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ENTRANCE TEST-2025
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
ISLAMIC STUDIES
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1. One part of the desert land of Arabia is called : 6. The department of revenue was first introduced in
(A) Peninsula the Khilafah under :
(B) al-Nufud (A) ‘Uthman
(C) Tihama (B) Abu Bakr
(D) Shimmar (C) ‘Umar Farooq
2. The Arabs during the Jahiliyah times worshipped : (D) ‘Ali bin Abi Talib
(A) female deities very rarely 7. One of the achievements of Mu ‘awiyah’s rule was :
(B) generally one God (A) his little consideration of public opinion
(C) even the sun and the moon (B) conquest of North Africa
(D) al-Hubal only (C) his spending extravagantly on construction of
3. An open proclamation (inviting the people to Islam) palaces
made by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in 613 CE (D) his nominating Yazid as his successor
was :
8. A new central department established by the
(A) meant to persuade the Quraysh to accept Umayyah government was :
the Faith
(A) Diwan al -Rasail
(B) to motivate the leaders of jahiliyah Arabs
(B) Diwan al-Jund
(C) to introduce the message of Islam to elderly
(C) Diwan al-Kharaj
persons of Makkah
(D) Diwan al Khatim
(D) to convince the leaders of the Quraysh to
embrace Islam 9. The establishment of the Abbasiyyah rule was mainly
due to :
4. Hudiabiyyah treaty that took place between the
Prophet(SAW)and the Quraysh of Makkah : (A) the authoritarian rule of Umayyah
(A) is related to Makkah life of the Prophet (SAW) (B) rise of hatred between the Arabs and the
(B) turned to the advantage of the Quraysh Iranians including tribal fueds within the Arabs

(C) resulted ultimately in the victory of the Muslims (C) commission of severe injustices under the
Umayyah rulers
(D) was merely to seek consent for performing
Hajj in the following year (D) personal weaknesses of early Umayyah rulers
5. Khilafah in Islam : 10. One feature of the Abbasiyyah ‘golden age’ is
(A) is merely a political institution represented in the institution of Biat al -Hikmah that
was established by :
(B) is a comprehensive institution meant to regulate
social life of the Muslims in its totality on Divine (A) al-Mansur
guidelines (B) ‘Umar ibn Abdul Aziz
(C) forms an authoritarian rule (C) Harun Rashid
(D) does not recognise people’s opinions (D) al-Mamun

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became instrumental to : Muhmmad) was mainly :
(A) transmit Greek knowledge to the Muslim world (A) known for his great knowledge in theology
(B) develop merely skills of literary translation (B) a poet
(C) make merely a comparative study of (C) popular for his multiple literary contribution
knowledge
(D) famous for his fiqh writings
(D) give priority to philosophical knowledge
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(D) Ibn Haytham (D) wajdani wahi
13. In the establishment of Muslim rule in Spain in 756 18. Muhkamat verses of the Qur’an :
CE Abdul Rehman al- Dakhil had : (A) have ambiguity in them
(A) support of the Abbasiyyah rulers (B) mostly all clearly decided verses
(B) hardly any popularity in Spain prior to its (C) not concerned with legal rulings
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(C) got support of the Berber tribes
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Christian states with rules of its language
(B) on account of his establishing justice and welfare (D) have knowledge of all modern sciences
(C) for his having the title of “Abdul Rehman-i Azam” 20. Mutwatir Hadith is :
(D) because he was ‘amir’ of the people (A) that is transmitted by at least two narrators in
15. Nur al-Din abu Ishaq al-Bitruji who wrote Kitab al every generation
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(D) more popular for his reviving the Greek agreement upon a lie is inconceivable
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21. Fiqh as a specific science of Islam is : 26. The Jabbariyyah school of thought :
(A) to understand spiritual and ethical doctrines of (A) believe that man is little helpless in his actions
Islam (B) view that man has some freedom
(B) to discover practical laws of Shari’ah through (C) believe that man has no freedom of his own and
its detailed evidences is subject to God’s determination
(C) meant to understand merely the basic beliefs of (D) met hardly any criticism from ulama of the time
Islam 27. The Mu’tazilah are described as thorough rationalists
(D) exclusively to study schools of Islamic because they :
jurisprudence (A) believe that ‘good’ and ‘evil’ are rationally
22. Qiyas : founded categories
(A) is forming a new law liberally (B) are deniers of Divine revelation
(B) is not related to ijtihad (C) believe in the attributes of God
(C) refers to deducing an Islamic ruling by using (D) view rationalism as an ordinary argument for
analogical reasoning truth
(D) is not a source of expansion of Islamic law
28. al-Kindi propounds reconciliation between religion and
23. The Companions contributed much to the early philosophy as :
development of fiqh : (A) both are important subjects
(A) as they were the first generation of Islam (B) both refer ultimately to the same reality
(B) by memorizing the Qur’an (C) both are entirely different fields
(C) as they have to face people of the other faiths (D) religion is dependent on philosophy
(D) by giving decrees on the new social issues 29. By‘Tasawuuf’ in Islam is meant :
24. The juristic differences among the popular schools of (A) people who used to wear woolen dress for piety
fiqh are : (B) following a way to escape from the worldly
(A) due to their not adhering to basic principles of affairs
Islam (C) the path that aims to purify ones self
(B) due to their basic ideological conflicts (tazkiya nafs)
(C) of superficial nature (D) a way that is dictated by spirituality and not by
(D) of fundamental nature the Shari’ah
25. One main factor for the emergence of ilm al -kalam 30. In its early stage of development (200-400 AH)
was : Tasawuuf was :
(A) the Muslim’s focus on firm adherence to Faith (A) much influenced by wrong practices
(B) the Muslims’ engagement with newly converts (B) almost an outcome of non Arabic speaking
to Islam who wanted clarifications/elaborations scholars
about beliefs and basic principles of Islam (C) hardly a righteous path
(C) to reject Greek logic (D) characteristic of righteous path adhering to the
(D) to rely on Greek sciences Shari’ah

