Islamic History & Culture I

Q2. The Byzantine civilisation was the one of the major civilisation of its time, explain its major acievements and the causes of its downfall?

Q3. Describe any Two of the following institutions of Islam in the light of teaching of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and how to put into service at present in the Muslims states?
(a) Judicail System (b) Economic Organism (c) Character building and social order

Q4. Explain the basis on which Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA) became a Khalifah/Caliph and pen down his role as a protector of Islamic way of life.

Q5. Describe the scientific and literary advancement of Abbasid Period and how it can be revived in at present?

Q6. Give an account of the fall and disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and describe its similarities with present Muslim's rule?

Q7. The Muslim civilisation gave a new religious and socio-political order. Give a comparison with New World Order.

Q8. Explain the impact of Mithaq-e-Madina in that divergence living state of society of Medina and how it can be employed now? Discuss.

Islamic History & Culture II

Q2. What is meant by Civilisation and Culture and how it affects and also analyse the foundation of modern civilisation?

Q3. Give a brief sketch on "Evolution of Knowldge specially in the field of Science and Wisdom" in Muslim Spain.

Q4. "The down fall of Muslim Community", how do you consider it as blessing or loss for mankind? Discuss it in detail.

Q5. The role model for Muslim rulers may be as under:-
(i) Monarchy (ii)Khilafat (iii) Democracy
Which one is most practical and suitable to solve major problems of contemporary Muslim Ummah in the light of Islamic teachings?

Q6.highlight the main reasons and causes of Ottomans empire for their expansion and service towards Islam after the fall of Baghdad.

Q7. Write a comprehensive note on the nature and importance of Abbasid institutions, with special reference to Bait-ul-Hikmah and its impacts on society.

Q8. Write detailed notes on the life and works of the follwoing:
(a) Shah Wali Ullah Dehlvi
(b) S. Ameer Ali

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"Nay! man is evidence against himself. Though he puts forth his excuses." Holy Qur'an (75:14-15)

01. The Abbasids defeated:
a) Salahuddin Ayyubi
b) The Mongols
c) The Ghaznawids
d) None of these.

02. Ummayyah Caliph Mau'wiyah II was son of:
a) Abu Talib
b) Abu Sufyan
c) Jafar
d) None of these.

03. Which is the 3rd Surah in Al-Quran?
a) Al-Maida
b) Al-e-Imran
c) An-Nisa
d) None of these.

04. Imam Shafi was:
a) Philosopher
b) Jurist
c) Poet
d) None of these.

05. What is the modern day name of Abyssinia:
a) Africa
b) Ethiopia
c) Synia or Abass
d) None of these.

06. Aws and Khazraj were two tribes:
a) The Jews
b) The Quraish
c) The Ansaar
d) None of these.

07. Hazrat Hamza (RA) accepted in the year:
a) 3 Nabvi
b) 8 Nabvi
c) 2 A.H
d) None of these.

08. Rulers of Pre-Islam Iran were called:
a) Qaisar
b) Kisra
c) Sultan
d) None of these.

09. Before Islam Arab were:
a) Autonomous body
b) Illiterate
c) Own mind
d) None of these.

10. Hadith was compiled by:
a) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
b) Hujjaj Bin Yousuf (RA)
c) Umar bin Abdul Aziz (RA)
d) None of these.

11. Hajre-i-Aswad means:
a) Pious Stone
b) Black Stone
c) Historical Stone
d) None of these.

12. The battle of Jamal was fought between the Hazrat Aisha (RA) and:
a) Talha
b) Mu'wiyah
c) Yezid
d) None of these.

13. Khalid bin Walid (RA) was removed from the command during the expedition to:
a) Iran
b) Tabuk
c) Yaman
d) None of these

14. Surah Al Noor speaks of:
a) Wars
b) Mal-i-Ghanimat
c) Judicial order only
d) None of these.

15. Imam Bukhari died in:
a) 322 A.D
b) 261 A.D
c) 241 A.D
d) None of these.

16. Asmaha The Najashi King of Habsha with whom the Muslim refuge took refuge for the first time was:
a) Jew
b) Christian
c) Mushrik
d) None of these.

