2013 June UGC NET Solved Question Paper in Arab Culture and Islamic Studies Paper 2

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.www.netugc.com

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)www.netugc.com

 

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 – Sociologywww.netugc.com

(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)