Zakat is the third Pillar of Islam. It is a mandatory form of almsgiving and charitable taxation based on accumulated wealth, specifically distributed to provide financial support to the poor and needy.
92. What do you understand by Ukaz?
(A) Name of tree
(B) Name of bird
(C) Name of animal
(D) Name of trade fair
Answer:
(D) Name of trade fair
Explanation:
Souq Ukaz was the largest, most famous, and most historically significant annual open-air market and trade fair in pre-Islamic Arabia, operating near Ta’if.
93. One of the following books is not included among the Six Canonical Books (Sihah Sittah) of Hadith
(A) Sunan al-Nasa’i
(B) Sahih Muslim
(C) Sunan al-Tirmidhi
(D) Mishkat al-Masabih
Answer:
(D) Mishkat al-Masabih
Explanation:
Mishkat al-Masabih is a highly popular, expanded secondary collection of Hadiths compiled later by Al-Baghawi, but it is not classified as one of the original six primary canonical collections Al-Sihah al-Sittah of Sunni Islam.
94. The longest Surah (Chapter) of the Qur’an is
(A) Surah Al-Mulk
(B) Surah Al-Baqarah
(C) Surah Aal-i-Imran
(D) Surah Al-Nisa
Answer:
(B) Surah Al-Baqarah
Explanation:
Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) is the second and undeniably the longest chapter of the Quran, containing 286 verses (ayat).
95. Buland Darwaza commemorates Akbar’s conquest of
(A) Assam
(B) Punjab
(C) Gujarat
(D) Afghanistan
Answer:
(C) Gujarat
Explanation:
The Buland Darwaza (“Door of Victory”), the towering main entrance to the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri, was built by Emperor Akbar in 1602 to commemorate his successful military conquest of Gujarat.