FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1986
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE, PAPER – I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions. Question No. 1 is Compulsory. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
1 Read the following statements carefully and write down the correct answers in your answer book:
(a) MANAT is a name of Mountain/Cave/ldol
(b) YATHRAB was the name of the capital town of Egypt/old name of Makkah/previous name of Madina.
(c) Hazrat Ibrahim/Hazrat Isaac/Hazrat Ismail was sacrificed by his father.
(d) After the death of his mother, the Holy Prophet (SAS) was taken under guardianship by Abu Talib/Abbas/Abdul Muttalib
(e) The Holy Quran was revealed first on the Mount of Safa/in Kaba/in the Cave of Hira.
(f) The Battle of Yarmuk took place during the days of Hazrat Abu Bakr/Hazrat Ali/Hazrat Umar/Hazrat Uthman.
(g) Harun al-Rashid/Abu Jafar Mansur/Abul-Abbas al-Saffah/Marwan was the founder of the caliphate of the Abbasids.
(h) Hazrat Ali shifted the headquarters of the Caliphate to Basra/Damascus/Kufa/Madina.
(i) Khawarij came into existence during the days of Hazrat Ali/Hazrat Uthman/Hazrat Umar.
(j) Hazrat Khalid bin Walid was removed from commandership during the days of Hazrat Uthman/Hazrat Umar/Hazrat Ali.
2 Umar b. Abdul Aziz is acknowledged as a Khalifa in the true sense of the word and is considered to be. the fifth and last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (KHALIFA-i-RASHID). – How far do you agree with this statement! Explain the reasons for agreement or dis-agreement in the light of the actions taken by Umar bin Abdul Aziz.
3 “If do well, support me, if ill then set me right. The weaker is amongst you shall be as the stronger with me, until that I shall have redressed his wrong, and the stronger shall be the weaker, until I shall have taken from that which he hath wrested”. This is an extract taken from the maiden speech that delivered by Hazrat Abu Bakr, when he was elected as Khalifa. How far did he gained success in running the Government according to his speech? Explain with special reference to the incidents that took place during his regime.
4 The Treaty of HUDAIBIYYAH has been called CLEAR VICTORY (FATH-I-MUBEEN) by The Holy Quran. Justify this in the light of the incidents that took place after that Treaty.
5 Write a detailed note on the Battle of Badr, showing its causes and effects.
6 Discuss in detail that Islam was not spread by sword.
7 Write a detailed note in any one of the following:
(a) KHUTBA HAJJATUL-WIDA as charter of human rights.
(b) Importance of Zakat in the Economic System of Islam.
(c) Characteristics of lslamic Culture..
8 Select any one of the rulers of the Ottoman Caliphate and give his brief life- sketch, showing his achievements and contributions.
9 Write a detailed note on the development, in the fields of Arts and Sciences, during the period of Abbasid rules
10 Discuss that the Hijrat of the Holy Prophet (SAS) from Makkah to Madina was a turning point in the history of Islam.