Which among the following is a book in Arabic divided into 114 chapters (suras) and arranged in descending order of length, the shortest being the last ?
Quran
Bible
Mahabharata
Ramayana
The Ghaznavid Sultanate was established in ______.
960
961
962
963
Where did Abbasids establish their capital?
Damascus
Baghdad
Tunisia
Palestine
Who authored ‘Tahqiq ma lil-Hind’?
Harun al-Rashid
Jahiz of Basra
Ibn Nadim
Alberuni
What is a ‘Hijri’ year?
Lunar year of 354 days, 12 months
Lunar year of 365 days
Lunar year of 360 days, 12 months
Lunar year of 365 days, 11 months
The Dome of the Rock built by ______.
Abd Al Malik
Alptegin
Alrasul
None of these
Who was the III Caliph?
Abu Bakr
Umar
Al Razi
Utman
Which among the following is NOT a reason for rise of Islam in Arabia ?
Religious ideologies of Prophet Muhammad
Radical form of equality
Conquests of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphs
American invasion
Which among the following is the first dynasty of Arab caliphs?
Abbasids
Umayyad
Fatimids
Ottomans
Who were ‘Ulama’?
Muslim merchants
Muslim religious scholars
Muslim women
Muslim farmers
