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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2006.
ISLAMIC HISTORY & CULTURE
PAPER - I
Q # 1... Critically analyze the intellectual, economic, religious, political and social state-ofaffairs of the world before the advent of Islam. How did Islam bring about reformative change in the situation?
Q # 2... Write a note on Mithaq-i-Madina and Sulh-i-Hudaibiyya and highlight how Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) opted for peaceful solution of the crises ahead of him?
Q # 3... Write a comprehensive note on the administrative/management and reforms of
Hazrat Umar Farooq as caliph with particular focus on how his principles can be practiced
in today's world?
Q # 4... Discuss the causes of collapse of the Umayyads.
Q # 5... Highlight the contribution of the Abbasids towards education, people's welfare and
culture.
Q # 6... Write a comparative note on the situations during which the Khawarij and the
Shiites emerged. Also compare their beliefs.
Q # 7... Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) The Holy Prophet (SAW) as a Qazi/Judge (b) Battle of Tabuk
(c) Ottoman Tanzimat (d) Mamoon-al-Rashid
Q # 8 (COMPULSORY QUESTION)
1- The longest Sura of the Qur'an is:
(a) Al-Nisa
(b) Al-i Imran
(c) Al-Baqra
(d) Al-Maida
(e) None of these
 
2- Sura al-Nur speaks of:
(a) Wars
(b) Mal-i-Ghanimat
(c) The Jews
(d) Women issues
(e) None of these
3- The Holy Qur'an is generally printed in:
(a) Nastaliq script
(b) Kufi script
(c) Naskh script
(d) Shikasta script
(e) None of these
4- Imam Bukhari hailed from:
(a) Malaysia
(b) India
(c) Egypt
(d) Turkestan
(e) None of these
5- Prophet Muhammad (SAW) while immigrating to Madina took refuge in:
(a) Cave Hira
(b) Cave Thaur
(c) Dar-i-Arqam
(d) Masjid-i-Nabawa
(e) None of these
6- Prophet Muhammad (SAW) visited Ghar-i-Hira for:
(a) Recitation
(b) Memorization
(c) Meetings
(d) Meditation/Tahanuth (e) None of these
7- The Najashi King of Habasha with whom the Muslims for the first time took refuge was a:
(a) Jew
(b) Hindu
(c) Christian
(d) Mushrik
(e) None of these
 
8- The duration of social boycott of Muslims in Shi-b abi Talib was for:
(a) 10 Years
(b) 5 Years
(c) 3 Years                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (d) 8 Years
(e) None of these
9- Sulh-i Hudibiyya was written by:
(a) Hazrat Abu Bakr
(b) Hazrat Ali
(c) Hazrat Umar
(d) Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
(e) None of these
10- Aws and Khazraj lived in:
(a) Yemen
(b) Makkah
(c) Najd
(d) Hijaz
(e) None of these
11- Aws and Khizraj were:
(a) Money lenders
(b) Agriculturalists
(c) Nomads
(d) Cottage Industrialists
(e) None of these
12- The Jewish tribe Banu Qainuqa worked as:
(a) Carpenters
(b) Gold Smiths
(c) Iron Smiths
(d) Farmers
(e) None of these
13- Hajjaj bin Yusuf was:
(a) Ummayad
(b) Abbasid
(c) Ottoman
(d) Mughal
(e) None of these
 
14- Saif Allah was the title of:
(a) Hazrat Umar
(b) Hazrat Usman
(c) Hazrat Ali
(d) Hazrat Khalid bin Walid
(e) None of these
15- Hazrat Suhaib belonged to:
(a) Rome
(b) Iran
(c) Sudan
(d) Habasha
(e) None of these
16- Abu Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
(a) Tabuk
(b) Yarmuk
(c) Muta
(d) Khandaq
(e) None of these
17- Byzantium was:
(a) Central Asia
(b) Iberian Peninsula
(c) Middle East
(d) Eastern Rome
(e) None of these
18- Sasanids rules:
(a) India
(b) Far East
(c) Egypt
(d) Persian Empire
(e) None of these
19- Imam Malik was a famous:
(a) Poet
(b) Historian
(c) Architect
(d) Jurist
(e) None of these
 
20- Literal meaning of word Khilafat-e-Rashida is;
(a) Four Sahaba Caliphs
(b) Right guided caliphs
(c) Followers
(d) Pious people
(e) None of these.
 

