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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Islamic History .
| 151. |
Who stood second rank in society |
| A. | Professionals |
| B. | ministers |
| C. | Army |
| D. | Caliph |
| Answer» A. Professionals | |
| 152. |
In the following who are not included as a part of the second rank |
| A. | doctors |
| B. | teachers |
| C. | merchants |
| D. | Dhimmis |
| Answer» D. Dhimmis | |
| 153. |
Dhimmis stood next to whom in the social ladder |
| A. | Caliph |
| B. | Slaves |
| C. | women |
| D. | Professionals |
| Answer» D. Professionals | |
| 154. |
The Women stood in which line of society |
| A. | First |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | last |
| Answer» D. last | |
| 155. |
Next to the caliph who stood in the Abbasid administration |
| A. | Vizir |
| B. | commander in chief |
| C. | Governon |
| D. | Feudal Lords |
| Answer» A. Vizir | |
| 156. |
Tanfidh means |
| A. | full authority |
| B. | Executive power only |
| C. | fiscal power only |
| D. | Army control only |
| Answer» B. Executive power only | |
| 157. |
Tafwidhvizirate stands froe |
| A. | full authority |
| B. | Executive power only |
| C. | fiscal power only |
| D. | Army control only |
| Answer» A. full authority | |
| 158. |
The TafwidVizir enjoys all powers except |
| A. | fiscal powers |
| B. | Appointment of successors |
| C. | Control of governors |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Appointment of successors | |
| 159. |
Diwan al Kharaj means |
| A. | bureau of taxes |
| B. | bureaof courts |
| C. | Postal department |
| D. | Police department |
| Answer» A. bureau of taxes | |
| 160. |
The tax which is obligatory for every Muslims is |
| A. | Jizya |
| B. | Kharaj |
| C. | Zakath |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Zakath | |
| 161. |
During the Abbasid period which tax contributed to the main source of income |
| A. | Zakath |
| B. | Jizya |
| C. | Kharaj |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Kharaj | |
| 162. |
The fa’y was applied by the Caliph to |
| A. | The payment of the troops |
| B. | maintenance of the mosques and roads and General good of the community |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 163. |
Diwan-al-Ziman stands for the |
| A. | Audit and accounts |
| B. | finance |
| C. | taxes |
| D. | Police |
| Answer» A. Audit and accounts | |
| 164. |
All the official letters were handled by |
| A. | Diwan al Ziman |
| B. | diwan al Taqwi |
| C. | diwan-al Kharaj |
| D. | Diwan al Barid |
| Answer» B. diwan al Taqwi | |
| 165. |
Diwan al Nazar-fi al-Mazalim stands for |
| A. | audit and accounts |
| B. | bureau of Taxes |
| C. | inspection of grievances |
| D. | the board of correspondence and chancery |
| Answer» C. inspection of grievances | |
| 166. |
Which Abbasid Caliph introduced to the caliphate the Umayyad custom to devote a special dayfor direct hearing of his subjects. |
| A. | Al-Mansur |
| B. | Harun-al-Rashid |
| C. | Al-Mahdi |
| D. | UmarII |
| Answer» C. Al-Mahdi | |
| 167. |
Sahib-al-shurta was the head of |
| A. | finance |
| B. | taxes |
| C. | courts |
| D. | police |
| Answer» D. police | |
| 168. |
Muhtasib was the chief of |
| A. | municipal police |
| B. | state police |
| C. | royal police |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. municipal police | |
| 169. |
Sahib-al-Barid was tyhe chief of |
| A. | Postal department |
| B. | police department |
| C. | finance department |
| D. | Revenue department |
| Answer» A. Postal department | |
| 170. |
Who introduced the postal department in the Abbasid Empire |
| A. | Harun al Rasheed |
| B. | Ma’mun |
| C. | Mahdi |
| D. | Al-Mansur |
| Answer» A. Harun al Rasheed | |
| 171. |
Where did the postal headquarters of the Abbasids situated |
| A. | Bagdad |
| B. | Damascus |
| C. | Madeena |
| D. | Busra |
| Answer» A. Bagdad | |
| 172. |
Sahib al Barid w-al Akhbar means |
| A. | controllerof posts and intelligence |
| B. | Controller of police system |
| C. | controller of army |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. controllerof posts and intelligence | |
| 173. |
Qadi-al Qudah means |
| A. | Vizir |
| B. | Chief Judge |
| C. | Viceroy |
| D. | Commander in Chief |
| Answer» B. Chief Judge | |
| 174. |
The Judge, according to the theory of Muslim law should be |
| A. | an adult male |
| B. | full possession of his mental faculties |
