FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2006.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE, PAPER – I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: (i) Attempt FIVE questions in all including question No. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
(ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered
(iii) Candidate must draw two straight lines (==================) at the end to separate each question attempted in Answer Books.
Q.No. 1. Critically analyze the intellectual, economic, religious, political and social state-of-affairs of the world before the advent of Islam. How did Islam bring about reformative change in the situation?
Q.No. 2. Write a note on Mithaq-i-Madina and Sulh-i-Hudaibiyya and highlight how Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) opted for peaceful solution of the crises ahead of him?
Q.No. 3. Write a comprehensive note on the administrative/management and reforms of Hazrat Umar Farooq as caliph with particular focus on how his principles can be practiced in today’s world?
Q.No. 4. Discuss the causes of collapse of the Umayyads.
Q.No. 5. Highlight the contribution of the Abbasids towards education, people’s welfare and culture.
Q.No. 6. Write a comparative note on the situations during which the Khawarij and the Shiites emerged. Also compare their beliefs.
Q.No. 7. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) The Holy Prophet (SAW) as a Qazi/Judge (b) Battle of Tabuk
(c) Ottoman Tanzimat (d) Mamoon-al-Rashid
Q.No. 8 (COMPULSORY QUESTION)
1- The longest Sura of the Qur’an is:
(a) Al-Nisa (b) Al-i Imran (c) Al-Baqra (d) Al-Maida (e) None of these
2- Sura al-Nur speaks of:
(a) Wars (b) Mal-i-Ghanimat (c) The Jews (d) Women issues (e) None of these
3- The Holy Qur’an is generally printed in:
(a) Nastaliq script (b) Kufi script (c) Naskh script (d) Shikasta script (e) None of these
4- Imam Bukhari hailed from:
(a) Malaysia (b) India (c) Egypt (d) Turkestan (e) None of these
5- Prophet Muhammad (SAW) while immigrating to Madina took refuge in:
(a) Cave Hira (b) Cave Thaur (c) Dar-i-Arqam (d) Masjid-i-Nabawa (e) None of these
6- Prophet Muhammad (SAW) visited Ghar-i-Hira for:
(a) Recitation (b) Memorization (c) Meetings (d) Meditation/Tahanuth (e) None of these
7- The Najashi King of Habasha with whom the Muslims for the first time took refuge was a:
(a) Jew (b) Hindu (c) Christian (d) Mushrik (e) None of these
8- The duration of social boycott of Muslims in Shi-b abi Talib was for:
(a) 10 Years (b) 5 Years (c) 3 Years (d) 8 Years (e) None of these
9- Sulh-i Hudibiyya was written by:
(a) Hazrat Abu Bakr (b) Hazrat Ali (c) Hazrat Umar (d) Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) (e) None of these
10- Aws and Khazraj lived in:
(a) Yemen (b) Makkah (c) Najd (d) Hijaz (e) None of these
11- Aws and Khizraj were:
(a) Money lenders (b) Agriculturalists (c) Nomads (d) Cottage Industrialists (e) None of these
12- The Jewish tribe Banu Qainuqa worked as:
(a) Carpenters (b) Gold Smiths (c) Iron Smiths (d) Farmers (e) None of these
13- Hajjaj bin Yusuf was:
(a) Ummayad (b) Abbasid (c) Ottoman (d) Mughal (e) None of these
14- Saif Allah was the title of:
(a) Hazrat Umar (b0 Hazrat Usman (c) Hazrat Ali (d) Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (e) None of these
15- Hazrat Suhaib belonged to:
(a) Rome (b) Iran (c) Sudan (d) Habasha (e) None of these
16- Abu Sufyan lost his eye in the battle of:
(a) Tabuk (b) Yarmuk (c) Muta (d) Khandaq (e) None of these
17- Byzantium was:
(a) Central Asia (b) Iberian Peninsula (c) Middle East (d) Eastern Rome (e) None of these
18- Sasanids rules:
(a) India (b) Far East (c) Egypt (d) Persian Empire (e) None of these
19- Imam Malik was a famous:
(a) Poet (b) Historian (c) Architect (d) Jurist (e) None of these
20- Literal meaning of word Khilafat-e-Rashida is;
(a) Four Sahaba Caliphs (b) Right guided caliphs (c) Followers (d) Pious people (e) None of these.