Arab Culture and Islamic Studies 2013 June UGC NET Solved Question Paper II
1. The term Jāhiliyah stands for
(A) Times of ignorance
(B) Computer age
(C) Healthy times
(D) Rainy season
Answer: (A)
2. The inter-tribal hostilities in pre- Islamic Arabia were called
(A) Wafudul Arab
(B) Ayyam al-Arab
(C) Basus War
(D) Legends
Answer: (B)
3. Al-Rub al-Khali is the name of
(A) An ocean
(B) A river
(C) A capital
(D) A desert
Answer: (D)
4. The Annual Fair of Ukaz in pre- Islamic Arabia was held at
(A) Mecca
(B) Madina
(C) Riyad
(D) Taif
Answer: (D)
5. Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina in the year
(A) 632 A.D.
(B) 656 A.D.
(C) 622 A.D.
(D) 611 A.D.
Answer: (C)
6. The concept of Muakhāt was introduced by Prophet Muhammad at
(A) Mecca
(B) Madina
(C) Taif
(D) Yemen
Answer: (B)
7. Fathe-Mubeen refers to
(A) Badr
(B) Uhud
(C) Tabuk
(D) Sulh-i Hudaybiyah
Answer: (D)
8. The Battle of Basus was fought between
(A) Quraish and Ansar
(B) Banu Bahila and Taghlib
(C) Banu Bakr and Banu Taghlib
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
9. The Saba‘ Muallaqats were hung over the walls of
(A) The shrine of Adam
(B) K‘aba
(C) The Shrine of Ibrahim
(D) The Shrine of Ismail
Answer: (B)
10. The famous pre-Islamic poet was
(A) Jarir
(B) Nabighah Dhubyani
(C) Farazda
(D) Abu Nuwas
Answer: (B)
11. The title of ‘Saifullah’ was given to
(A) Al-Muthawna bin Haritha
(B) Rafi bin Umayr
(C) Abu Ubaid ah
(D) Khalid bin Walid
Answer: (D)
12. Tawhid means
(A) Polytheism
(B) Monotheism
(C) Atheism
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
13. Muawiyah conquered Cyprus in the year
(A) 649 A.D.
(B) 670 A.D.
(C) 690 A.D.
(D) 636 A.D.
Answer: (A)
14. Arrange the following books in order in which these were written, using the code given below:
(i) Hujjat-ullah al-Balighah
(ii) Bayan al-Quran
(iii) Tafsir al-Quran
(iv) Tahafat al-Falasifah
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Answer: (D)
15. The period of Hazrat Ali’s caliphate is from
(A) 634 – 636
(B) 632 – 634
(C) 634 – 644
(D) 656 – 661
Answer: (D)
16. The Institution of Baytal-Māl was established by
(A) Hazrat Umar
(B) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(C) Amir Muawiyah
(D) Al-Mamun
Answer: (A)
17. Hajjaj bin Yusuf was the Governor of
(A) Mecca
(B) Dahran
(C) Iraq
(D) Yemen
Answer: (C)
18. Siddhanta was translated into Arabic by
(A) Al-Mahdi
(B) Muhammad bin Ibrahim al- Fazari
(C) Ibn al-Muqaffa
(D) Hunayn bin Ishaq
Answer: (B)
19. Arrange the following rulers in chronological order using the code given below:
(i) Nuh bin Nasr
(ii) Abbas Azam
(iii) Mehmud Ghaznavi
(iv) Alp Arsalan
Codes:
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Answer: (A)
20. The audit or accounts office during the Abbasid period was known as
(A) Diwan al Kharaj
(B) Diwan al Zimam
(C) Diwan al-Nazir fi-al Mazalim
(D) Diwan al-Shurtah
Answer: (B)
21. The title of ‘al-shaykh al-Rais’ was given to
(A) Al-Razi
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Al-Majusi
(D) Al-Mawardi
Answer: (B)
22. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Muslim – Umar Brotherhood al-Mukhtar
(B) Tijaniyya – Syed Qutb Order
(C) Tablighi – Muhammad Jamat Ilyas
(D) Sanusiya – Sheikh Order Muhammad bin Ali
Answer: (B)
23. The title of Tafsir written by Muhammad bin Jarir al-Tabari is
(A) Ahkam al-Quran
(B) Jami al-Bayan
(C) Tafhim al-Quran
(D) Marif al-Quran
Answer: (B)
24. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Nahrwan – Khāwarij
(B) Kamal Ataturk– B‘ath Party
(C) Ikhwan al- – Jamal Abdul Muslimun Nasir
(D) Ubaidullah – Tahrik-e Sindhi Mujahideen
Answer: (A)
25. The concept of Asma al-Rijal was developed to
(A) Check the authenticity of the Quran
(B) Check the authenticity of Fiqh