| C. | free citizen and Muslim in faith |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 175. |
The only regular troop of Abbasids |
| A. | Caliphal body guards |
| B. | provincial forces |
| C. | governors army |
| D. | Feudal cavalry |
| Answer» A. Caliphal body guards | |
| 176. |
The regulars under the Abbasids were composed of |
| A. | infantry |
| B. | archers |
| C. | cavalry |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 177. |
Of the Abbasid Caliph who among the following claims the pure Arabdescendancy |
| A. | Ma’mun |
| B. | Amin |
| C. | Harun-al-Rasheed |
| D. | Mu’tasim |
| Answer» B. Amin | |
| 178. |
Durung the time of al-Mutazim which lady got fame as a beauty of singers andmusicians |
| A. | al-Khayzuran |
| B. | Ulayya |
| C. | Ubaydah al Thumburiyah |
| D. | Zubaydah |
| Answer» C. Ubaydah al Thumburiyah | |
| 179. |
Who was the mostinfluential lady under Harun al-Rashid |
| A. | Zubaydah |
| B. | Ulayya |
| C. | Buran |
| D. | al-Khayzuran |
| Answer» D. al-Khayzuran | |
| 180. |
The fashionable head dress, a dome-shaped cap adorned with jewels was introduced by |
| A. | Zubaydah |
| B. | Bura |
| C. | Ulayya |
| D. | al-Khayzuran |
| Answer» C. Ulayya | |
| 181. |
The Moorish traveller ibn-Batutah visited Bagdad on |
| A. | 132 |
| B. | 1250 |
| C. | 1289 |
| D. | 1300 |
| Answer» A. 132 | |
| 182. |
The White slaves under Abbasids comprised mainly from |
| A. | Slavs |
| B. | Armenians |
| C. | Berbers |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Armenians | |
| 183. |
The famous abu-Nuwas composed “beardless young boys”, which refers to |
| A. | eunuchs |
| B. | Ghilman |
| C. | women |
| D. | slaves |
| Answer» B. Ghilman | |
| 184. |
The aristocracy in the society comprised |
| A. | merchants |
| B. | artists |
| C. | craftsman |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 185. |
The Canal Nahr Isa connects |
| A. | Mediterranean Sea with Black sea |
| B. | Euphrates and Tigris |
| C. | Above Two |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Euphrates and Tigris | |
| 186. |
The most important garden in the Abbasid period was |
| A. | Wadi-al-Sughd |
| B. | shibBawwan |
| C. | Garden of the Ubullah Canal |
| D. | Orchads |
| Answer» A. Wadi-al-Sughd | |
| 187. |
The agricultural class of the Abbasids were reduced to the position of |
| A. | Dhimmis |
| B. | Slaves |
| C. | Nestorians |
| D. | eunuchs |
| Answer» A. Dhimmis | |
| 188. |
Which among the following is considered as a thing from paradise |
| A. | narcicus |
| B. | datepalm |
| C. | poppy |
| D. | gilly flower |
| Answer» B. datepalm | |
| 189. |
Which among the following is not considered as a thing from paradise |
| A. | date-palm |
| B. | Wheat |
| C. | myrtle tree |
| D. | narciccus |
| Answer» D. narciccus | |
| 190. |
Al-Muqdadir found out that most of the money changers and bankers in Syria were |
| A. | Christians |
| B. | Jews |
| C. | Slavs |
| D. | Armaenians |
| Answer» B. Jews | |
| 191. |
Before converted to Islam the Persians remained as |
| A. | Zoroastrians |
| B. | Jews |
| C. | Christians |
| D. | Slavs |
| Answer» A. Zoroastrians | |
| 192. |
Which among the following is not included among the scriptured by Muhammed |
| A. | Christians |
| B. | Zoroastrians |
| C. | Jews |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Zoroastrians | |
| 193. |
The Zoroastrians in India are known as |
| A. | Prsis |
| B. | Hindus |
| C. | Aryans |
| D. | Dravidians |
| Answer» A. Prsis | |
| 194. |
Kitab-al-Din w-al is written by |
| A. | Ali-al-Tabari |
| B. | Masudi |
| C. | Ibn-Khaldun |
| D. | al-Maqdisi |
| Answer» A. Ali-al-Tabari | |
| 195. |
Which town is famous for Attar of red roses |
| A. | Damascus |
| B. | Firuzabad |
| C. | Faris |
| D. | Bagdad |
| Answer» B. Firuzabad | |
| 196. |
Who was the first Abbasid Caliph to appear on horseback in gilded armour on a golden saddle |
| A. | Amin |
| B. | Ma’mun |
| C. | al-Mutazz |
| D. | Al-Rashid |
| Answer» C. al-Mutazz | |
| 197. |
The provinces of the Abbasids were under |
| A. | governors |
| B. | commanders |
| C. | Feudal lords |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. governors | |
| 198. |
The foreign units in the military was introduced by |
| A. | al-Muntasir |
| B. | al-Mu’tasim |
| C. | al-Mutawakkil |
| D. | al-Ma’mun |
| Answer» C. al-Mutawakkil | |
| 199. |
Harun al-Rashid was the son of |
| A. | Hadi |
| B. | Mahdi |
| C. | al-Mansur |
| D. | Abul Abbas |
| Answer» B. Mahdi | |
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