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| 101. |
Harthamaibn al Ayan was |
| A. | old soldier |
| B. | Vezir |
| C. | minister |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. old soldier | |
| 102. |
Harthama entered military service in the year |
| A. | 700 |
| B. | 730 |
| C. | 760 |
| D. | 799 |
| Answer» C. 760 | |
| 103. |
Al Mamun died in the year |
| A. | 800 |
| B. | 765 |
| C. | 833 |
| D. | 856 |
| Answer» C. 833 | |
| 104. |
Al Mamun wasthe |
| A. | 7th Abbasid Caliph |
| B. | 6th Abbasid Caliph |
| C. | 9yh Abbasid Caliph |
| D. | 10th Abbasid Caliph |
| Answer» A. 7th Abbasid Caliph | |
| 105. |
Al Mamun is the son of |
| A. | Abul Abbas |
| B. | Mtasim |
| C. | al Wathiq |
| D. | Harun al Rashid |
| Answer» D. Harun al Rashid | |
| 106. |
Iranian general who helped Mamun in his war against Al Amin |
| A. | Thahir |
| B. | Fazdhl |
| C. | Ishaq |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Thahir | |
| 107. |
Fadl was assassinated in the year |
| A. | 800 |
| B. | 799 |
| C. | 807 |
| D. | 818 |
| Answer» A. 800 | |
| 108. |
Bayt al Hikma was founded by |
| A. | Harun al Rashid |
| B. | Ma mun |
| C. | Wathiq |
| D. | Muthawakkil |
| Answer» A. Harun al Rashid | |
| 109. |
Al Mamun’s celebrated Vezir |
| A. | al Fadhl |
| B. | al Zadhl |
| C. | Hunayn |
| D. | Thahir |
| Answer» A. al Fadhl | |
| 110. |
Bayt al Hikma is |
| A. | Academy of science |
| B. | Observatory |
| C. | Translation bureau |
| D. | Shiite academy |
| Answer» C. Translation bureau | |
| 111. |
Mihnah was founded by |
| A. | Al Mamun |
| B. | Amin |
| C. | Wathq |
| D. | Mtasim |
| Answer» A. Al Mamun | |
| 112. |
Mihnah is |
| A. | Islamic court of justice |
| B. | Islamic court of inquiry |
| C. | Military court |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Islamic court of inquiry | |
| 113. |
Who is 37th Caliph of Abbasid dynasty |
| A. | Muthawakkil |
| B. | Mustasim |
| C. | Mustansir |
| D. | Muktadir |
| Answer» B. Mustasim | |
| 114. |
Abbasid dynasty was declined in the year |
| A. | 1280 |
| B. | 1258 |
| C. | 1240 |
| D. | 1246 |
| Answer» A. 1280 | |
| 115. |
Turkish slave soldiers were introduced in Abbasid army by |
| A. | Mutasim |
| B. | Wathiq |
| C. | Muthawakkil |
| D. | Mahdi |
| Answer» B. Wathiq | |
| 116. |
Al Mutasim’s ablest Vezir |
| A. | AhammadibnAbiDuwad |
| B. | Ahmad ibnSahl |
| C. | AhmmadibnMuhhammad |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. AhammadibnAbiDuwad | |
| 117. |
Mutasim transferred his capital to |
| A. | Samarra |
| B. | Marakkesh |
| C. | Bagdad |
| D. | Damascus |
| Answer» A. Samarra | |
| 118. |
Second Capital of Abbasid dynasty |
| A. | Damasus |
| B. | Samarra |
| C. | Fez |
| D. | Egypt d) Bagdad |
| Answer» A. Damasus | |
| 119. |
Capital of Abbasid dynasty |
| A. | Smarra |
| B. | Bagdad |
| C. | Fez |
| D. | Damascus |
| Answer» B. Bagdad | |
| 120. |
Al Mutasim established his new Capital in the year |
| A. | 836 |
| B. | 835 |
| C. | 765 |
| D. | 764 |
| Answer» A. 836 | |
| 121. |
Mutawakkil reigned during the year |
| A. | 822-861 |
| B. | 822-871 |
| C. | 822- 876 |
| D. | 822-756 |
| Answer» A. 822-861 | |
| 122. |
Mutawakkil was succedded by |
| A. | Muthawakkil |
| B. | Mutasim |
| C. | Mustansir |
| D. | Wathiq |
| Answer» D. Wathiq | |
| 123. |
Anarchy at Samarra begins as coscequence of death of |
| A. | Muthawakkil |
| B. | Al Hadi |
| C. | Al Mahdi |
| D. | Al Mutasim |
| Answer» A. Muthawakkil | |
| 124. |
Mutawakkil was asssinated in the year |
| A. | 861 |
| B. | 862 |
| C. | 865 |
| D. | 864 |
| Answer» A. 861 | |
| 125. |
Mamuntookup his abode at |
| A. | Zahra palace |
| B. | Jaffari palace |
| C. | Rusafa |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Jaffari palace | |
| 126. |
Mutawakkil was assassinated by |
| A. | Turkish guard |
| B. | Armenian |
| C. | Egyptian slave |
| D. | Sudani slave |
