FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2003.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE
PAPER – I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including question No. 8 which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
1. Write a comprehensive note on the social, economic, religious and political state of affairs of the pre-Islamic world and highlight the revolutionary changes brought by Islam in human thinking and behavior.
2. Explain in light of Mithaq e Madina, Sulah Hudaibiyya and Conquest of Makkah that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was a peacemaker and not a warmonger.
3. Highlight Hazrat Umar Faruq as a pioneer of the concept of welfare state.
4. How did the Shi’a and Khawarij emerge? Compare their beliefs and political thoughts.
5. Write a note on the contribution of the Abbasaids towards education.
6. Write a comprehensive note on any One of the following:
(a) Ottoman Sultan Bayezid Yildirum’s conquests.
(b) Ottoman Tanzimat
7. Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
(a) Asabiyya (b) Jabr wa Qadar (c) Nizam ul Mulk Tusi (d) Amir Mu’awiya
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(1) Which is the 3rd Sura in Al-Quran?
(a) Al-Maida (b) Aal-e-Imran (c) An_Nisa (d) None of these
(2) Imam Shafi was a:
(a) Philosopher (b) Jurist (c) Poet (d) None of these
(3) Tigris is a river of:
(a) Uzbekistan (b) Iraq (c) Kazakhstan (d) None of these
(4) The modern name of Habsha is
(a) Africa (b) Ethopia (c) Sudam (d) None of these
(5) Word Muhammad means:
(a) Worthy of praise (b) The praised one (c) Noble (d) None of these
(6) Aws and Kharzaj were two tribes of:
(a) The Jews (b) The Quraish (c) The Ansar (d) None of these
(7) Banu Quraiza, Banu Nadir and Banu Qainuqa were three tribes of the:
(a) Muslims (b) Christians (c) Jews (d) None of these
(8) Arrange in chronological order:
(a) Battle of Uhud (b) Battle of Muta (c) Battle of Khandaq (d) None of these
(9) The capital of Khurasan was:
(a) Peshawar (b) Daibul (c) Nishapur (d) None of these
(10) Khilafat-e-Rashida lasted for about:
(a) 60 years (b) 80 years (c) 30 years (d) None of these
(11) Ummayed Caliph Mu’awiyah was son of:
(a) Abu Talib (b) Abu Sufyan (c) Jafar (d) None of these
(12) The battle of Qudisiyya was fought during the reign of:
(a) Caliph Abu Bakr (b) Caliph Umar Faruq (c) Salahuddin Ayyubi (d) None of these
(13) Tughril was the founder of:
(a) Ghaznawids Dynasty (b) Ghaurid Dynasty (c) Saljuq Dynasty (d) None of these
(14) Khuzestan is an area in:
(a) Turkey (b) Iran (c) Azerbaijan (d) None of these
(15) Sulaiman, the Magnificent was an:
(a) Abbasid Caliph (b) Ottoman Caliph (c) Mughal king (d) None of these
(16) The Mongols defeated:
(a) Salahuddin Ayyubi (b) The Abbasids (c) The Ghaznawids (d) None of these
(17) Bait-al-Hikmah was established by:
(a) Babar (b) Akber (c) Harun al-Rashid (d) None of these
(18) Carl Brockelmann is the author of:
(a) History of the Islamic People (b) The Samanids (c) The Fatimids (d) None of these
(19) The Ottoman Dynasty fell in:
(a) 1810 (b) 1924 (c) 1940 (d) None of these
(20) Musailama al Kazzab was:
(a) Writer (b) False Prophet (c) Trader (d) None of these