FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2025
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ISLAMIC STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
PART-I (MCQs) (COMPULSORY)
(Each question carries 1 mark. Select best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the OMR Answer Sheet. (20×1=20))
(Answers given anywhere other than OMR Answer Sheet shall not be considered.)
- Which event was called Fateh Mubeen (Clear Victory) in the Holy Quran?
(A) Conquest of Makkah (B) Peace of Hudaibiyah (C) Battle of Badr (D) None of these - If the husband is childless, how much does the widow get from the husband’s inheritance?
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/4 (D) None of these - Ghazwa Khandaq is called:
(A) Yawm Al-Furqan (B) Ghazwa Zanbuz-Salasil (C) Ghazwa al-Ahzab (D) None of these - Abdullah bin Salam (R.A) was before accepting Islam:
(A) Polytheist (B) Christian (C) Magian (D) None of these - Zainab bint Khuzayma (may Allah be pleased with her) belonged to the Messenger of Allah as:
(A) Aunt (B) Wife (C) Mother-in-law (D) None of these - At what time is the KusooF prayer performed?
(A) Wind (B) Solar eclipse (C) Lunar eclipse (D) None of these - Hudaybiyyah peace document was written from Muslim side by:
(A) Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (R.A) (B) Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (R.A)
(C) Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) (D) None of these - Among the Ummul Momineen (mothers of the believers) is:
(A) Khawla (B) Umm-e-Hani (C) Atiya (D) None of these - Hadith Taqreeri means:
(A) The speeches of the Messenger of Allah
(B) The conversation of the Companions
(C) The silence of the Messenger of Allah on the act of a companion
(D) None of these - The basic obligatory action of Hajj is:
(A) Sa’i (B) Rami (C) Wuquf-e-Arafat (D) None of these - Dar-e-Arqam was located in:
(A) Hudaibiyah (B) Quba (C) Makkah Mukarramah (D) None of these - To whom did Haroon Al-Rashid give the responsibility of writing a book on finance?
(A) Imam Abu Hanifa (B) Imam Abu Yusuf (C) Imam Muhammad bin Hasan (D) None of these - The author of “Itqan al-Hindi” is:
(A) Amir Khusrau (B) Abu al-Fadl (C) Abu Rayhan al-Biruni (D) None of these - Sheikh Ali Hajveri came to Lahore during whose period?
(A) Mahmud Ghaznavi (B) Masood Ghaznavi (C) Shahabuddin Ghori (D) None of these - Who was the first to treat Hindus as people of the Book in his time?
(A) Hazrat Usman Ghani (R.A) (B) Muhammad bin Qasim
(C) Musa bin Abi Saif (D) None of these - The Messenger of Allah stood in respect for the funeral of:
(A) Polytheist (B) Jew (C) Christian (D) None of these - Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi’s order of Sufism was:
(A) Qadri (B) Suhrawardi (C) Chishtiya (D) None of these - During whose rule the subcontinent had 25% of the world’s total GDP?
(A) Akbar (B) Shah Jahan (C) Aurangzeb Alamgir (D) None of these - The aim of the Silk Handkerchief Movement was to achieve freedom of which country?
(A) Afghanistan (B) Subcontinent (C) Turkey (D) None of these - ____ is called the New Testament.
(A) Torah (B) Bible (C) Psalms (D) None of these
PART-II
NOTE:
(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions can)’ EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
Q. No. 2. What is the importance of Makarim Akhlaq (noble morals) in establishing social peace? In this backgrotmd, how did the Messenger of Allah* complete these morals? (20)
Q. No. 3. What is meant by Fard Kifayah? What is its religious and social significance? In the present era. which affairs are considered to be included in the scope of Farz Kifayah? (20)
Q. No. 4. Determine the status of the classist lifestyle in the light of the teachings of Islam and examine its effects on human society. (20)
Q. No. 5. What are the disadvantages of concentration of wealth? What economic measures has Islam introduced to prevent this? (20)
Q. No. 6. Discuss the contents of the peace agreements made during the Prophet’s era, by detemuning the parties thereof. (20)
Q. No. 7. Discuss religious tolerance in the context of post-Prophetic Muslim history. (20)
Q. No. 8. What views are found in today’s Muslim circles about Western Civilization^ Identify and analyze them. (20)
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