 42 B 67 A 92 B

18 D 43 B 68 D 93 C

19 D 44 A 69 C 94 D

20 B 45 A 70 B 95 C

21 C 46 B 71 A 96 C

22 A 47 D 72 A 97 C

23 B 48 A 73 A 98 A

24 D 49 C 74 B 99 B

25 D 50 C 75 A 100 A

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