Islamic History and Culture

 

Which architectural marvel is considered a symbol of Islamic art and is located in Spain ?

A) Hagia Sophia
B) Alhambra
C) Petra
D)Pyramids of Giza

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (B)

 

 Which city is regarded as the most holy in Islam ?

A) Mecca
B) Medina
C) Jerusalem
D) Cairo

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (A)

 

Which battle marked the beginning of the Islamic calendar (Hijri calendar) ?

A) Battle of Badr
B) Battle of Uhud
C) Battle of Khandaq
D) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (A)

 

In which year did the Prophet Muhammad receive the first revelation ?

A) 610 CE
B) 622 CE
C) 570 CE
D) 632 CE

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (A)

 

Who was the first Caliph of Islam ?

A) Abu Bakr
B) Ali ibn Abi Talib
C) Umar ibn al-Khattab
D) Uthman ibn Affan

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (A)

 

who served as a politician, a justice, a philosopher, and a historian ?

A) Shams ud Din bin Khaldun
B) Abdul Rehman bin Khaldun
C) Abu Bakar Muhammad Yahya
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (B)

 

The Arabs refer to Spain as ?

A) Afriquiye
B) Auruba
C) Al-Andalus
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (C)

 

What era did Al-Idreesi live in ?

A) 12 A.D
B) 12 A.H
C) 13 A.D
D) 13 A.H

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (A)

 

The author of Tarikh Iftitah Al-Andlus is ?

A) Ibn Tufail
B) bn Al Qutiyyah
C) Ibn Arbi
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (B)

 

The author of "Al-Kamil Fi Al-Tarikh" is ?

A) Tabri
B) Masudi
C) Ibn ul Athir
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (C)

 

a region in Khuzestan ?

A) Turkey
B) Iran
C) Azerbaijan
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (B)

  

In the Umayyad Dynasty, how many Khulafas were there ?

A) 8
B) 9
C) 34
D) 12

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (D)

 

Who was responsible for Musa bin Nusayr's invasion of Spain ?

A) Sulaiman
B) Abdul Aziz
C) Amr Thaqafi
D) Nonte of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (A)

 

Kitab Al-Hawi was a religious text ?

A) Jurisprudence
B) Philosophy
C) Medicine
D) Nonte of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) کتاب الحوی ایک جامع طبی متن ہے جسے معروف مسلمان معالج الرازی نے شائع کیا ہے ۔ وہ ایک فلسفی ، سائنسدان اور اسکالر بھی تھے ۔

 

Which color did the Abbasids choose for their formal attire ?

A) Red
B) Green
C) Black
D) Red

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) خلیفہ المنصور کو سیاہ لباس کو عباسی خاندان کے رنگ کے طور پر قائم کرنے کا سہرا دیا جاتا ہے جسے تمام درباری پہن سکتے ہیں ۔ سفید امتیوں کا سرکاری رنگ تھا ۔

 

Hajjaj bin Yousuf was a cleric ?

A) Ummayyad
B) Abbasid
C) Ottoman
D) Thaqafi from Taif

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (D).

 

Berbers were originally ?

A) Iranians
B) Arabs
C) Africans I
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct Ans is (C).

 

Which Muslim monarch in Spain was regarded as "the bibliophile" ?

A) Al-Hakam II
B) Hajib Al-Mansur
C) Abdur Rahman I
D) Sultan Al Hakam I

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) ببلیو فائل ایک کتابوں کا شوقین یا جمع کرنے والا ہوتا ہے ۔ الحکم کو کتاب ساز کے نام سے جانا جاتا تھا کیونکہ وہ معلومات اور تعلیم کا بہت بڑا حامی تھا ۔ دمشق ، بغداد ، قسطنطنیہ ، قاہرہ ، مکہ ، مدینہ ، کوفا اور بسرا میں کتابیں حاصل کی گئیں ۔ علم کے سرپرست کے طور پر ان کی ساکھ پوری مسلم دنیا میں اس حد تک پھیل گئی کہ عباسی دور حکومت میں عراق میں بنائی گئی کتابیں ان کے لیے وقف تھیں ۔ انہوں نے ایک شاہی لائبریری قائم کی اور اسکالرشپ کی حوصلہ افزائی کی ۔ انہیں کتابوں سے محبت اور مطالعہ اور معلومات کے عظیم سرپرست کے طور پر دی ببلیو فائل کے نام سے جانا جاتا تھا ۔

 

"Al-ahkam al-Sultania" was authored by ?

