Level 1
Khulafa Rashideen MCQs set 3 for PPSC Secondary School Teacher (SST) Islamic Studies — 20 solved questions.
Q1. 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.
Q2. 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.
Q3. 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.
Q4. 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.
Q5. 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.
Q6. 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.
Q7. 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.
Q8. 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.
Q9. 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.
Q10. The first Caliph of Islam was:
Answer: Abu Bakr (RA)
Explanation: Hazrat Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (RA) was elected the first Caliph of Islam at Saqifah Bani Sa'idah immediately after the Prophet's death in 11 AH/632 AD.
Q11. The Fatimid Caliphate claimed descent from:
Answer: Fatimah (RA), the Prophet's daughter
Explanation: The Fatimid Caliphate (909-1171 AD) traced its lineage to Fatimah (RA), the Prophet's daughter and wife of Hazrat Ali (RA), to legitimize their Ismaili Shia rule.
Q12. Name the battle in which Hazrat Ali (RA) did not participate.
Answer: Tabuk
Explanation: Hazrat Ali (RA) did not participate in the Expedition of Tabuk (9 AH) because the Prophet (PBUH) appointed him as his deputy in Madinah, telling him "You are to me as Harun was to Musa."
Q13. Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) was elected as Caliph at which place?
Answer: Saqifah Bani Sa'idah
Explanation: Saqifah Bani Sa'idah was the meeting place of the Ansar where Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) was elected Caliph through consultation (shura) after the Prophet's death.
Q14. During the Orthodox Caliphate, who had the longest tenure?
Answer: Hazrat Uthman (RA)
Explanation: Hazrat Uthman (RA) had the longest tenure among the Rightly Guided Caliphs - approximately 12 years (644-656 AD), compared to Umar's ~10 years, Ali's ~5 years, and Abu Bakr's ~2 years.
Q15. When did the tragic event of Hazrat Usman's martyrdom take place?
Answer: 18th of Dhu al-Hijjah, 35 A.H.
Explanation: Hazrat Uthman (RA) was martyred on 18th Dhul-Hijjah 35 AH (approximately June 17, 656 CE) while reciting the Quran at home, after being besieged by rebels for approximately 49 days.
Q16. The "Almohad Caliphate" collapsed and was replaced in North Africa and Spain by several successor states, including the:
Answer: Marinid Sultanate
Explanation: After the Almohad Caliphate's collapse in the 13th century, the Marinid Sultanate rose to power in Morocco and parts of Algeria, continuing Berber-Muslim rule in North Africa.
Q17. The surname of the mother of Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) was:
Answer: Ummul Khair (RA)
Explanation: The surname (kunya) of Hazrat Abu Bakr's mother was Ummul Khair (RA), whose full name was Salma bint Sakhr.
Q18. Whom did Abu Bakr send as commander to suppress Talha?
Answer: Khalid bin Waleed (RA)
Explanation: Khalid bin Waleed (RA) is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q19. Into how many provinces did Hazrat Umar (R.A.) divide the Islamic Empire?
Answer: 10
Explanation: Hazrat Umar (RA) reorganized the Islamic Empire into administrative provinces; historical sources vary but most cite 10 provinces including Makkah, Madinah, Syria, Basra, Kufa, Egypt, and others.
Q20. The River Nile was declared "Sayyid-ul-Anhar" (Chief of Rivers) by Caliph:
Answer: Umar (RA)
Explanation: Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) is said to have declared the River Nile "Sayyid al-Anhar" (Chief of Rivers) in recognition of its immense life-giving importance to Egypt after the Muslim conquest.