(C) Scrutinize the narrators of Hadith
(D) Check the classification of Hadith
Answer: (C)
26. Kitab al-Hidayah was compiled by
(A) Imam Tahawi
(B) Imam Karkhi
(C) Allama Marghinani
(D) Imam Razi
Answer: (C)
27. Muwatta was compiled by
(A) Mālik bin Anas
(B) Imam Shafai
(C) Ahmad bin Hanbal
(D) Abu Hanifa
Answer: (A)
28. Sahifa i-Sādiqa, was compiled by
(A) Abdullah bin Zubair
(B) Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Ās
(C) Zamakhshari
(D) Wāthiq
Answer: (B)
29. Ijma means
(A) Reasoning
(B) Disagreement
(C) Consensus
(D) Consultation
Answer: (C)
30. The most flexible school of Islamic Law is
(A) The Maliki School
(B) The Zahiri School
(C) The Hanafi School
(D) The Hanbali School
Answer: (C)
31. The founder of the Mamluk dynasty was
(A) Baybars
(B) Shajar al-Durr
(C) Qalawun
(D) Al-Ashraf
Answer: (B)
32. The most distinguished scholar of the Ghaznavid period was
(A) Al-khwarizmi
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Nāsir bin Ahmad
(D) Al-Biruni
Answer: (D)
33. Siyāsat Nama was composed by
(A) Al-Māwardi
(B) Al-Kindi
(C) Al-Fārābi
(D) Nizāmul-Mulk Tūsi
Answer: (D)
34. The Safavid dynasty was established in the year
(A) 1258 A.D.
(B) 1260 A.D.
(C) 1450 A.D.
(D) 1501 A.D.
Answer: (D)
35. The Revolution for the restoration of Constitution in Iran took place in the year
(A) 1909
(B) 1905
(C) 1900
(D) 1501
Answer: (B)
36. Ibn Rushd was the author of
(A) Tahāfut al-Falasifa
(B) Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
(C) Tarikh al-Rusul
(D) Al-Kitāb al Māliki
Answer: (B)
37. During the Fātimid period Dar-al-Hikmah was established by
(A) Baybars
(B) Al-Nāsir
(C) Al-Zāhir
(D) Al-Hākim
Answer: (D)
38. The Ottomon dynasty was established in the year
(A) 1924
(B) 1905
(C) 1299
(D) 1517
Answer: (C)
39. The Jānisāri forces were established by
(A) Murād I
(B) Murād II
(C) Sulaiman the Magnificent
(D) Salim
Answer: (A)
40. The twelve peaked crown was given to Ghizilbashi army by
(A) Hyder
(B) Junayd
(C) Salim
(D) Shaikh Saifuddin
Answer: (A)
41. Egypt was annexed by Ottomans during the rule of
(A) Sulaiman the magnificent
(B) Salim I
(C) Salim II
(D) Murad I
Answer: (B)
42. The famous hospital ‘Al-Māristān al- Mansuri’ at Cairo was established by
(A) Baybars
(B) Al-Nasir
(C) Qalawun
(D) Saifud-din Qutuz
Answer: (C)
43. The Theory of Irtifāqāt was propounded by
(A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
(C) Hasan al-Banna
(D) Shah Waliullah
Answer: (D)
44. The concept of ‘Pan-Islamism” was given by
(A) Jamalud-din Afghani
(B) Ibn Taimiyyah
(C) Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab
(D) Shah Waliullah
Answer: (A)
45. The movement of Ikhwan al-Muslimun was started by
(A) Syed Qutb
(B) Hasan al-Banna
(C) Abul-Ala Mawdudi
(D) Syed Ahmad Shahid
Answer: (B)
46. The Egyptian scholar who permitted the Muslims to wear the European dress was
(A) Jamal ud-din Afghani
(B) Hasan al-Banna
(C) Muhammad Abduh
(D) Yusuf al Qarzāwi
Answer: (C)
47. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Ulugh Beg – Astronomy
(B) Umar Khayyam – Hadith
(C) Firdausi – Chemistry
(D) Abu Nasr Siraj – Geography
Answer: (A)
48. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Abu Bakr Khwarizmi – Mathematics
(B) Al-Kindi – Tafsir
(C) Ibn Nafis – Geography
(D) Al-Masudi – Philosophy
Answer: (A)
49. Which of the following pairs is notcorrectly matched?
(A) Jalalud-din Rumi – Poetry
(B) Abu Hamid Ghazali – Tassawuf
(C) Ibn Khaldun – Sociology
(D) Jabir bin Hayyan – History
Answer: (D)
50. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Sultan Sanjar – Saljuqs
(B) Tahmasp – Safavids
(C) Sultan Muizz – Fatimids
(D) Sultan Muhammad – Timurids
Answer: (D)
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