Islamic Studies · Topic 4
The Hijri months, the dates of worship and when key rulings came.
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These questions ask in which month or year something happens or was made obligatory.
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Try each question, then open the answer. MCQs 301–328 of 328.
301.The Second Battle of Tarain, which established Muslim rule in Delhi, took place in which year?
Answer: D. 1192 CE
Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
302.Qutbuddin Aibak founded the Delhi Sultanate in which year?
Answer: C. 1206 CE
He began the Slave (Mamluk) dynasty.
303.Babur founded the Mughal Empire after the First Battle of Panipat in which year?
Answer: A. 1526 CE
He defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
304.The Hijri year 1000 AH corresponds roughly to which CE year?
Answer: B. 1591-92
Akbar was ruling the Mughal Empire at the time.
305.The Hijri year 1400 AH began in which CE year?
Answer: C. 1979
It began in November 1979.
306.The Hijri year 1448 AH began in which CE year?
Answer: D. 2026
1 Muharram 1448 fell in June 2026.
307.Ramadan 1447 AH began in which month of 2026?
Answer: A. February
Ramadan moves about 11 days earlier each solar year.
308.Pakistan was created on 27 Ramadan of which Hijri year?
Answer: A. 1366 AH
14 August 1947 coincided with the 27th night of Ramadan 1366 AH.
309.The Isra and Mi'raj (night journey and ascension) took place about how long before the Hijrah?
Answer: D. About one year
It is placed in the 11th-12th year of prophethood, about 621 CE.
310.Where did the Holy Prophet (PBUH) lead the prophets in prayer during the Isra?
Answer: C. Masjid-al-Aqsa
Surah Bani Israel (Al-Isra) opens with the night journey.
311.The Holy Prophet's (PBUH) journey to Taif to invite its people to Islam took place in which year of prophethood?
Answer: D. 10th year
It came after the deaths of Hazrat Khadijah (RA) and Abu Talib.
312.Who was the first person to accept Islam?
Answer: B. Hazrat Khadijah (RA)
Among free adult men the first was Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA), among boys Hazrat Ali (RA).
313.The open preaching of Islam in Makkah began after about how many years of secret preaching?
Answer: D. Three years
The command "warn your nearest kinsmen" marked the start of open preaching.
314.Which companion's house served as the centre of early secret preaching in Makkah?
Answer: D. Hazrat Arqam bin Abi Arqam (RA)
Dar-e-Arqam was near Mount Safa.
315.Hazrat Umar (RA) accepted Islam in which year of prophethood?
Answer: C. 6th year
After his conversion, Muslims began to pray openly at the Kaaba.
316.Which battle is known as "Yaum-ul-Furqan" (the Day of Criterion)?
Answer: B. Battle of Badr
The Quran calls it the day that distinguished truth from falsehood.
317.The Muslims at the Battle of Badr numbered about how many?
Answer: D. 313
The Quraish army numbered about 1,000.
318.The Muslim army at the conquest of Makkah numbered about how many?
Answer: C. 10,000
The city surrendered almost without fighting.
319.About how many companions accompanied the Holy Prophet (PBUH) on the expedition of Tabuk?
Answer: B. About 30,000
It was the largest army raised in his lifetime.
320.About how many companions were present at Hudaibiyah?
Answer: B. About 1,400
They had come to perform Umrah.
321.The Holy Prophet (PBUH) performed his first Umrah (Umrat-ul-Qada) in which year?
Answer: B. 7 AH
Under the Treaty of Hudaibiyah, Umrah was allowed the following year.
322.The Holy Prophet (PBUH) sent letters inviting rulers to Islam after which event?
Answer: A. The Treaty of Hudaibiyah
Letters went to the rulers of Rome, Persia, Egypt and Abyssinia, among others.
323.Hazrat Hasan (RA) handed over the caliphate to Ameer Muawiyah (RA) in which year?
Answer: C. 661 CE (41 AH)
41 AH is known as 'Am al-Jama'ah (the Year of Unity).
324.The Mongols destroyed Baghdad in 1258 CE, which corresponds to which Hijri year?
Answer: A. 656 AH
The last Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad, al-Musta'sim, was killed.
325.The Abbasids came to power in which year?
Answer: C. 750 CE (132 AH)
They overthrew the Umayyads after the Battle of the Zab.
326.The Bait-ul-Hikmah (House of Wisdom) flourished under which Abbasid Caliph?
Answer: D. Al-Mamun
It became the centre of translation and learning in Baghdad.
327.The Ottoman Empire was founded in about which year?
Answer: D. 1299 CE
It was founded by Osman I in Anatolia.
328.The Seljuk victory at Manzikert, which opened Anatolia to the Turks, took place in which year?
Answer: C. 1071 CE
Sultan Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantine emperor.
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