School of Distance Education UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
IV SEMESTER BA English Programme
MCQ for the paper of - Emergence of Islam and Caliphate
Paper Code lSH 4(3) C01) Historical Survey of Islamic Golden Age
(2019 admission)
------1) Who among the following caliph is known as Al-Dhakhil (A) Abdurahman I (B) Abdurahman II (C) Abdurahman III (D) Al Hakam
2) The eminent surgeon of Muslim Spain was: (A) Abul Hammah (B) Al-Zhrawi (C) Abul Hasan (D) Abu Davood
3) Ziryabwas the renowned (A) Architect (B) Calligrapher (C) Jurist (D) Musician
4) The meaning of Al-Dhakhil is: (A) The Enter (B) The Defender (C) The Ruler (D) The Conqueror
5)The Kingdome of Granada was founded by (A) Ibn al Ahmar (B) Hisham II (C) Ibn Tashfin (D) Umar
6) The court physician of Hakkim II (A) Ibn Rushd (B) Ibn Sina (C) Ibn al Kalib (D) Al Zahrawi
7) Muqaddima is the famous work of: (A) Ibn rushd (B) Al Farabi (C) Ibn Ishaq (D) Ibn Khaldun
8) The celebrated Geographer in the court of Roger II was: (A) Al Idrisi (B) Al masudi (C) Ibn Bythar (D) Ibn Sina
9) The bride of Andalusia was: (A) Granada (B) Toledo (C) Cordova (D) Sicily
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School of Distance Education 10)Muslim Spain referred in the history as (A) Al- Andalus (B) Cordova (C) Greanada (D) Jabal Tariq
11) The construction of Al Zahra Palace was started in the year (A) 936 (B) 956 (C) 986 (D) 976
12) Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Mulūk, was written by (A) Al-Tabari (B) Al-Razi (C) Ibn Sina (D) Al-Ghazzali
13)Who among the following is most famous in the field of Chemistry? (A) Al-Khawarizimi (B) Isfahani (C) Umar Khayyam (D) Jabir bin Hayyan
14) The first Arab Philosopher was (A) Al-Kindi (B) Al farabi (C) Al Gazzali (D) Tufail
15)The founder of Umayyad Dynasty was (A) Hussain (B) Zainul Abideen (C) Muawiya (D) Hassan
16) The ‘Dome of the Rock’ was built during the Caliphate of (A)Umayyads (B) Abbasids (C) Fathimids (D) Ayyubids
17) Siddhanta was translated into Arabic by (A) Al-Mahdi (B)Ibrahim AlFazari (C) Ibn al-Muqaffa (D) Hunayn bin Ishaq
18) The author of Kitāb al-Jāmiʿ li-Mufradāt al-Adwiya wa-l-Aghdhiya(Compendium on Simple Medicaments and Foods )is: (A) Ibn Baitar (B) Ibn Sina (C) Ibn Rushd (D) Al-Mawardi
19) The title of ‘al-shaykh al-Rais’ was given to (A) Al-Razi (B) Ibn Sina (C) Al-Majusi (D) Al-Mawardi
20)Ibn Rushd was the author of (A)Tahāfut al-Falasifa (B) Tahāfut al-Tahāfut (C) Tarikh al-Rusul (D) Al-Kitāb al Māliki
21)Who founded the Abbasid dynasty? (A) Al-Ma’mun (B) Al-Mehdi (C) Al-Hadi (D) Al Saffah
22)Al-Khwarizmi was a famous (A) Historian (B) Chemist (C) Musician (D) Mathematician
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School of Distance Education 23)Muruj al-Dhahab is written by (A) Al-Ghazzali (B) Al-Baladhuri (C) Al-Mas‘udi (D) Al-Biruni
24) Who was the last Abbasid Caliph? (A) Al-Qa’im (B) Al-Zahir (C) Al-Mu‘tasim (D) Al-Mustakfi
25)Ibn Khaldun was born in (A) Iraq (B) Egypt (C) Syria (D) Tunisia
26) Al-Tabari is associated with (A) History (B) Astronomy (C) Mathematics (D) Painting
27) The Great Mosque of Samarra was built during the reign of (A) Al-Mamun (B) Al-Mutawakkil (C) Al-Muktafi (D) Al-Saffah
28) Al-Hambra was built by (A) al-Murabitun (B) al-Muwahhidun (C) Umayyads (D) Al Nasirids
29) Who among the following was a well-known physician under the Umayyads ? (A) Khalid (B) Jabir (C) Umar bin Abi Rabiah (D) Masarjawayh
