FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1998
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE, PAPER – II
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all including, Q. No. 8, which is Compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
1 Discuss the political, social and economic conditions of Spain at the time of Muslim conquests.
2 The era of Muhammad I was full of disturbances. How did he control it? Discuss.
3 Describe the grandeur and progress of Spain during the reign of Abdur Rahman l.
4 Highlight the literary and scientific progress of Muslims in Spain.
5 Describe the main features of the central administration under the Umayyads of Spain.
6 Discuss in detail the ways and means by which Islamic culture and civilization was introduced in Europe.
7 Write detailed notes on any TWO of the following: (a) Banu Abbad of Saville (b) Fatimids of North Africa (c) Ibn Khaldun (d) Hajib al-Mansur
8 Write only the correct answer in the answer book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(i) Muwatta is a book on: (a) medicine (b) geography (c) physics (d) hadith
(ii) Kitab al Umda was written by: (a) Tabari (b) Gha/ati (c) Maqdisi (d) lbn Rashiq
(iii) lbn Rushd was: (a) an architect (b) musician (c) sufi (d) philosopher
(iv) Arrange chronologically: (a) lbn Tufail (b) lbn Baja (c) lbn Khaldun (d) lbn Rushd (e) lbn Mishkawayh.
(v) Battle of Ditch took place in the reign of: (a) Muhammad (b) Hisham ll (c) Abdur Rahman I (d) Hakam b. Hisham
(vi) lbn Baja was a ___ who born in ___.
(vii) Cordova came to be known as Jewel of the world” in the reign of: (a) Hakam I (b) Hisham lI (c) Abdur Rahman lI
(viii) Al-Lohra was a: (a) Port (b) tomb (c) hotel (d) town
(ix) Qubbat-us-Sakhra is built at: (a) Basra (b) Madina (c) Damascus (d) Jerusalem
(x) Ibn Abd al-Barr was a: (a) Geographer (b) philosopher (c) architect (d) muhaddith
*******