Level 1
Islamic History MCQs set 3 for PPSC Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Islamic Studies — 20 solved questions.
Q1. 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.
Q2. 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.
Q3. 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.
Q4. 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.
Q5. 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.
Q6. Who led the Muhajireen contingent during the Conquest of Makkah?
Answer: Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (RA)
Explanation: During the Conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (PBUH) divided his army into four columns; Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (RA) led the Muhajireen contingent entering from the upper pass.
Q7. 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.
Q8. 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.
Q9. 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.
Q10. 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.
Q11. Date of Hazrat Ali''s (R.A.) Shahadat is:
Answer: on 21 Ramzan 40 A.H.
Explanation: on 21 Ramzan 40 A.H. is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q12. Where did Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) stay during the migration to Madinah?
Answer: Cave of Thawr
Explanation: During the Hijra in 622 CE, the Prophet (PBUH) and Abu Bakr (RA) hid in the Cave of Thawr (south of Makkah) for three nights while the Quraysh searched for them before continuing to Madinah.
Q13. Whom did the Quraysh send to negotiate with the Prophet (PBUH) before the conquest of Makkah?
Answer: Abu Sufyan
Explanation: Before the Conquest of Makkah (8 AH), the Quraysh sent Abu Sufyan to negotiate with the Prophet (PBUH) in Madinah to renew the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, but his mission failed.
Q14. During whose caliphate did the Hijri calendar begin?
Answer: Hazrat Umar (RA)
Explanation: The Islamic Hijri calendar was formally established during the caliphate of Hazrat Umar (RA) in 17 AH, dating from the year of the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Madinah in 622 CE.
Q15. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Hazrat Abu Bakr took refuge during the Hijrat in which cave?
Answer: Thawr
Explanation: Thawr is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q16. How many years was the caliphate of Umar (RA)?
Answer: 10 years
Explanation: Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) served as the second Caliph from 634 to 644 CE, a period of approximately 10 years during which the Islamic state expanded enormously into Persia, Syria, and Egypt.
Q17. Bait-Ul-Muqaddas was conquered in the reign of:
Answer: Hazrat Umar (RA)
Explanation: Bait al-Muqaddas (Jerusalem) was conquered peacefully in 638 CE during the caliphate of Hazrat Umar (RA), who personally traveled to Jerusalem to receive the keys of the city from Patriarch Sophronius.
Q18. Hazrat Usman (RA) did not participate in which war?
Answer: Ghazwa Badar
Explanation: Hazrat Uthman (RA) did not participate in Ghazwa Badr because the Prophet (PBUH) sent him to stay with his ill wife Ruqayyah (RA, the Prophet's daughter); the Prophet assigned him a share of the spoils and the reward.
Q19. The period of the Pious Caliphate lasted for approximately how many years?
Answer: 30 years
Explanation: The Khilafat-e-Rashida began with Abu Bakr's accession in 632 CE and ended with Ali's martyrdom in 661 CE, spanning approximately 30 years.
Q20. At which place in Makkah was Hazrat Ali (R.A.) born?
Answer: Khana-e-Ka'bah
Explanation: Hazrat Ali (RA) was born inside the Khana-e-Ka'bah in Makkah in approximately 600 CE, a distinction unique among the companions.