17. Sulh-i-Hudabiyah was written by:
a) Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)
b) Hazrat Ali (RA)
c) Hazrat Umar (RA)
d) None of these

18. Hajjaj bin Yousuf was:
a) Ummayyad
b) Abbasid
c) Ottoman
d) None of these

19. Hazrat Abu Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
a) Taif
b) Ohud
c) Khandaq
d) None of these

20. Ibn-i-Sina was born in:
a) AH 370/ AD 980
b) AH 374/ AD 984
c) AH 368/ AD 970
d) None of these

01. Literal meaning of Ijtehad is:
a) Effort
b) Struggle
c) Individual Judgment
d) None of these.

02. How many Khulfas were in the Ummayyad dynasty:
a) 8
b) 10
c) 12
d) 14

03. Marwan was the son of:
a) Walid
b) Sulayman
c) Hakam
d) None of these.

04. After a short khilafat of Mu'wayiah II the next Khalifa was:
a) Ibn Hisham
b) Ibn Zubayr
c) Ibn Yazid
d) Abdul Malik bin Marwan
e) None of these

05. For the first time Abdul Malik issued purely Muslim coinage known as:
a) Rupees
b) Riyal
c) Dirham
d) Dinar
e) None of these

06. Firdousi was the poet of:
a) Africa
b) Arab
c) Persia
d) None of these.

07. Saffah was the first Khalifah of:
a) Ummayyads
b) Hashims
c) Abassids
d) None of these

08._______ was the founder of Abassids:
a) Saffah
b) ABu Ja'far
c) Haroon
d) None of these

09. With the emergence of Abassids, the capital was transferred from Syria to:
a) Africa
b) Turkey
c) Egypt
d) Iraq
e) None of these

10. Amin was murdered in:
a) 813 A.D.
b) 814 A.D.
c) 815 A.D.
d) 816 A.D.
e) None of these

11. Maliki doctrines were introduced in Spain in the reign of:
a) Hisham
b) Abdur Rehman
c) Abdullah
d) Yazid
e) None of these

12. The fall of Baghdad was in Hjiri year :
a) 632 A.D
b) 656 A.D
c) 569 A.D
d) None of these

13. The duration of Khilafat Umar bin Khattab from_______to_________:
a) 13-24 A.H
b) 15-26 A.H
c) 14-23 A.H
d) None of these

14. Who was the custodian of the Key of Ka'bah after the conquest of Makkah:
a) Uthman Bin Talha (RA)
b) Abu Sufyan (RA)
c) Abass (RA)
d) None of these

15. Who wrote a book for Abassid Khalifa concerning economic policy:
a) Abu Hanifa
b) Awza'i
c) Abu Yousuf
d) None of these

16. In which battle many Huffaz of the Quran were martyred:
a) Qadisiyah
b) Mawtah
c) Yamamah
d) None of these.

17. The battle of Nahrawan was against the group called:
a) Mu'tiazlite
b) Khawarij
c) False prophets
d) None of these

18. What was the real native homeland of Hazrat Ibrahim (RA):
a) Palestine
b) Iraq
c) Ur
d) None of these

19. In which of the Surah of the Quran, the name of adopted son of our Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has been mentioned:
a) Muhammad
b) Ahzab
c) Fath
d) Al-Nagm
e) None of these

20. Who was the pioneer to introduce the naval forces in the history of Islam:
a) Uthman Bin Affan (RA)
b) Mu'awiyah (RA)
c) Sa'ad Bin Abi Waqas (RA)
d) None of these

1- d
2- d
3- b
4- b
5- b
6- c
7- b
8- b
9- a
10- c
11- b
12- d
13- d
14- d
15- d
16- b
17- b
18- a
19- d
20- a

what are the correct Answer of the following.
8. ............ was the real founder of Abbasides.
a) Saffah b)Abu jafer c)Haroon d)None of these

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" If you salute your duty,You need not salute anybody,but if you pollute your duty,You have to salute everybody"
(Dr A.Q.Khan)

Abu Jafar Al Mansur was the real founder of Abbasids as he built the Abbasid Dynasty in 22 years of his rule.

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness

01. The Abbasids defeated:
a) Salahuddin Ayyubi
b) The Mongols
c) The Ghaznawids
d) None of these.

02. Ummayyah Caliph Mau'wiyah II was son of:
a) Abu Talib
b) Abu Sufyan
c) Jafar
d) None of these.

03. Which is the 3rd Surah in Al-Quran?
a) Al-Maida
b) Al-e-Imran
c) An-Nisa
d) None of these.

04. Imam Shafi was:
a) Philosopher
b) Jurist
c) Poet
d) None of these.

05. What is the modern day name of Abyssinia:
a) Africa
b) Ethiopia
c) Synia or Abass
d) None of these.

06. Aws and Khazraj were two tribes:
a) The Jews
b) The Quraish
c) The Ansaar
d) None of these.

07. Hazrat Hamza (RA) accepted in the year:
a) 3 Nabvi
b) 8 Nabvi
c) 2 A.H
d) None of these.

08. Rulers of Pre-Islam Iran were called:
a) Qaisar
b) Kisra
c) Sultan
d) None of these.

09. Before Islam Arab were:
a) Autonomous body
b) Illiterate
c) Own mind
d) None of these.

10. Hadith was compiled by:
a) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
b) Hujjaj Bin Yousuf (RA)
c) Umar bin Abdul Aziz (RA)
d) None of these.