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of tasawwuf because it : craft :
(A) is related to sukr (A) was yet to introduce
(B) indicates soundness of ones spiritual state in (B) had been introduced with government patronage
relation to God
(C) existed from its very beginning
(C) it annihilates the hidden potential of an individual
(D) had not been learnt from its foreign experts
(D) is least liked by the theologians
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(D) seeks reliance on God (D) indifference to Ibn Arabi’s sufi thought
33. Islam has already entered in Kashmir before 38. Shaykh al -Alam’s sayings (kalam ) :
Ranchan’s embracing this religion because :
(A) preach asceticism
(A) there existed special Muslim preachers
(B) propound purity of Faith and universal good
(B) Harsha had recruited Turkish Muslim soldiers
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(B) were commonly subject to heavy taxes and other
(D) had not any association with the Mughal court
injustices by some rulers
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(C) witnessed social equality
of Iran is found because :
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41. In Shah Wali Allah khilafah ‘ ammah : 47. In the modern South Asia, Maulana Muhammad
(A) is Divinely ordained khilafah Ashraf Thanvi is regarded as an influential Islamic
(B) is a general type of khilafah that can be scholar mainly because he :
established by the Muslims at any point of time (A) wrote Tafsir Bayan al Qur’an
in history
(B) excelled in each of the fields of religious sciences
(C) has hardly an ideological character
and attempted at the spiritual reform
(D) is not having any trait of de facto khalifah
(C) wrote commentary on Maulana Rumi’s
42. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had a broader intellectual
Mathnavi
vision of Islam as he :
(D) had least political interest
(A) sought harmony between religion and science
(B) was in favour of revolt against the British 48. Maulana Azad finds basis of his concept of
(C) wanted to promote education in vernacular ‘composite nationality’ the :
(D) was indifferent to the modern education (A) Indian ancient culture
43. One of the valuable achievements of Darul Ulum, (B) Western democracy
Deoband is its : (C) Madinan pact of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
(A) refutation of modern education (D) Arab culture
(B) old type of curriculum 49. One of the basic political teachings of the Qur‘an is :
(C) scholarship in tafsir literature
(A) monarchy
(D) exclusive emphasis on Hanafi fiqh
(B) equality before law
44. Nadwat al Ulama, Lucknow has made highly
distinctive contribution in : (C) following the modern democracy
(A) fiqh literature (D) infallibility of the existing ruler
(B) Sirah and Islamic history writing 50. The concept of al-madinah al-fadhilah (ideal state)
(C) promoting Urdu journalism has been given by :
(D) Tafsir literature (A) al-Mawardi
45. Miyar al Haq of Syed Nazeer Husian Dehlvi is : (B) al-Ghazali
(A) on fatawa literature (C) al-Farabi
(B) a work of academic standard relating to multiple (D) Nizam al-Mulk Tusi
issues of fiqh and Hadith
51. Islamic Sociology is :
(C) is not liked by Maulana Azad
(A) a phenomenological study of society
(D) hardly having contents as per its title
46. Apart from his specific sufi thought Ahmad Raza Khan (B) the study of a social phenomenon from an
Barelvi is known for his extensive : Islamic world view frame -work
(A) works on jurisprudence (C) scientific study of social relationships of human
(B) writings on comparative theology beings
(C) political treaties (D) investigation of a social phenomenon rationally
(D) interest in modern science

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developed in Muslim sociological thought by : (A) call for interaction
(A) al-Kindi (B) calling people towards the way of Allah
(B) al-Farabi (His religion)
(C) al-Ghazali (C) dialogue of understanding
(D) Ibn Khaldun (D) discussions on mutual issues of Faith
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(A) is based mainly on the authentic narrations (A) be in a liberal way
collected directly from the Taba’in (B) be mainly at intellectual level
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(A) is mainly for capitalism is :
(B) essentially is a divinely created economic source (A) Fiqh Academy, Delhi
and human beings are its trustees (B) Tablighi Jama’at founded by Maulana
(C) is only earned by ones efforts Muhammad Ilyas
(D) is meant for spending liberally (C) Darul Musanifin, Azamgarh
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