Solved MCQs Islamic History and Culture 2005:

 Paper I:

1: The shortest surah of the Quran is:

(a) Al-Maun

(b) Al-Bayyinah

(c) Al-Kauthar

(d) Al-Akhlas

(e) None of these.

2: There is No Bismillah in the beginning of surah:

(a) Al-Fatiha

(b) Al-Nisa

(c)Al-Namal

(d)Al-Taubah

(e) None of these

3: The Quran was revealed in :
(a) 25 y

(b) 12 y

(c) 23 y

(d) 20 y

(e)none of these

4: The 1st Revelation came to Prophet(saw)
(a) Dar Arqam

(b) Hira

(c) Thaur

(d) Shi'b abi Talib

(e) none of these

5: The battle in which Mohammad (saw) particpated before Nubuwwahwa:
(a) Dahis

(b) Bait Aqba

(c) Fijar

(d) None of these

6: The duration of social boycott of muslims in Shi'b abi Talib was for:
(a) 5 y

(b) 10 y

(c) 3 y

(d) 8 y

(e) none of these

7:The Conqeror of Khyber was:
(a)Umar (R.A)

(b) Jafar (R.A)

(c) Khalid bin Walid (R.A)

(d) Ali(R.A)

(e) None of these

8: Who is called the 5th Rightly Guided caliph:

(a) Harun

(c) Ibn Zubayr

(d)Umar bin Aziz

(e) none of these

9: The battle of Jamal was fought b/w the Aishah(R.A) and:
(a) Talhah (R.A)

(b) Muawiya (R.A)

(c) Yazid

(d) Umer (R.A)

(e) None of these (Ali(R.A)

10: Egypt was conqered during the caliphate of :
(a) Abu Bakr (R.A)

(b) Muawiah (R.A)

(c) Ali (R.A)

(d) Umar (R.A)

(e) none of these 

11: Hazrat Umar(R.A) was the son of : 
(a) Abu Talib

(b) Talhah

(c) Abdullah

(d) Khattab

(e) none of these

12: Abbasid caliphate came into being in:
(a) 110 A.H

(b) 122 A.H

(c)132 A.H

(d)140 A.H

(e) none of these

13: Bait al Hikma was established by:
(a) Waild

(b) Hisham

(c) Mansur

(d) Harun

(e) none of these

14: Masjid Qiblatayn is situated in :
(a) Habsha

(b) Makkah

(c) Taif

(d) Madina

(e) none of these

15: Khalid bin Walid was removed from the command during the expedition to:
(a) Iran

(b) Syria

(c) Yeman

(d) None of these

16: The city of Fustat was founded by:
(a) Amr bin al A'as

(b) Abd al Malik

(c) Muawiyah

(d) none of these

17: Expedition of Tabuk place in:
(a) 6 A.H

(b) 7 A.H

(c) 9 A.H

(d) none of these

18: Hazrat Salman (R.A.) was from:
(a) Rome

(b) Syria

(c) Yeman

(d) Faris 


19: Imam Abu Hanifah was a famous:
(a) musician

(b) architect

(c) jurist

(d) historian

(e) none of these


20: The total period of Khalafat -i- Rashidah was:
(a) 40 y

(b) 30 y

(c) 29 y

(d) None of these.

Solved Mcqs Islamic History and Culture 2005:

 Paper II:

1:Bait al Hikma was established by:
(a) Yazid

(b) Al Zahir Baibers

(c) Mamun-al-Rashid

(d) None of these (Harun ur Rasheed)

2: Gibraltar owes its name to:
(a) Aghlab

(b) Abd al Jabbar

(c) Tariq bin Ziyad

(d) None of these

3: The Barmaki Vizier existed during:
(a) Umayyad

(b) Salijqis

(c) Abbasids

(d) Ottomans

4: Spain was ruled by --- before Arab and Berber troops conquered it.
(a) Byzantines

(b) Franks

(c) Visigoths

(d) None of these

5: In historical references Spain is generally refered as part of:
(a) Iberian Peninsula

(b) Middle East

(c) North Africa

(d) None of these.

6: Libya, Tunisia and Algeria are geographically included in the :
(a) Far West

(b) Central Africa

(c) North Africa

(d) None of these

7: Cordova is a city in :
(a) Iraq

(b) Mauritania

(c) Spain

(d) None of these 


8: Cordova is pronounced in Arabic as:
(a) Qurtuba

(b) Gharnata

(c) zaghrab

(d) None of these

9: Ibn Khulun wrote a book titled:
(a) Al Shifa

(b) Muqaddima

(c) Al Qanun

(d) None of these

10: Ibn Khulun was a :
(a) jurist

(b) philosopher of history

(c) calligrapher

(d) None of these

11: Nizam al Mulk worked as wazir during the :
(a) Umayyad

(b) The early Salijuks

(c) The late Ottmans

(d) None of these

12: The Druzi sect of Syria and Lebanon was born during the :
(a) Ghazanavis

(b) Fatimids

(c) Ayyubids

(d) None of these.

13: Muwalladan were:
(a) Spanish Neo-Muslims

(b) African Slaves

(c) Arab soldiers

(d) None of these

14: The Ottman dynasty fell in:
(a) 1802

(b) 1924

(c) 1912

(d) None of these (Nov 1922)

15: Phlip k. Hitti wrote a book titled :
(a) Clash of civilizations

(b) The Abbasids

(c) History of the Arabs

(d) None of these 

16: Ibn Hazm was a great --- scholar.
(a) Egyptian

(b) Spanish

(c) Ottoman

(d) None of these.


17: Shaikh Sa'di was a :
(a) Historian

(b) Botanist

(c) Poet

(d) None of these

18: History of the Islamic Peoples is written by:
(a) Gibb

(b) Arnold

(c) Carl Brokelman

(d) None of these 


19: The Arab Siqilliyah is :
(a) Spain

(b) Sicily

(c) Italy

(d) None of these 


20: Umar Khayyam is known for his :
(a) Shah Nama

(b) Siyasat Nama

(c) Ruba'iyyat

(d) None of these .