11. Hajre-i-Aswad means:
a) Pious Stone
b) Black Stone
c) Historical Stone
d) None of these.

12. The battle of Jamal was fought between the Hazrat Aisha (RA) and:
a) Talha
b) Mu'wiyah
c) Yezid
d) None of these.

13. Khalid bin Walid (RA) was removed from the command during the expedition to:
a) Iran
b) Tabuk
c) Yaman
d) None of these

14. Surah Al Noor speaks of:
a) Wars
b) Mal-i-Ghanimat
c) Judicial order only
d) None of these.

15. Imam Bukhari died in:
a) 322 A.D
b) 261 A.D
c) 241 A.D
d) None of these.

16. Asmaha The Najashi King of Habsha with whom the Muslim refuge took refuge for the first time was:
a) Jew
b) Christian
c) Mushrik
d) None of these.

17. Sulh-i-Hudabiyah was written by:
a) Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)
b) Hazrat Ali (RA)
c) Hazrat Umar (RA)
d) None of these

18. Hajjaj bin Yousuf was:
a) Ummayyad
b) Abbasid
c) Ottoman
d) None of these

19. Hazrat Abu Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
a) Taif
b) Ohud
c) Khandaq
d) None of these

20. Ibn-i-Sina was born in:
a) AH 370/ AD 980
b) AH 374/ AD 984
c) AH 368/ AD 970
d) None of these[/QUOTE]

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Prejudice is an opinion without judgment. Voltaire my hero

Islamic History & Culture-I (MCQs)

01. Abbasid defeated:
(a)Salahudin Ayyubi
(b)The Mngols
(c)The Ghaznawids
(d)None of these

2. Ummayad Caliph Mu'awiyah II was son of:
(a)Abu Talib
(b)Abu Sufyan
(c)Jafar
(d)None of these (Yazid)

3. Which is the 3rd Sura in Al-Quran?
(a)Al-Maida
(b)Aal-e-Imran
(c)An-Nisa
(d)None of these

4. Imam Shafi was a:
(a)Philosopher
(b)Jurist
(c)Poet
(d)None of these

5. Waht is the modern day name of Abyssinia?
(a)Africa
(b)Ethiopia
(c)Synia or Abbas
(d)None of these

6. Aws and Khazraj were two tribes of:
(a)The Jews
(b)The Quraish
(c)The Ansar
(d)None of these

7. Hazrat Hamza (RA) accepted Islam in the year:
(a)3 Nabvi
(b)8 Nabvi
(c)2 A.H
(d)None of these (6 Nabvi)

8. Rulers of pre-Islamic Iran were called:
(a)Qaisar
(b)Kisra
(c)Sultan
(d)None of these

9. Before Islam Arab were:
(a)Autonomous
(b)Illiterate
(c)Own mind
(d)None of these

10. Hadith was compiled by:
(a)Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)
(b)Hajjaj Bin Yousu
(c)Umer Bin Abdul Aziz (RA)
(d)None of these

11. Hajre-Aswad means:
(a)Pious stone
(b)Black stone
(c)Historical stone
(d)None of these

12. The Battle of Jaml was fought between Hazrat Aishah (RA) and:
(a)Talha
(b)Muawiya
(c)Yazid
(d)None of these (Hazrat Ali (RA)

13. Khalid bin Walid was removed from the command during the expedition to:
(a)Iran
(b)Tabuk
(c)Yeman
(d)None of these

14. Sura al-Noor speaks of:
(a)Wars
(b)Mal-i-Ghanimat
(c)Judicail order only
(d)None of these

15. Imam Bukhari died in:
(a)332 AD
(b)261 AD
(c)241 AD
(d)None of these

16. Asmaha the "Najashi King of Habsha" with whom the Muslims took refuge for the first time was:
(a)Jew
(b)Christian
(c)Mushrik
(d)None of these

17. Sulh-i-Hudibiyya was written by:
(a)Hazrat Abu Bakar (RA)
(b)Hazrat Ali (RA)
(c)Hazrat Umar (RA)
(d)None of these

18. Hajjaj bin Yousuf was:
(a)Ummayad
(b)Abbasid
(c)Ottoman
(d)None of these

19. Hazrat Abul Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
(a)Taif
(b)Uhad
(c)Khandaq
(d)None of these

20. Ibn Sina was born in:
(a)AH 370/AD 980
(b)AH374/AD 984
(c)AH 368/AD 970
(d)None of these

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"Nay! man is evidence against himself. Though he puts forth his excuses." Holy Qur'an (75:14-15)

19. Hazrat Abul Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
(a)Taif (He lost second eye in Yermuk)
(b)Uhad
(c)Khandaq
(d)None of these

20. Ibn Sina was born in:
(a)AH 370/AD 980
(b)AH374/AD 984
(c)AH 368/AD 970
(d)None of these

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