Deck 2: Islamic History and Culture: Part A

Question 1

Yathrib was the old name of

A)makkah
B)madinah
C)taif
D)juddah

Answer 1

madinah

Question 2

Caliph Uthman was assassinated in the year

A)642 a.d.
B)648 a.d.
C)651 a
D)656 a.d.

Answer 2

656 a.d.

Question 3

Pre-Islamic Arabia excelled in the field of

A)architecture
B)poetry
C)prose
D)painting

Answer 3

poetry

Question 4

Riddah war were fought during the caliphate of

A)mu'?wiyah
B)ab? bakr
C)wal?d
D)uthman

Question 5

Which event of the Prophet's career has been called "Fat-hem-Mub?n" in the Qur'an ?

A)battle of badr
B)conquest of makkah
C)treaty of hudaibiyyah
D)battle of u. hud

Question 6

The murderer of Hazrath Umar was

A)ibn muljam
B)abu lulu firoz
C)khur?s?n?
D)none of the above

Question 7

The Muslim Commander of Q?disiyyah battle was

A)saa'd bin abi waqq?s
B)us?m? bin zaid
C)khalid bin wal?d
D)qutaibah bin muslim

Question 8

Who was the spokesman of Muslims in the Court of Negus ?

A)zaid bin th?bit
B)jáfar bin ab? t. ?lib
C)'uthman bin 'affan
D)ab- u hurairah

Question 9

Who was the leader of Quraish in the battle of Uhd

A)abu jahal
B)uthbath
C)abusufyan
D)shaibath

Question 10

Hijri Calendar was introduced by

A)abu bakr
B)mu'?wiyah
C)al-khwarizm?
D)'umar

Question 11

The Arabs are known as the

A)semites
B)hamites
C)aryans
D)none of the above

Question 12

The Prophet Muhammad received the first Quranic revelation in

A)taif
B)tabuk
C)cave of hira
D)cave of thaur

Question 13

The capital of the first three Rashidun Caliphate was

A)makkah
B)madinah
C)kufa
D)basrah

Question 14

The Caliph who known in the tittle of Amirul Muminin

A)abu bakr
B)umar
C)uthman
D)ali

Question 15

The number of chapters in the Quran is

A)111
B)114
C)116
D)120

Question 16

Sihah-al- Sittah refers to

A)collections of the poems
B)collections of hadith
C)collections of arabic stories
D)collections of quranic verses

Question 17

Muqadhima written by

A)ibn hazm
B)ibn khaldun
C)jamaluddin afghani
D)al-masudi

Question 18

The Battle of Yamamah was fought during the Caliphate of

A)abu bakr
B)umar bin al-khattab
C)uthman
D)'ali

Question 19

Hadith means

A)life of the prophet
B)sayings and actions of the prophet
C)understanding islam through fiqh
D)none of the above

Question 20

Hujjatullah-ul -B?lighah is written by

A)shaikh ahmad sirhindi
B)ibn taimiyah
C)hasan al-bannah
D)shah waliullah

Question 21

Imam Shaf?i is associated with

A)jurisprudence
B)history
C)ilm ul kalam
D)tafsir

Question 22

The greatest Muslim Historiographer was

A)al-zamakhshari
B)al-ghazali
C)ibn khaldun
D)ibn nadeem

Question 23

The battle of Uhd took place in the year

A)ad.621
B)ad.622
C)625
D)ad.632

Question 24

Nahjul balagha is the Sayings of

A)abu bakr
B)umar bin al-khattab
C)uthman
D)hazrat ali