30)Futuh al-Buldan is written by (A) Al-Baladhuri (B) Al-Bustani (C) Al-Mas’udi (D) Al-Tabari
31) Who is the author of Kitab alHayawan ? (A) Al-Farabi (B) Al-Ghazzali (C) Al-Kindi (D) Al-Jahiz
32)Ibn al-Muqaffah translated his book ‘Kalilah wa Dimnah’ from (A) Sanskrit (B) Syriac (C) Pahlavi (D) Greek
33) The construction of Great Mosque of Cordova was started by (A) Al-Hakam (B) Abdul Rahman Nasir (C) Abdul Rahman al-Dakhil (D) Hajib al-Mansur
34) The city of Samarra was founded by (A) Harun al-Rashid (B) Al-Mu’tasim (C) Al-Mutawakkil (D) Al-Mahdi
35) The most celebrated poet during the Abbasid period was (A) Farazdaq (B) Al-Akhtal (C) Al-Mutanabbi (D) Jarir
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School of Distance Education 36)Which among the following city is not a capital of Abbasids? (A) Kufa (B) Bagdad (C) Samarra (D) Cordova
37)Ibn Bājjah belongs to (A) Turkey (B) Spain (C) Iran (D) Egypt
38) Damascus was the capital of the (A) Umayyads (B) Fatimids (C) Abbasids (D) Mamluks
39) The Muslim Rule in Spain ended in (A) 1400 AD. (B) 1492 AD. (C) 1500 AD. (D) 1571 AD.
40) Sindh was conquered by (A) Tariq bin Ziyād (B) Muhammad bin Qāsim (C) Khālid bin Walid (D) Usāmah bin Zayd
41) Author of the book ‘Kitāb al-Manāzir’ was (A) Ibn al-Hytham (B) Ibn Rushd (C) Ibn ‘Arabi (D) Ibn Khaldun
42) Discovery of blood circulation in the human body was first made by (A) Ibn Sinā (B) Ibn Zuhr (C) Ibn Bājjah (D) Ibn al-Nafis
43) Baghdad was destroyed by the Mongols in the year (A) 1258 (B) 1268 (C) 1278 (D) 1288
44)Ibn Mājah is one of the compilers of (A) Arabic short stories (B) Fatawā (C) Hadith (D) Lyrical poems
45) Umar Khayyam was a renowned (A) Historiographer (B) Mathematician (C) Geographer (D) Economist
46) The most distinguished cartographer of the Middle Ages was (A) Al-Istakhri (B) Al-Ya‘qubi (C) Al-Idrisi (D) Al-Mas‘udi
47) The Quranic commentary-Tafsir al- Kashshāf is written by (A) Ibn Hisham (B) Ibn Taimiyah (C) Zamakhshari (D) Ibn Kathir
48)Ammar Bin Ali al-Mawsili was a distinguished (A) Historian (B) Geographer (C) Ophthalmologist (D) Mathematician
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School of Distance Education 49) Al-Qayrawan was founded by (A) Mūsa ibn Nusair (B) ‘Uqbah ibn Nāfi’ (C) Mohammad ibn Qasim (D) Tariq ibn Ziyad
50) The construction of Qutub Minar was started by: (A) Qutubuddin Ibak (B) Ilthumish (C) Akbar (D) Shajahan
51) ‘Al-Hambra’ is situated in (A) Turkey (B) Iran (C) Spain (D) Iraq
52) The famous hospital ‘Al-Māristān alMansuri’ at Cairo was established by (A) Baybars (B) Al-Nasir (C) Qalawun (D) Saifud-din Qutuz
53)Kitab al-Umm, is written by (A) Imam Shafii (B) Imam Malik (C) Abu Yusuf (D) Imam Hanbal
54) The author of Tahāfat al-Falasifah, (A) Khwajazadah (B) Al-Ghazzali (C) Al-Kindi (D) Al-Farabi
55) Amir Mu‘āwiyah was a descendant of (A) Hashim (B) Abdul Muttalib (C) Abd Shams (D) None of the above
56)Jāmi‘al-Bayān Fi Tafsir al-Qur’ān was written by (A) Al-Razi (B) Ibn Jarir al-Tabari (C) Ibn Miskawayh (D) Ibn al-Athir
57)The largest number of Hadeeths was reported by (A) Uthman (B) Abu Hurairah (C) Umar (D) Abu Bakr
58)Al-Kindi is known as the (A) Theologian of the Arabs (B) Novelist of the Arabs (C) Philosopher of the Arabs (D) Poet of the Arabs
59)The Battle of Siffin wastook place in the year (A) 657AD. (B) 731AD. (C) 611AD. (D) 651AD.
