Part-I MCQs: the compulsory multiple-choice questions of the CSS 2025 Islamic Studies paper, with answers.

About these MCQs

These are the MCQs from the official FPSC paper. Where sources disagree or an answer could not be confirmed, the note says so (2 of 20 here).

Answers

1. Which event does the Quran call 'Fath-um-Mubeen' (a clear victory)? (A) Conquest of Makkah (B) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah (C) Battle of Badr (D) None of these Answer: (B) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. Al-Fath 48:1.

2. If the husband leaves no children, the widow's share of his estate is: (A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/4 (D) None of these Answer: (C) 1/4. An-Nisa 4:12.

3. Ghazwa Khandaq is also called: (A) Yaum-ul-Furqan (B) Ghazwa Dhat-us-Salasil (C) Ghazwa al-Ahzab (D) None of these

Answer: (C) Ghazwa al-Ahzab.

4. Before accepting Islam, Hazrat Abdullah bin Salam (RA) was a: (A) Polytheist (B) Christian (C) Magian (D) None of these Answer: (D) None of these. He was a Jewish scholar of Madinah.

5. Hazrat Zainab bint Khuzaimah (RA) was the Holy Prophet's (PBUH): (A) Aunt (B) Wife (C) Mother-in-law (D) None of these

Answer: (B) Wife.

6. Salat al-Kusuf is offered at the time of: (A) A windstorm (B) A solar eclipse (C) A lunar eclipse (D) None of these

Answer: (B) A solar eclipse.

7. Who wrote the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah for the Muslims? (A) Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (RA) (B) Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (RA) (C) Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib (RA) (D) None of these

Answer: (C) Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib (RA).

8. Which of these is among the Ummahat-ul-Mu'minin? (A) Khaulah (B) Umm Hani (C) Atiyyah (D) None of these

Answer: (D) None of these.

9. A 'Hadith Taqriri' records: (A) The speeches of the Prophet (PBUH) (B) Conversations of the Companions (C) The Prophet's (PBUH) silence on a Companion's action (D) None of these

Answer: (C) The Prophet's (PBUH) silence on a Companion's action.

10. The basic obligatory rite of Hajj is: (A) Sa'i (B) Rami (C) Wuquf-e-Arafah (D) None of these

Answer: (C) Wuquf-e-Arafah.

11. Dar-e-Arqam was located in: (A) Hudaybiyyah (B) Quba (C) Madinah Munawwarah (D) None of these Answer: (D) None of these. It was in Makkah, near Mount Safa.

12. Harun-ur-Rashid asked whom to write a book on public finance? (A) Imam Awza'i (B) Imam Abu Yusuf (C) Imam Muhammad bin Hasan (D) None of these Answer: (B) Imam Abu Yusuf. The result was 'Kitab al-Kharaj'.

13. The author of 'Kitab al-Hind' is: (A) Amir Khusrau (B) Abul Fazl (C) Abu Rayhan al-Biruni (D) None of these

Answer: (C) Abu Rayhan al-Biruni.

14. Shaikh Ali Hujwiri came to Lahore in the reign of: (A) Mahmud Ghaznavi (B) Mas'ud Ghaznavi (C) Shahabuddin Ghori (D) None of these Answer: (B) Mas'ud Ghaznavi. As keyed.

15. Who first treated Hindus like People of the Book? (A) Hazrat Usman Ghani (RA) (B) Muhammad bin Qasim (C) Muhallab bin Abi Sufrah (D) None of these

Answer: (B) Muhammad bin Qasim.

16. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) stood up in respect for the funeral of a: (A) Polytheist (B) Jew (C) Christian (D) None of these Answer: (B) Jew. Sahih Bukhari: 'Is it not a human soul?'

17. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi belonged to which Sufi order? (A) Qadiriyyah (B) Suhrawardiyyah (C) Chishtiyyah (D) None of these Answer: (D) None of these. He was Naqshbandi.

18. Under whose rule did the subcontinent have about 25% of world GDP? (A) Akbar the Great (B) Shah Jahan (C) Aurangzeb Alamgir (D) None of these Answer: (C) Aurangzeb Alamgir. As keyed; historical GDP figures are estimates.

19. The Silk Letter (Reshmi Rumal) Movement aimed at the freedom of: (A) Afghanistan (B) The subcontinent (C) Turkey (D) None of these

Answer: (B) The subcontinent.

20. _______ is called the New Testament. (A) Taurat (B) Zabur (C) Suhuf of Ibrahim (D) None of these Answer: (D) None of these. The New Testament corresponds to the Injeel.

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