Question 1.
By whom Ali assassinated?
(a) Muawiya
(b) Kharji
(c) Bedouins
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Kharji
Question 2.
Zakat was an/a
(a) agriculture tax
(b) alms tax
(c) religious tax
(d) trade tax
Answer
Answer: (b) alms tax
Question 3.
The Caliph during whose reign the Hijri was established was:
(a) Abu Bakr
(b) Muhammad
(c) Uthman
(d) Umar
Answer
Answer: (d) Umar
Question 4.
What was the name given to nomadic Arab tribes?
(a) Sanam
(b) Qabila
(c) Bedouins
(d) Umma
Answer
Answer: (c) Bedouins
Question 5.
The semi-historical works sira in Islamic history are
(a) biographies
(b) chronicles
(c) eyewitness reports
(d) inscriptions
Answer
Answer: (a) biographies
Question 6.
The Umayyad Emperor who introduced Arabic as the language of administration was
(a) Abd al-Malik
(b) Ali
(c) Abbas
(d) Muawiya
Answer
Answer: (a) Abd al-Malik
Question 7.
Who introduced an Islamic coinage?
(a) Abu Bakr
(b) Abd-al-Malik
(c) Uthman
(d) Umar
Answer
Answer: (b) Abd-al-Malik
Question 8.
The woman-saint Sufi who, in her poems, preached intense love for God by uniting with God was
(a) Rabia
(b) Aisha
(c) Fatima
(d) Khadija
Answer
Answer: (a) Rabia
Question 9.
After the Arabs and Iranians, the group that was rising to power on the Islamic scene was the
(a) Buyids
(b) Iranians
(c) Samanid
(d) Turks
Answer
Answer: (d) Turks
Question 10.
Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina with his followers in 622 CE is called hijra:
(a) Hijra
(b) Kaba
(c) Mecca
(d) Calipha
Answer
Answer: (a) Hijra
Question 11.
Caliph Muawiya shifted his capital to
(a) Rome
(b) Medina
(c) Mecca
(d) Damascus
Answer
Answer: (d) Damascus
Question 12.
The followers and non-followers of Ali were called
(a) Arabs and Iranians
(b) Shias and Sunnis
(c) Umayyads and Abbasids
(d) Byzantines and Sasanids
Answer
Answer: (b) Shias and Sunnis