60) The Umayyad Caliph Abdul Malik was succeeded by (A) Hisham (B) Umar II (C) Marwan (D) Al-Walid
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School of Distance Education 61) The great work Muqaddima is the introductory part of: (A) Kitabul Hind (B) Kitabul Manazir (C) Kitabul Ibr (D) Kitabul Umm
62) The book ‘Al-Durrah al-Yatimah’ was written by (A) Al-Biruni (B) Ibn Khaldun (C) Ibn al-Muqaffa (D) None of the above
63) The full name of al-Farabi was (A) Abu Ali al-Farabi (B) Abul Hasan al-Farabi (C) Abu Hamid al-Farabi (D) Abu Nasr al-Farabi
64) Ibn Khaldun was died in the year: (A) 14066 (B) 1406 (C) 1316 (D) 1332
65) Taj Mahal is situated in the river bank of (A) Mahanadi (B) Brahmaputhra (C) Yamuna (D) Ganga
66)Author of the book Hayy Bin Yaqzan (A) Ibn Bajjah (B) Ibn Rushd (C) Ibn Tufail (D) None of the above
67) Non-Muslims living in an Islamic State are called (A) Ahl al-Zimma (B) Ahl al-Madina (C) Ahl al-Zahir (D) Ahl al-Batin
68) Abdul-Malik bin Marwan was the: (A) Fourth Umayyad caliph (B) First Umayyad caliph (C) Last Umayyad caliph (D) Last Abbasid caliph
69)The founder of Mutazilite school was (A) Al-Farabi (B) Al-Kindi (C) Wasil bin Ata (D) Hasan al-Banna
70)The Asharite school was founded by (A) Abu Musa (B) Ghafari (C) Al-Walid (D) Abul Hasan
71)Abu Muslim Khurasani was the leader of (A) The Abbasid Army (B) The Umayyad Army (C) The Andalusian Army (D) The Seljuk army
72) Whowas the chief architect of Taj Mahal (A) Shah Abdullah (B) Ustad Ahmad Lahori (C) Ustad Gulam Lahori (D) Shah Muhammad
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School of Distance Education 73) The Delhi Juma Masjid is constructed by (A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Muhammad bin Tuglaq (D) Shah Jahan
74)The term ‘Anal Haq’ was pronounced by (A) Al-Hamid (B) Mansoor Al-Hallaj (C) Bayazid Bistami (D) Shibli
75) The military commander, Musa ibn Nusayr is belonged to: (A) Umayyads (B) Abbasids (C) Fatimids (D) Saljuqs
76) Baithul Hikma was founded by (A) Al Mahdi (B) Al mansoor (C) Al Mamoon (D) Muatasim
77) Author of Al Hawi (A) Ibn Sina (B) Al Farabi (C) Al Kindi (D) Al Razi
78) The barmakids played an important role during the caliphate of (A) Umayyads (B) Abbasids (C) Fatimids (D) Saljuqs
79) The bookNuzhat al Mushtaq is written by: (A) Al Idrisi (B) Mushtaq bin Ishtiyaq (C) Umar Khayyam (D) Al Biruni
80)The Capital of Umayyad Dynasty was (A) Madeena (B) Kufa (C) Damascus (D) Bagdad
81) The tragedy of Karbala took place in the year (A) 661AD (B) 668AD (C) 662AD (D) 680AD
82) Gibraltar is named after the invasion of the Arab General (A) Tariq bin ziyad (B) Musa bin Nusair (C) Umar Khayyam (D) Abdullah bin Amir
