General Islamic Knowledge Quiz:
Ques. “Waqf” means…
(a) Maintenance
(b) Consideration
(c) Mahr
(d) Donate
Ques. In what year did the Islamic Revolution take place in Iran?
(a) 1971
(b) 1979
(c) 1989
(d) 1997
Ques. Mohmmad Paygambar was born at ____?
(a) Mecca
(b) Madina
(c) Lahore
(d) Dakha
Ques. Originally, who were called the ‘New Muslims’?
(a) Hindu converts to Islam
(b) Mongol converts to Islam
(c) Turkish converts to Islam
(d) Persian converts to Islam
Ques. Traditional Talaq means …
(a) Talak-ul-Biddat
(b) Talak-ul-Ahsan
(c) None of these
(d) Talak-ul-Sunnat
Ques. When Mahmmad Paygambar left Mecca for Madina?
(a) 621 A.D.
(b) 622 A.D.
(c) 722 A.D.
(d) 632 A.D.
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Ques. Divorce by mutual consent can be known as..
(a) Ila
(b) Mubarat
(c) Khula
(d) Zihar
Ques. Message of God sent to Mahmmad Paygambar for the very first time through ____?
(a) Habib
(b) Suleman
(c) Grabiyal
(d) Yakoob
Ques. During whose reign was Islam abolished as a state religion in India?
(a) Babur
(b) Shershah
(c) Akbar
(d) Shahjehan
Ques. How many Ayats are there in The Quran?
(a) 7236
(b) 6666
(c) 6327
(d) 6236
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Ques. What is the city, founded in thenth century AD and for more than 400 years a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual centre for the Islamic world until it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1258?
(a) Isfahan, Iran
(b) Mosul, Iraq
(c) Baghdad, Iraq
(d) Aleppo, Syria
Ques. Out of the Total Ayats of The Quran, how many have legal principles?
(a) 300
(b) 500
(c) 200
(d) 400
Ques. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the ____ century?
(a) 11th
(b) 12th
(c) 14th
(d) 13th
Ques. In what year did Prophet Muhammad receive his first revelation?
(a) 610 CE
(b) 622 CE
(c) 632 CE
(d) 650 CE
Ques. What is First source of Muslim Law in India?
(a) Sunna & Hadis
(b) None of these
(c) Ijmaa
(d) Quran
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Ques. The Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) was built by
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar
Ques. Which one of the following sources Meaning of Tradition ?
(a) Sunna & Hadis
(b) Qiyas
(c) Ijmaa
(d) Custom
Ques. Which caliphate was founded by Ali ibn Abi Talib?
(a) Umayyad Caliphate
(b) Abbasid Caliphate
(c) Rashidun Caliphate
(d) Ottoman Caliphate
Ques. The migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to the city of Medina in 622, which marked year one of the Islamic calendar, was known as what?
(a) Hijra
(b) The Great Trek
(c) Muharram
(d) The Trail of Tears
Ques. In which source in Muslim Law, ‘Thought of Future’ expressed?
(a) Qiyas and Quran
(b) Ijmaa and Qiyas
(c) Hadis and Ijmaa
(d) Ijmaa and Sunna
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Ques. It is believed that which building stands on the site of temples built successively by Micah, Zerubbabel and Herod in Jerusalem?
(a) The Good Shepherd Hotel
(b) The Mosque of Omar
(c) Basilica of the Knights Te
(d) Ibn Marwan Mosque
Ques. How many kinds of Ijmaa are there?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Ques. Who was the first female Muslim ruler?
(a) Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
(b) Aisha bint Abu Bakr
(c) Zubayda bint Ja’far
(d) Arwa bint Ahmed
Ques. The Muslim leader Saladin recaptured which city from the Crusaders in 1187?
(a) Baghdad
(b) Constantinople
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Troy
Ques. When did Mohmmad Paygambar die?
(a) 632 A.D.
(b) 640 A.D.
(c) 622 A.D.
(d) 630 A.D.
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Ques. Where is the World’s Largest Mosque?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Iraq
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Iran
Ques. In what year did the Battle of Tours take place?
(a) 632 CE
(b) 711 CE
(c) 732 CE
(d) 762 CE
Ques. Which branch recommends election for the post of Mahmmad Paygambar after his death?
