41. Who of the following is treated as the fifth rightly-guided Caliph?
(a) Amir Muawiya
(b) Umar b. Abdul Aziz
(c) Walid b. Abdul Malik
(d) Hisham
Correct Answer:
(b) Umar b. Abdul Aziz
Explanation:
Due to his immense piety, justice, and reforms that mirrored the era of the first four Caliphs, the Umayyad Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz is often honorifically referred to by many Islamic scholars as the fifth of the Rightly Guided (Rashidun) Caliphs.
42. The Islamic calendar is called
(a) Hijri
(b) Shamsi
(c) Abbasid
(d) Arabic
Correct Answer:
(a) Hijri
Explanation:
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar known as the Hijri calendar. Its first year marks the Hijra, the migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Madinah in 622 CE.
43. Ashraf Ali Thanvi is famous:
(a) Commentator of the Quran
(b) Geographer
(c) Mathematician
(d) Astronomer
Correct Answer:
(a) Commentator of the Quran
Explanation:
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi was a highly influential Islamic scholar from India, renowned for his many scholarly writings, including the famous Quranic commentary (tafsir) named “Bayan Ul Quran.”
44. Jama Masjid of Delhi was build by
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Qutubuddin Aibak
(d) Shahjahan
Correct Answer:
(d) Shahjahan
Explanation:
The Jama Masjid, one of India’s largest mosques, was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan between 1650 and 1656.
45. The Sufi-saint popularly known as ‘Gharib Nawaz’ is
(a) Sheikh Nizamuddin Aulia
(b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
(c) Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki
(d) Amir Khusro
Correct Answer:
(b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Explanation:
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, whose shrine (dargah) is in Ajmer, Rajasthan, is widely known by the title ‘Gharib Nawaz’, which translates to ‘Benefactor of the Poor’.
