Class 11 History Chapter 4 The Central Islamic Lands Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Why do geographers call Arabia a "crossroads" location?
2. Prophet Mohammed was from
3. Worship of God involved daily prayers called
4. What was the Umma?
5. In terms of importance to Arabian nomads, which concern would you rank first?
6. True or False:Orientalists were university professors in Germany and Netherlands; French and British researchers to serve colonial interests in the Middle East and North Africa
7. How many times a day Muslims pray?
8. A date in the Hijri calendar is followed by the letters .....
9. What was the most important difference between Muhammad's teachings and the beliefs of Arabs?
10. What was the name of the shrine controlled by the tribe of Muhammad
11. What is the earliest major work of Islamic architecture?
12. What do you mean by ' Zakat '?
13. Who was the first caliph after the death of prophet Muhammad?
14. What is significance of Kaba?
15. After Muhammad's death, the title given to Islam's highest leaders was
16. Which of the following is not an essential part of Islamic belief?
17. The word jihad means
18. The term "Islam" means
19. Community of believers was known as
20. Who was Khadija?
21. Prophet Muhammad was from
22. The longest ruling Caliph in Islamic Empire was?
23. Which religion did the Sasanian empire patronize?
24. He moved his capital to Damascus
25. What are semi-historical works, such as biographies?
26. Mahummad of Ghazni attacked this temple 11 times
27. Before Prophet Muhammad, what was the system of social organisation of Arabs?
28. Our understanding of the history of the Islamic lands is NOT based on which of the following?
29. What were the preachings of Islam?
30. What is religion tax collected from Muslims?
31. What does Tawarikh stands for?
32. Who was the third Caliph?
33. The place Palestine was important as-
34. Name of the angel that made revelations to Muhammad.
35. Where was Mecca located?
36. Where is Dome of Rock?
37. Which of the following words mean 'generosity'?
38. Who was the third Caliph of the Islamic empire?
39. What is the tax imposed on non Muslims called?
40. Who wrote Shahnama?
41. What does Tawarikh mean?
42. What was the name of the powerful tribe that controlled Mecca before Muhammed's time?
43. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all have one thing in common, identify.
44. The city to which Muslims migrated.
45. Put the first four caliphs in order
46. Under the Abbasid rule
47. What term is used for people who follow Islam?
48. Term which narrate events in order of time
49. What is the name of tax collected from non believers of Islam
50. Who was Muhammad?
51. Mecca was located on the crossroad of a trade route between which 2 countries
52. Who was considered the father of New Persian poetry?
53. Most trustworthy source to understand the core teachings of Mohammad is:
54. Which community was found by Muhammad that was bound by the set of believers bound by a common set of religious beliefs.
55. The abbasid state became weaker from the 9th century as
56. Under which regime was the capital of the empire shifted to Damascus?
57. What was the name of the well-organized movement that brought down the Umayyads?
58. What are records of sayings and doings of the prophets?
59. If Fatimids ruled In Egypt, then who ruled in Iran after the breakup of Caliphate?
60. How long is a Hijri year?