83) Which was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty up to 1638 AD.? (A)Agra Fort (B) Red Fort (C) Fathepur Sikri (D) Dawlatabad
84) The Umayyad conquest of Spain in the year: (A) 708AD (B) 701AD (C) 711AD (D) 720AD
85) Granada is the city of (A) Egypt (B) Spain (C) Italy (D) Turkey
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School of Distance Education 86)Kitabul Maghazi is written by (A) Al zamakshari (B) Al Masudi (C) Al waqidi (D) Ibn Ishaq
87)The Canon of Medicine isthe famouswork of (A) Ibn Rushd (B) Al Baladuri (C) Al Masudi (D) Ibn sina
88)Al Zahra palace was built by (A) Abdurahman I (B) Abdurahman II (C) Al Hakkam (D) Abdurahman III
89) Ibn al Bythar was born in (A) Egypt (B) Spain (C) Italy (D) Turkey
90) The era of Translation was happened during the administration of (A) Umayyads (B) Abbasids (C) Fatimids (D) Saljuqs
91) Muawiya conquered cypress in the year (A) 649 AD (B) 670 AD (C) 690 AD (D) 636AD
92) Haroon al Rasheed was died in the Year (A) 809 AD (B) 800AD (C) 819 AD (D) 820AD
93) The seventh Abbasid caliph was (A) Haroon Rasheed (B) Al Maamoon (C) Al Mutasim (D) al Mansoor
94) Bagdad is situated in present day (A) Egypt (B) Iran (C) Iraq (D) Oman
95) Which of the following was the biggest port during the Mughal Period? (A) Surat (B) Hoogly (C) Chittagong (D) Balasore
96) Which of the following Mughal monument is not made marble? (A) Humayun Tomb (B) Taj Mahal (C) Moti Masjid (D) None of These
97) The Mansabdari System was introduced by (A) Humayun (B) Akbar (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangazeb
98) The Mughal ruler who wrote his autobiography was: (A) Humayun (B) Akbar (C) Shahjahan (D) Babur
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School of Distance Education 99) Akbar held his religious discussions in: (A) Jodhabai palace (B) Panch Mahal (C) Ibadat Khana (D) Buland Darwaz
100) Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler (A) Humayun (B) Akbar (C) Shahjahan (D) Babur
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School of Distance Education ANSWER KEY
1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a, 5-a, 6-d, 7-d, 8-a, 9-c, 10-a, 11-a, 12-a, 13-d, 14-a, 15-c, 16-a, 17-b, 18-a, 19-b, 20-b, 21-d, 22-d, 23-c, 24-c, 25-d, 26-a, 27-b, 28-d, 29-b, 30-a, 31-d, 32-c, 33-c, 34-b, 35-c, 36-d, 37-b, 38-a, 39-b, 40-b, 41-a, 42-d, 43-a, 44-c, 45-b, 46-c, 47-c, 48-c, 49-b, 50-a, 51-c , 52-c, 53-a, 54-b, 55-c, 56-b, 57-b, 58-c, 59-a, 60-c, 61-c, 62-c, 63-d, 64-b 65-c, 66-c 67-a, 68-a, 69-c, 70-d, 71-a, 72-b, 73-d, 74-b, 75-a, 76-c, 77-d, 78-b, 79-a, 80-c, 81-d, 82-a, 83-a, 84-c, 85-b, 86-c, 87-d, 88-d, 89-b, 90-b, 91-a, 92-a, 93-b, 94-c, 95-a, 96-a, 97-b, 98-d, 99-c, 100-c.
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