Level 1
Seerah MCQs set 3 for PPSC District Education Officer Islamic Studies — 20 solved questions.
Q1. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) belonged to which clan of the Quraysh tribe?
Answer: Banu Hashim
Explanation: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) belonged to the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe, named after his ancestor Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, which was one of the most respected clans in Makkah.
Q2. What is the total number of Ghazwat?
Answer: 27
Explanation: The total number of Ghazwat (battles in which the Prophet PBUH personally participated) is 27 according to the most commonly cited scholarly count, though some scholars give slightly different numbers.
Q3. Who delivered the letter of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to Heraclius, the Emperor of Rome?
Answer: Hazrat Dihyah Kalbi
Explanation: Hazrat Dihyah Kalbi is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q4. Who was appointed as the guide for the Hijrah to Madinah?
Answer: Hazrat Abdullah ibn Urayqit (R.A.)
Explanation: Hazrat Abdullah ibn Urayqit (R.A.) is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q5. The total number of Ghazwas are:
Answer: 27
Explanation: The total number of Ghazwat (military expeditions led personally by the Prophet PBUH) is 27, as recorded by the majority of Islamic historians including Ibn Hisham in his Sirah.
Q6. Which false Prophet was called the liar by the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
Answer: Musallma
Explanation: Musallma is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q7. How many martyrs were there in the Battle of Badr?
Answer: 14
Explanation: Fourteen Muslim warriors were martyred in the Battle of Badr (2 AH): 6 from the Muhajirun and 8 from the Ansar, while the Quraysh lost 70 men killed and 70 taken prisoner.
Q8. What is the year of the birth of Muhammad (PBUH) called?
Answer: Aam-al-Feel
Explanation: The year of the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) birth (approximately 570 CE) is called 'Am al-Feel (Year of the Elephant) because in that same year Abraha's army with elephants attempted to destroy the Ka'bah and was miraculously repelled.
Q9. Who wounded the Holy Prophet's (PBUH) face with a stone and sword during the Battle of Uhud?
Answer: Utbah ibn Abi Waqqas and Abdullah ibn Qami'ah
Explanation: At the Battle of Uhud (3 AH), it was Utbah ibn Abi Waqqas who threw a stone that broke the Prophet's (PBUH) lower-right incisor and split his lip, while Abdullah ibn Qami'ah struck him with a sword, injuring his face.
Q10. For how many days did the Prophet (PBUH) stay at Tabuk?
Answer: 20
Explanation: During the expedition to Tabuk (9 AH), the Prophet (PBUH) and his army stayed for approximately 20 days at Tabuk, consolidating Muslim authority in the northern Arabian region without a major battle.
Q11. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) died on ______.
Answer: on June 8, 632 AD
Explanation: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) passed away on 12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH, corresponding to June 8, 632 CE (Monday), in Madinah at the age of approximately 63 years.
Q12. The "Battle of the Masts" (Dhat al-Sawari) was a significant naval victory for the Rashidun Caliphate against the:
Answer: Byzantine Empire
Explanation: The Battle of the Masts (Dhat al-Sawari, 655 CE) was a naval battle in the Mediterranean where the Muslim fleet under Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh defeated the Byzantine Emperor Constans II, establishing Muslim naval dominance.
Q13. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was poisoned by a Jewish hostess at the time of the:
Answer: Conquest of Khaybar
Explanation: During the conquest of Khaybar (7 AH), a Jewish woman named Zaynab bint al-Harith presented the Prophet (PBUH) with poisoned roasted lamb; the Prophet sensed the poison and spat it out, though the effects reportedly contributed to his later illness.
Q14. The Battle of Marj Rahit was a decisive intra-Umayyad conflict that consolidated the rule of which caliphal branch?
Answer: Marwanid
Explanation: The Battle of Marj Rahit (684 CE) was fought between the Qaysid and Yemeni Arab factions; the Marwanid branch of the Umayyads, supported by Yemeni tribes, defeated their rivals, consolidating Marwanid control of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Q15. In which year was the Battle of Badr fought on the 17th of Ramadan?
Answer: In 2 AH
Explanation: The Battle of Badr (Badr al-Kubra) was fought on 17 Ramadan 2 AH (March 13, 624 CE) between approximately 313 Muslims and 1,000 Qurayshi fighters, resulting in a decisive Muslim victory.
Q16. Who was the first host of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) at Madinah?
Answer: Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (RA)
Explanation: When the Prophet (PBUH) arrived in Madinah, his camel stopped and knelt at a spot near Abu Ayyub al-Ansari's (RA) house, which was taken as a divine sign, so the Prophet stayed with him until his mosque and quarters were built.
Q17. The "Battle of Karbala" in 680 AD was fought between the forces of Yazid I and the small army of:
Answer: Husayn ibn Ali (RA)
Explanation: The Battle of Karbala (10 Muharram 61 AH / October 10, 680 CE) was fought in Iraq between the forces of Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and the small group of 72 companions accompanying Husayn ibn Ali (RA), ending in his martyrdom.
Q18. In the Battle of Khyber, the Jewish warrior Marhab was killed by:
Answer: Ali (RA)
Explanation: According to Sahih Muslim, Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) killed the Jewish warrior Marhab ibn al-Harith in single combat during the siege of the Khaybar fortress in 7 AH, though some accounts attribute this to Muhammad ibn Maslamah.
Q19. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) gave the key of the Baitullah permanently to Hazrat:
Answer: Usman ibn Talha (R.A.)
Explanation: After the Conquest of Makkah (8 AH), the Prophet (PBUH) permanently entrusted the key of the Ka'bah to Hazrat Uthman ibn Talha (RA) of the Banu Shaybah family, which has been its custodian ever since.
Q20. Which son-in-law of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was taken prisoner in the Battle of Badr?
Answer: Abu al-Aas
Explanation: Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabi', the husband of the Prophet's daughter Zaynab, was captured fighting on the Qurayshi side and was later released after Zaynab paid his ransom.