A) Ibn Khaldun
B) Al-Mawardi
C) Al-Farabi
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) الماوردی شافی اسکول کے مسلمان قانون دان تھے ۔ انہیں مذہب ، حکومت ، خلافت ، اور عوامی اور آئینی قانون پر اپنے کام کے لیے سب سے زیادہ یاد کیا جاتا ہے ۔ وہ عباسی خلیفہ القائم اور القادر کے زمانے میں چیف جج تھے ۔ الحکم السلطانیا ، آرڈیننس آف گورنمنٹ ، خلافت حکومت کے افعال کی تفصیلی تعریف فراہم کرتا ہے ۔

 

A magnificent _______ lady, Umm-ul-Banin ?

A) Arab
B) Spanish
C) Egyptian
D) European

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

First caliph of Al-Saffah ?

A) Umayyads
B) Hashimis
C) Abbasids
D) Alvids

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

The author of "Siyasat Nama" is ?

A) Firdausi
B) Masudi
C) Madwardi
D) Nizam al-Mulk

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

The Ottoman Empire attained its pinnacle of glory and renown during ?

A) Bayazid
B) Muhammad II
C) Salim I
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

An influential historian from the _____ century was Ibne-e-Khaldun ?

A) 15th
B) 14th
C) 13th
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

Razi Shah's tomb located in ?

A) Nagarparkar
B) Tharparkar
C) Umerkot
D) Mithi

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

Identified as "Latif Sani ?

A) Imdad Hussaini
B)Qadir Bux Bedil
C) Sheikh Ayaz
D) Ustad Bukhari

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

Which of Sindh's canals is the biggest ?

A) Dadu Canal
B) Rohri Canal
C) Nara Canal
D) Indus Canal

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

The founder of Tando Muhammad Khan was ?

A) Jam Nizamuddin
B) Mirza Qaleech
C) Amir Bahadur Khan Daudpoto
D) Mir Muhammad Khan Shahwani

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

Who is referred to as Sindh's Shams ul Ulema ?

A) Shaikh Ayaz
B) Mirza Qaleech
C) Ustad Bukhari
D) Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

Who received a Ph.D. from Sindh first ?

A) Hotchand Molchand Gurbuxani
B) Allama I.I Qazi
C) Nabi Bux Baloch
D) None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

""Baghdad"" used to be put on fire' in 1258 AD by means of ?

A)The Umayyads
B) The Mongols
C) The Ottomans
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

What is the 'landmark of "Al-Hozen" ?

A) Atom bomb
B) Heat waves
C) Animal diseases
D) Light ways

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

"Prophet Muhammad" (SAW) visited "Ghar-e-Hira" for?

A) Recitation
B) Meditation / Tahanuth
C) Meetings
D) Memorization

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

"Ibn Tufail" lived in ?

A) Byzantines
B) Egypt
C) Syria
D) Spain

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

Spain was 'ruled' by _______ before ''Arab and Berber" troops conquered" it ?

A) Byzantines
B) Franks
C) Visigoths
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

Who built the city of "Al-Hamra" ?

A) Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar
B) Abdul Rahman I
C) Ibn Zubair
D) Abdur Rahman

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

The city of "Fustat" was founded' by ?

A) Amr bin Al-As
B) Hazrat Umar bin Khattab
C) Hazrat Khalid bin Walid
D) None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

'Universal' history book known as “Al-Kamil” was written by ?

A) Ibn- ul- Athir
B) Tabari
C) Masudi
D) None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

"Umayyad Caliphate" lasted" for __________ years ?

A) 90
B) 80
C) 70
D) 60

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

"Aws and Khazraj"" lived in ?

A) Yemen
B) Makkah
C) Najd
D) Madina

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

The ''commander'' of the first Muslim Jihad in "Constantinople" was who?

A) Khalid bin Waleed
B) Qutayba bin Muslim
C) Yazid bin Muawiyah
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

"Abdul Aziz" married 'Egilona, the widow of king ''Roderick, and named he ?

A) Umm-Asim
B) Umm-Kulsum
C) Umm-Hani
D) None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

While serving as a "wazir" during the ?

A) Umayyad
B) The early Salijuks
C) The late Ottmans
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

Which "fiqah" spread in "Muslim Spain" ?

A) Hanafi
B) Maliki
C) Shafi
D) Hanbali

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

The "Tragedy of Karbala" took place'' in ?

