31. Famous Sufi Shaikh Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was born at :
(a) Badaun
(b) Delhi
(c) Lahore
(d) Ajodhan
Answer:
(a) Badaun
Explanation:
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was born in the city of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh.
32. Who laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia ?
(a) Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi
(b) Qasim Nanotavi
(c) Mahmud al-Hasan
(d) Mamluk Ali
Answer:
(c) Mahmud al-Hasan
Explanation:
Mahmud al-Hasan, the prominent Deobandi scholar and freedom fighter (also known as Shaykh al-Hind), laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia in 1920.
33. Mir Khwurd Kirmani wrote first sufi tazkira in India entitled :
(a) Siyar al-Auliya
(b) Akhbar al-Akhyar
(c) Maktubat-i-Imam Rabbani
(d) Tazkira al-Khwaja
Answer:
(a) Siyar al-Auliya
Explanation:
“Siyar al-Auliya” is a renowned hagiography of the Chishti Sufis written by Amir Khwurd (Syed Muhammad bin Mubarak Kirmani).
34. Which of the following Persian emperor gave refuge to Humayun ?
(a) Shah Tahmasp
(b) Ismail I
(c) Mohammad Khodabanda
(d) Abbas I
Answer:
(a) Shah Tahmasp
Explanation:
After being defeated by Sher Shah Suri, the Mughal Emperor Humayun fled to Persia, where he was granted refuge by the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp I.
35. The real name of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was :
(a) Abul Kalam
(b) Azad
(c) Ahmad
(d) Firoz Bakht
Answer:
(d) Firoz Bakht
Explanation:
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s birth name was Sayyid Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini, but he was affectionately called Firoz Bakht (“of victorious fate”) by his family.
