MCQ Questions for Class 11 History: Ch 4 The Central Islamic Lands

MCQ Questions for Class 11 History: Ch 4 The Central Islamic Lands

1. The Umayyad Emperor who introduced Arabic as the language of administration was
(a) Abd al-Malik
(b) Ali
(c) Abbas
(d) Muawiya
â–º (a) Abd al-Malik

2. The followers and non-followers of Ali were called
(a) Arabs and Iranians.
(b) Shias and Sunnis.
(c) Umayyads and Abbasids.
(d) Byzantines and Sasanids
â–º (b) Shias and Sunnis.

3. The Caliph during whose reign the Hijri was established was:
(a) Abu Bakr
(b) Muhammad
(c) Uthman
(d) Umar
â–º (d) Umar

4. What was the name given to nomadic Arab tribes?
(a) Sanam
(b) Qabila
(c) Bedouins
(d) Umma
â–º (c) Bedouins

5. Zakat was an/a
(a) agriculture tax
(b) alms tax
(c) religious tax
(d) trade tax
â–º (b) alms tax
6. The semi-histrical works sira in the Islamic history are
(a) biographies
(b) chronicles
(c) eyewitness reports
(d) inscriptions
â–º (a) biographies

7. Caliph Muawiya shifted his capital to
(a) Rome
(b) Medina
(c) Mecca
(d) Damascus
â–º (d) Damascus

8. The woman-saint sufi who, in her poems, preached instense love for God by uniting with God was
(a) Rabia.
(b) Aisha
(c) Fatima
(d) Khadija
â–º (a) Rabia.

9. After the Arabs and Iranians, the group that was rising to power on the Islamic scene was the
(a) Buyids.
(b) Iranians.
(c) Samanid.
(d) Turks.
â–º (d) Turks.

10. The sub-sect of Shiism, from which the Fatimids descended, is known as the
(a) Ismaili
(b) Shia
(c) Sunni
(d) Umma
â–º (a) Ismaili

11. Prophet Muhammad declared himself to be the messenger of God
(a) around 610 CE.
(b) around 611 CE.
(c) around 612 CE.
(d) around 613 CE.
â–º (c) around 612 CE.

12. Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina with his followers in 622 CE is called hijra:
(a) Hijra
(b) Kaba
(c) Mecca
(d) Calipha
â–º (a) Hijra

13. By whom Ali assassinated?
(a) Muawiya
(b) Kharji
(c) Bedouins
(d) None of the above
â–º (b) Kharji

14. Who introduced an islamic coinage.
(a) Abu Bakr
(b) Abd-al-Malik
(c) Uthman
(d) Umar
â–º (b) Abd-al-Malik
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