(a) Shia Branch
(b) None of these
(c) Maliki Branch
(d) Sunni Branch
Ques. Divorce by mutual consent can be known as …
(a) Khula
(b) Ila
(c) Zihar
(d) Mubarat
Ques. Which branch recommends that hairs are sources of Mahmmad Paygambar after his death?
(a) None of these
(b) Sunni Branch
(c) Maliki Branch
(d) Shia Branch
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Ques. Dangerous comparison means …
(a) Zihar
(b) Ila
(c) Khula
(d) None of these
Ques. How many sub branches of Sunni?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Ques. Which Islamic empire ruled over Spain from 711 to 1492?
(a) Ottoman Empire
(b) Umayyad Caliphate
(c) Abbasid Caliphate
(d) Mughal Empire
Ques. Jama Masjid in Delhi was built by
(a) Humayun
(b) Sher Shah
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Ques. How many sub branches of Shia?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
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Ques. The Islamic religion came to India a century ago.
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 10
(d) 8
Ques. Jabar means …
(a) Puberty
(b) Marriage
(c) Guardianship
(d) Minor
Ques. Who was the founder of the Fatimid Caliphate?
(a) Ali ibn Abi Talib
(b) Umar ibn al-Khattab
(c) Muhammad al-Mahdi
(d) Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah
Ques. Under pressure from authorities in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers fled to Medina in 622. Muslims call this move
(a) Yathrib
(b) The hijra
(c) The hajj
(d) The umra
Ques. The greatest Muslim Art in which they have achieved incomparable success is
(a) Paintings
(b) Architecture
(c) Calligraphy
(d) None of these
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Ques. The hajj
(a) is one of the Five Pillars of Islam
(b) brought Muslims from disparate parts of the world together
(c) ends at the Ka’ba in Mecca
(d) contributed to the spread of Islamic beliefs and values
Ques. The nature of the society into which the prophet Muhammad was born was
(a) An urban-based culture with small manufacturing
(b) A strictly disciplined military society
(c) An agricultural society dominated by warriors
(d) A society made up largely of nomads and merchants
Ques. What was the name of the Islamic scholar who wrote the “Muqaddimah”?
(a) Ibn Khaldun
(b) Ibn Rushd
(c) Al-Farabi
(d) Al-Ghazali
Ques. The Grand Mosque at Damascus was built by
(a) Abdul Malik
(b) Waleed
(c) Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(d) None of these
Ques. Which of the following is not correct in describing cultural influences on Islam?
(a) Persian literature deeply influenced Islamic literary works.
(b) Indian numerals had a profound influence on the development of mathematical thinking among Muslims.
(c) The caliphs adopted Persian ideas of kingship
(d) Greek rational reasoning had a long-lasting influence on the theological development of Islam.
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Ques. For the first time, Abdul Malik issued purely Muslim Coinage Know as:
(a) Pound
(b) Deenar
(c) Dirham
(d) Ruppe
Ques. The literal meaning of Jihad is
(a) exemption
(b) sacrifice
(c) fight
(d) struggle
Ques. Rulers of Pre- Islamic Iran were called:
(a) qaiser
(b) kisra
(c) shahan- shah
(d) noisra
Ques. The pre- Islamic era is known as:
(a) Modern age
(b) Age of ignorance
(c) Golden age
(d) none of these
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Ques. Islam was established in
(a) 7th A.D.
(b) 5th A.D.
(c) 3rd B.C.
(d) 5th B.C.
Ques. Which of the following is true of Sufi’s history?
(a) They sought an emotional and mystical union with Allah
(b) They used emotional sermons and song and dance to encourage devotion
(c) They tolerated observances of some non-Islamic customs
(d) All are correct
Ques. Which Islamic empire was founded by Timur the Lame?
(a) Mughal Empire
(b) Safavid Empire
(c) Ottoman Empire
(d) Timurid Empire
Ques. Ulama and qadis were important in Islamic society because they
(a) developed public policies and heard cases in accordance with the Quran and the sharia
(b) were learned priests in the roles of magistrates and judges
(c) was part of the military arm of Islam, responsible for its expansion
(d) None of these
