The central Islamic lands Section- 1

1.By whom Ali assassinated?

1. Muawiya
2.None of the these
3. Bedouins
4. Kharji

2. Zakat was an/a

1.religious tax
2. alms tax
3. agriculture tax
4. trade tax

3.The Caliph during whose reign the Hijri was established was:

1. Umar
2. Uthman
3. Muhammad
4. Abu Bakr

4. What was the name given to nomadic Arab tribes?

1.Sanam
2. Qabila
3. Bedouins
4. Umma

5.The semi-historical works sira in Islamic history are

1. chronicles
2. biographies
3. eyewitness reports
4. inscriptions

6.The Umayyad Emperor who introduced Arabic as the language of administration was .

1. Abbas
2. Ali
3. Abd al-Malik
4. Muawiya

7. Who introduced an Islamic coinage?

1. Abu Bakr
2. Umar
3. Abd-al-Malik
4. Uthman

8. The woman-saint Sufi who, in her poems, preached intense love for God by uniting with God was

1. Rabia
2. Aisha
3. Fatima
4. Khadija

9. After the Arabs and Iranians, the group that was rising to power on the Islamic scene was the

1.Buyids
2. Iranians
3. Samanid
4. Turks

10.Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina with his followers in 622 CE is called hijra:

1.Hijra
2. Kaba
3. Mecca
4. Calipha

11. Caliph Muawiya shifted his capital to

1. Rome
2. Madina
3. Mecca
4. Damascus

12. The followers and non-followers of Ali were called

1. Umayyads and Abbasids
2. Arabs and Iranians
3. Shias and Sunnis
4. Byzantines and Sasanids