A 19716 120 MINUTES 1. The year of the birth of the Prophet is known as A) Year of Victory B) Year of Elephant C) Year of Blessing D) None of these 2. The battle of Khandaq is also known as A) Ahzab B) Mu’ata C) Hunayn D) Tabuk 3. The warring parties of Battle of Basus were: A) Banu Dhubyan and Banu Abes B) Banu Hawazin and Banu Khuza’a C) Banu Bakr and Banu Taghlib D) Banu Taghlib and Banu Akhtal 4. Al Rab’al Khali is a ----- in Arabia. A) Mountain B) Valley C) River D) Desert 5. Charge of nepotism was levelled against Caliph A) Uthman B) Ali C) Mu’awiyah D) Yazid 6. ------ was the champion of the Riddah wars. A) Khalid ibn Walid B) Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqas C) Musaylima D) Abu ‘Ubaida 7. The Bai’at al Ridwan took place at A) Aqba B) Hudaybiyah C) Yathrib D) Nahrawan 8. Pick the odd-one A) Abu Talib B) Abu Lahab C) Abu Sufyan D) Abdul Muthalib 9. The battle of Nahrawan was fought against A) Shi’ites B) Apostates C) Persians D) Kharijites 10. ------ was killed in the battle of Yamamah. A) Aswad Ansi B) Ja’far ibn Abi Talib C) Musaylima D) Zayd 11. Egypt was annexed by A) Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqas B) Qutayba ibn Muslim C) Amr ibn ‘As D) Khalid ibn Walid 12. Arrange in chronological order 1. Battle of Namrraq 2. Battle of Jamal 3. Battle of Qadisiya 4. Battle of Yamama A) 4, 1, 3, 2 B) 1, 3, 4, 2 C) 3, 1, 2, 4 D) 1, 2, 3, 4 13. The last ruler of Umayyad dynasty was A) Abdurahman III B) Hisham II C) Walid II D) Marwan II 14. Dome of the Rock was built by A) Walid I B) Mu’awiyah C) Umar II D) Abdul Malik 15. The city of Baghdad was founded by A) Ma’mun B) Mansur C) Haroon Rasheed D) Abul Abbas 16. Arrange the following in chronological order 1. Battle of Hunayn 2. Battle of Ditch 3. Conquest of Khaybar 4. Pledge of Aqba A) 2, 4, 3, 1 B) 1, 2, 4, 3 C) 4, 2, 3, 1 D) 4, 1, 3, 2 17. Who was the representative of Mu’awiya in the arbitration after the battle of Siffin A) Abdurahman ibn Awf B) Amr ibn ‘As C) Abu Musa al Ash’ari D) Sa’d ibn Abi Waqas 18. The Umayyad caliph who earned the title “Father of Kings” A) Umar ibn Abdul Azeez B) Mu'awiya C) Abdul Malik D) Marwan II 19. Match the following List 1 List 2 a. Fath al Arab 1. Ali b. Asadullah 2. Abul Abbas c. Al Qanuni 3. Yazid d. Al Saffah 4. Sulayman A) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 B) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 C) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 D) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3 20. State whether the following statements are True or false 1. Sultan Salahuddin captured Jerusalem in 1187 C.E. 2. He was defeated in the second crusade by Richard I. A) Only statement 1 is true B) Only statement 2 is true C) Both are true D) Both are false 2 21. Arrange the following in chronological order of its foundation 1. Aghlabids 2. Saffarids 3. Buwayhids 4. Ayyubids A) 2, 1, 4, 3 B) 1 ,2, 3, 4 C) 4, 3, 1, 2 D) 2, 3, 1, 4 22. True or false 1. The Umayyad mosque is in Damascus 2. It was built by Umar ibn Abdul Azeez A) Only the first statement is true B) Only the second statement is true C) Both the statements are true D) Both the statements are false 23. “Immediately after his entry into al Fustat, Jauhar began to construct a new city which he named …….” A) Marakesh B) Fez C) al Qahira D) Seville 24. True or false 1. Ubaydullah al Mahdi founded the Fatimid dynasty 2. With al Hakim the Fatimid dynasty came to an end A) Both the statements are true B) Both the statements are false C) Only the first statement is true D) Only the second statement is true 25. Arrange in chronological order 1. Death of al Aziz 2. Founding of Dar al Hikmah 3. Founding of capital city named Mahdiah 4. Founding of al Azhar mosque A) 3, 2, 1, 4 B) 1, 2, 3, 4 C) 2, 3, 1, 4 D) 3, 4, 1, 2 26. Pick the odd- one A) Alp Arsalan B) Jalaluddin Malik Shah C) Subuktgin D) Tughril Beg 27. Match the following List 1 List 2 a. Al Mansur 1. Baith al Hikmah b. Harun al Rashid 2. Founding of Baghdad c. Al Amin 3. Issue of Barmakids d. Al Ma’mun 4. Battle of Rayy A) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1 B) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 C) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4 D) a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1 3 28. True or false 1. Hulagu Khan sacked Baghdad in 1248 C.E. 2. Al Mutawakkil transferred the capital from Baghdad to Damascus A) Only first statement is true B) Only second statement is true C) Both are false D) Both are true 29. ------ is the author of “Kitab al Tawhid”. A) Ahmad ibn Hanbal B) Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab C) Ibn Taymiyya D) Hasan al Banna 30. The journal “Al Urwat al Wuthqa” was started by Jamaluddin al Afghani and ----. A) Rasheed Rida B) Muhammad Qutb C) Sayyid Qutb D) Muhammad Abdu 31. Author of “Al Ahkam al Sultaniya” A) Abul A’ala Maududi B) Al Mawardi C) Al Farabi D) Ibn Rushd 32. Hasan al Banna was assassinated in A) 1936 B) 1941 C) 1939 D) 1949 33. “Orient is not the orient as it is but the orient it has been orientalised” is the remark of: A) Philip K. Hitti B) R.A. Nicolson C) Edward Said D) Ziauddin Sardar 34. The literal meaning of jihad is A) Striving B) Fundamentalist C) Terror D) War 35. Author of “Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order” A) Bernard Lewis B) Samuel Huntington C) Toynbee D) Francis Fukuyama 36. The 9/11 event took place in the year A) 2011 B) 2009 C) 2005 D) 2001 37. The last Pahlavi ruler of Iran was A) Farah Pahlavi B) Mohamed Reza Pahlavi C) Ahmad Shah D) Mohamed Hasan Mirza II 38. Abottabad gained world attention due to the assassination of A) Mulla Umar B) Usama ibn Laden C) Saddam Husain D) Ghaddafi 39. Pick the odd-one A) Fatema Mernissi B) Zainab al Ghazali C) Maryam Jameela D) Munira al Qubaysi 4 40. The first lady to lead a Friday congregation prayer is: A) Suheyla El Attar B) Maryam Jameela C) Qasim Amin D) Amina Wadud 41. Pan Islamism was articulated by: A) Maulana Maududi B) Jamaluddin Afghani C) Ibn Taymiyya D) Rasheed Rida 42. The Muslims who remained in Spain after the fall of Granada were known as: A) Saracens B) Mozarabs C) Moriscos D) Moors 43. Pick the odd-one A) Ibn Khaldun B) Ibn Hayyan C) Ibn al Khatib D) Al Zahrawi 44. Arrange in chronological order 1. Abul Hasan Ali ibn Ismail al Ash’ari 2. Al Nu’man ibn Thabit 3. Ahmad ibn Hanbal 4. Hasan al Basari A) 1, 3, 4, 2 B) 4, 3, 2, 1 C) 4, 2, 3, 1 D) 3, 1, 4, 2 45. True or False 1. Imam Bukhari has died at Samarqand 2. He was patronised by Caliph Umar Khattab A) Both are true B) Both are false C) Only 1 is true D) Only 2 is true 46. At the time of Arab conquest, Spain was ruled by A) Witiza B) Count Julien C) Roderic D) William II 47. Al Zahra palace was built by A) Abdurahman III B) Muhammad ibn Tumart C) Ibn al Ahmar D) Abdurahman II 48. The city of Samarrah was built by A) Al Mu’tadid B) Al Mu’tasim C) Al Mustakfi D) Al Mu’tamid 49. Sahib al Shurta was the chief of A) Postal service B) Revenue department C) Police D) Foreign affairs 50. Umar Khayyam adorned the court of A) Nuruddin Mahmud B) Imamuddin C) Salahuddin D) Malik Shah 51. Which of the following Delhi sultans made Agra as their capital? A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq C) Sikandar Lodi D) Qutubuddin Aibak 5 52. Which of the following was not a chronicler of the history of the sultanate? A) Malik Kafur B) Ziauddin Barani C) Amir Khusrau D) Minhaj al Siraj 53. Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori in the: A) Battle of Panipat B) Battle of Chandawar C) Battle of Tarain D) Battle of Waihind 54. Which of the following was not a ruler of the Delhi sultanate? A) Nasiruddin Mahmud B) Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah C) Khizr Khan D) Zafar Khan 55. Which of the following measures was not associated with Muhammad ibn Tughlaq? A) Introduction of Token currency B) Shifting of capital from Delhi to Daulatabad C) Re-imposition of jizya on Brahmins D) Introduction of famine code in the Doab 56. Amir Khusrau is known to have innovated the musical instrument: A) Sitar B) Tabla C) Violin D) Guitar 57. Arrange the following sufi orders according to its appearance in India 1. Naqshabandiya 2. Qadiriya 3. Chishtiya 4. Suhrawardiya A) 4, 2, 3, 1 B) 2, 4, 1, 3 C) 2, 4, 3, 1 D) 4, 2, 1, 3 58.