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2006.

ISLAMIC HISTORY & CULTURE
PAPER - II
 
Q # 1… In which period of the history Islam was introduced in North Africa? Describe the
conquests of these lands from Amr Bin al’Aas to Uqba bin Nafi.
Q # 2… Write a comprehensive note on Muslim architecture in Spain, with special reference
to some of the important buildings of Cordova and Granada.
Q # 3… What do you know about the influence of Muslim Sicily on the European
Civilization? Please write in a scholarly manner.
Q # 4… Please discuss how the European Renaissance and Reformation took its spark from
the universities and Seminaries of Qurtuba and Baghdad?
Q # 5… Describe the character and achievements of Muhammad al-Fatih, The Ottoman.
Q # 6… Sayyid Jamaluddin Afghani spent his life for the cause of Muslim awakening and
unity in the Islamic world. Please discuss.
Q # 7… What are, in your view, the main problems of the Muslim Ummah of today? And
what are their solutions?
 
Q # 8 (COMPULSORY QUESTION)
1- Iberian peninsula is a part of:
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Europe
(d) None of these
 
2- Granada is a city of:
(a) Iran
(b) Egypt
(c) Syria
(d) None of these
3- The Umayyad rule in Spain came to an end in:
(a) 1000
(b) 1258
(c) 1492
(d) None of these.
4- The commander in the first ever Muslim Jihad in Constantinople was:
(a) Khalid bin Waleed
(b) Qutayba bin Muslim
(c) Yazid bin Muawiyah
(d) None of these.
5- Al-Dakhil was a prince of:
(a) Banu Abbas
(b) Saljukids
(c) Banu Umayyah
(d) None of these.
6- Ibn Tufail was:
(a) Poet
(b) Historian
(c) Philosopher
(d) None of these.

7- The author of Ihya ‘Ulum al-Din is:
(a) Al-Kindi
(b) Imam Al-Ghazali
(c) Ibn Sina
(d) None of these.

8- Hunayn ibn Ishaq lived during the reign of:
(a) Harun
(b) Hisham
(c) Mamun
(d) None of these.
 
9- Qubba-us_Sakhra is built at:
(a) Madina
(b) Jerusalem
(c) Makkah
(d) None of these.
10- Zaryab was:
(a) Poet
(b) Magician
(c) Singer
(d) None of these.
11- Who was the founder of Fatimid dynasty:
(a) Al-Mamun
(b) Mauwiyah
(c) Imam Hussain
(d) None of these.
12- Baghdad was the capital of:
(a) Banu Fatimah
(b) Ottomans
(c) Banu Abbas
(d) None of these.
13- Sihah Sittah are the books of:
(a) Tafsir
(b) Fiqh
(c) Hadith
(d) None of these.
14- Shajarat-ul-Dur was the queen of:
(a) Iraq
(b) Egypt
(c) Iran
(d) None of these.
15- Riyadh is the capital city of:
(a) Egypt
(b) Algeria
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) None of these.
 
16- Ibn Rushd was:
(a) Story Writer
(b) Philosopher
(c) Historian
(d) None of these.
17- Spain is called by the Arabs as:
(a) Ifriquiye
(b) Auruba
(c) Al-Andalus
(d) None of these.
18- Berbers were originally:
(a) Arabs
(b) Europeans
(c) Africans
(d) None of these.
19- “A History of Muslim Philosophy” is written by:
(a) M. Hanif Nadvi
(b) Kh. Abd al-Hakam
(c) M.M. Sharif
(d) None of these.
20- R. Dozy is the author of:
(a) History of Islam
(b) Islam and the Modern world
(c) Spanish Islam
(d) None of these.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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