A) 60 A.H
B) 61 A.H
C) 62 A.H
D) 63 A.H

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

""Abu Muslim "Khurasani' was murdered" in ?

A) 130 AH
B) 135 AH
C) 137 AH
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

"Razi (Rhazes)" was a great ?

A) Philosopher
B) Poet
C) Physician
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

When was "Kufa made the capital of Muslims" ?

A) 656 A.D
B) 657 A.D
C) 658 A.D
D) 659 A.D

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

Before Islam Arab were ''engaged live "systematically" as ?

A) Central Government
B) Autonomous body
C) Tribal feuds
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

Who brought the "Abbasid Caliphate to Istanbul" was an Ottoman ruler"?

A) Sulaiman I
B) Salim I
C) Al-Mustansar
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

""Euphrates" is a river of ?

A) North Africa
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) None

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

Who was the first ''conqueror of "'Africa"" ?

A) Muhammad bin Qasim
B) Khalid bin Walid
C) Uqba bin Nafi
D) Africa

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

""Fazl bin Yahya"" has served as governor of ?

A) Spain
B) Khusran and Egypt
C) South Asia
D) Africa

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

Control over city state of '"Makkah" was recaptured by the ''Quraish'' under ?

A) Qusay
B) Abdul Muttalib
C) Amir Hamza
D) None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

Who was custodian of key of Kaaba at the ''occasion"" of 'conquest' of Makkah ?

A) Uthman bin Talha
B) Abu Sufian
C) Abbas(R.A)
D) None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

""Umar Khayyam"" belonged to which dynasty ?

A) Seljuq dynasty
B) Fatimids
C) Nasrid dynasty
D) Umayyad dynasty

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

What is the full name of ""Al-Farghani"' ?

A) Abul Aas Al-Farghani
B) Muhammad Al-Farghani
C) Abdullah Al-Farghani
D) Abul Abbas Al-Farghani

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

What is ""Jabir"" bin Hayan’s famous discovery ?

A) Bases
B) Acid minerals
C) Electricity
D) Diesel engine

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

What is the ''real name of ""bin e Rushd"" ?

A) Ali bin Muhammad
B) Muhammad bin Ali
C) Yousuf bin Ahmad
D) Muhammad bin Ahmad

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

Abu al-Qasim Al Zahrawi served as the court's "physician ?

A) Al-Hakim II
B) Haroon-ur-Rasheed
C) Mamun-ur-Rashid
D)None of these

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

Which country ""Abdul Malik Asmai"" belonged to ?

A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Arab
D) Spain

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

What was ""Ibn al-Baytar’s field' of study ?

A) Zoology
B) Chemistry
C) Botany
D) Physics

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

What is the modern equivalent of ""Ibne Zuhr""? 

A) Avezina
B) Avenzoar
C) Al-Hozen
D) None of these

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

Who is considered as first Muslim ""scientist who contributed"" to Zoology , Botany and Animal Husbandry ?

A) Al-Asmaʿ
B) Al-Kindi
C) Ibn Sahl
D) Al-Battani

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

What is ""Abd Al-Rahman"" Al-Sufi known for ?

A) Astronomy
B) Physics
C) Medicine
D) History

ANSWER= (A)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (A).

 

Who wrote the Book of ""Fixed Stars'' ?

A) Ibne Sina
B) Socrates Sufi
C) Abdur Rahman Sufi
D) Neil Armstrong

ANSWER= (C)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (C).

 

""Jabar bin Hayan"" was a famous ?

A) Botanist
B) Chemist
C) Geographer
D) Professor

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

Who was the Muslim leader who overthrew Tripoli during the rule of "Hazrat Usman" (RA)??

A) Hazart Saad bin Abi Waqas (RA)
B) Abdullah bin Abi Sarah
C) Hazart Amr bin Aas (RA)
D) Hazart Khalid bin Walid (RA)

ANSWER= (B)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (B).

 

""Tahafa ul Falasfa' (the Incoherence of the Philosophers) is written by ?

A) Ibn e Rushd
B) Ibn e Arabi
C) Al Khwarzmi
D) Al Ghazali

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).

 

Who was the real founder of the ""Abbasid dynasty"" ?

A) Saffah
B) Abu Ja’far
C) Harun
D) Al-Mansur

ANSWER= (D)
Explain:- (By Keymcqs team) The correct ans is (D).