Level 1
Khulafa Rashideen MCQs set 2 for NTS NAT-IA (Arts / Humanities Track) Islamic Studies — 20 solved questions.
Q1. The last ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus) was?
Answer: Marwan II
Explanation: Marwan II is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q2. The committee constructed by Umar (RA) to elect his successor was composed of how many members?
Answer: 6 members
Explanation: Before his death, Hazrat Umar (RA) appointed a Shura (consultative committee) of six members - Ali, Uthman, Talhah, Zubayr, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf - to elect his successor.
Q3. What was the relation between Hazrat Umar (RA) and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)?
Answer: Father-in-law
Explanation: Father-in-law is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q4. On whose advice did Abu Bakr (R.A.) decide to compile the Qur'an?
Answer: Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A.)
Explanation: After the Battle of Yamama (12 AH) in which many Qur'an memorizers (huffaz) were killed, Hazrat Umar (RA) urged Caliph Abu Bakr (RA) to compile the Qur'an into a single written volume to preserve it.
Q5. What was the name of Hazrat Ali's mother?
Answer: Fatimah bint Asad
Explanation: Fatimah bint Asad is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q6. On whose advice did Abu Bakr (RA) decide to compile the Qur'an?
Answer: Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA)
Explanation: After the deaths of many Qur'an memorizers at the Battle of Yamama, Hazrat Umar (RA) repeatedly urged Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) to commission an official compilation of the Qur'an into one written volume.
Q7. Which of the following Caliphs launched the postal department?
Answer: Hazrat Umar (R.A)
Explanation: Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) is credited with establishing the formal postal (barid) system in the early Islamic state to facilitate official communication between the capital and the provinces.
Q8. What caused Hazrat Usman''s (R.A.) death?
Answer: He was martyred by rebels
Explanation: He was martyred by rebels is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q9. The "House of Gold" (Dar al-Dhahab) was the famous palace of the Abbasid caliph:
Answer: Al-Mansur in Baghdad
Explanation: Al-Mansur (r. 754-775 CE), the second Abbasid Caliph, built the famous round city of Baghdad (Madinat al-Salam) as the new imperial capital and constructed the "Dar al-Dhahab" (Golden Gate Palace) at its center.
Q10. Which sister of Hazrat Umar (RA) embraced Islam before Hazrat Umar (RA):
Answer: Hazrat Fatima (RA)
Explanation: Hazrat Fatima bint al-Khattab (RA), the sister of Hazrat Umar (RA), embraced Islam before her brother; it was upon visiting her home and hearing Qur'anic recitation that Hazrat Umar (RA) was moved to accept Islam.
Q11. What was the duration of Hazrat Abu Bakr's (R.A.) caliphate?
Answer: 2 years, 3 months, and 9 days
Explanation: Hazrat Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (RA) served as Caliph for 2 years, 3 months, and 9 days (11-13 AH / 632-634 CE), making his caliphate the shortest yet most significant in establishing the foundations of the Islamic state.
Q12. During the Orthodox Caliphate, who had the shortest tenure?
Answer: Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
Explanation: Among the four Rightly Guided Caliphs, Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) had the shortest caliphate at approximately 2 years and 3 months (11-13 AH), while Uthman (RA) had the longest at 12 years.
Q13. The "Mihna" was a period of religious persecution instituted by the Abbasid Caliph al- Ma'mun to enforce which doctrine?
Answer: The createdness of the Quran
Explanation: The Mihna (833-848 CE) was an inquisition launched by Caliph al-Ma'mun to enforce the Mu'tazilite doctrine that the Quran was created (not eternal), leading to the persecution of scholars like Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
Q14. The Pious Caliphate lasted for about:
Answer: Thirty years
Explanation: The Khilafat-e-Rashida lasted approximately 30 years, from the death of the Prophet (PBUH) in 632 CE to the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (RA) in 661 CE.
Q15. Hazrat Umar (R.A.) died in
Answer: 644 A.D.
Explanation: 644 A.D. is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q16. During the era of Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA), the siege of Damascus by the Muslim army started on:
Answer: on 21 August 634 CE
Explanation: on 21 August 634 CE is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q17. What was the duration of Hazrat Umar's (RA) Khilafat?
Answer: 10 years, 6 months
Explanation: 10 years, 6 months is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q18. Iraq was conquered by which Muslim Caliph?
Answer: Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A)
Explanation: Iraq (including the Persian-controlled territories of Mesopotamia) was conquered during the caliphate of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), with the decisive Battle of Qadisiyyah (636 CE) under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.
Q19. What is the name of Hazrat Usman's mother?
Answer: Arwa bint Kurayz
Explanation: The mother of Hazrat Uthman ibn Affan (RA) was Arwa bint Kurayz, who was a cousin of the Prophet (PBUH) through her mother Umm Hakim al-Bayda bint Abd al-Muttalib.
Q20. Who was the first Caliph to be born after the Hijrah?
Answer: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr (RA)
Explanation: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr (RA) was the first Muslim child born after the Hijra in Madinah, an event that greatly encouraged the early Muslim community who had feared a rumored Jewish curse against Muslim births.