| Answer» A. Turkish guard | |
| 127. |
Hulagu was the grandson of |
| A. | Chingizkhan |
| B. | timur |
| C. | Nepolean |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Chingizkhan | |
| 128. |
Hulagu’s was destroyed in Syria by |
| A. | Chingizkhan |
| B. | Baybar |
| C. | Mustasim |
| D. | Hadi |
| Answer» B. Baybar | |
| 129. |
Abu FadhlibnJafaribnMuhammadalMustasimBillah is knownas |
| A. | Mahdi |
| B. | Amin |
| C. | Al Mamun |
| D. | Muthawakkil |
| Answer» D. Muthawakkil | |
| 130. |
The renowned religious scholar imprisoned by Al Mamun |
| A. | Mamun |
| B. | Amin |
| C. | Hadi |
| D. | Mustanzir |
| Answer» A. Mamun | |
| 131. |
Al Mamun imprisoned the religious scholar |
| A. | Imam Hanbal |
| B. | Imam Maliki |
| C. | Imam Shafi |
| D. | Imam Hanifa |
| Answer» A. Imam Hanbal | |
| 132. |
Secretary of Muthawakkil |
| A. | Al FathibnKhaqan |
| B. | Muhammad |
| C. | Jahwar |
| D. | ibnKillis |
| Answer» A. Al FathibnKhaqan | |
| 133. |
An ally of WsifibnTurki |
| A. | Bugha al Sharabi |
| B. | Al Fath |
| C. | ibnKillis |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Bugha al Sharabi | |
| 134. |
Anarchy at Samarra was in the year |
| A. | 867 |
| B. | 857 |
| C. | 861 |
| D. | 678 |
| Answer» C. 861 | |
| 135. |
An AbbsidVezir who served twice |
| A. | ibnKhaqan |
| B. | Shrabi |
| C. | Fadhl |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. ibnKhaqan | |
| 136. |
Who was Abbasid Caliph during the ‘ Anarchy at Samarra’ |
| A. | Mutansirbillah |
| B. | al Wathq |
| C. | Hadi |
| D. | al Mahdi |
| Answer» A. Mutansirbillah | |
| 137. |
The great mosque Samarra was built by |
| A. | Muthawkkil |
| B. | Mamun |
| C. | Muktafi |
| D. | Abul Abbas |
| Answer» A. Muthawkkil | |
| 138. |
Bayt al Hikma otherwise known as |
| A. | House of wisdom |
| B. | House Jurist |
| C. | observatory |
| D. | Non of these |
| Answer» A. House of wisdom | |
| 139. |
Bayt al Hikma was turned in to an Academy by |
| A. | Baybar |
| B. | Harun al Rashid |
| C. | Mamun |
| D. | Abul Abbas |
| Answer» C. Mamun | |
| 140. |
Afamous scholar in Bayt al Hikma |
| A. | Ghazzali |
| B. | IbnSinna |
| C. | ibnBajja |
| D. | Maymun |
| Answer» A. Ghazzali | |
| 141. |
Bayt al Hikma was destroyed in the year |
| A. | 1280 |
| B. | 1230 |
| C. | 1456 |
| D. | 1258 |
| Answer» D. 1258 | |
| 142. |
The chief librarian Bayt al Hikma |
| A. | SahlibnHarun |
| B. | SahlibnHayam |
| C. | ibnsinna |
| D. | ghazzali |
| Answer» A. SahlibnHarun | |
| 143. |
Abbasid Caliph who declared M’utazila as State religion |
| A. | Mamun |
| B. | Muntasir |
| C. | Mutasim |
| D. | Wathiq |
| Answer» A. Mamun | |
| 144. |
BabakKhorrandin is the leader of |
| A. | Khurramite uprising |
| B. | Egyptian uprising |
| C. | Assasins |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Khurramite uprising | |
| 145. |
Mazyr was the ruler of |
| A. | Tabaristan |
| B. | Egypt |
| C. | sudan |
| D. | Damascus |
| Answer» A. Tabaristan | |
| 146. |
Right hand of Mutasim |
| A. | Iqtad |
| B. | al Afsin |
| C. | Sahal |
| D. | Fadhl |
| Answer» B. al Afsin | |
| 147. |
Nero of Arabs |
| A. | Mutawakkil |
| B. | Mutasim |
| C. | Abbas |
| D. | Harun al Rashid |
| Answer» A. Mutawakkil | |
| 148. |
Sack of Amorium was between |
| A. | Mutasim and Byzantine Emperor |
| B. | Mutasim and Tabaristan |
| C. | Abil Abbas and Tabaristan |
| D. | Abul Abbas and Byzantine Emperor |
| Answer» A. Mutasim and Byzantine Emperor | |
| 149. |
Aleading general in the Turkish army of Caliph M’ utasim |
| A. | Zayyat |
| B. | Itak |
| C. | Abu Duwad |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Itak | |
| 150. |
Who stood first in the Abbasid Social system |
| A. | Caliph |
| B. | Professionals |
| C. | Army |
| D. | ministers |
| Answer» A. Caliph | |
| 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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