MCQ Questions for Class 11 History || Ch – 4 The Central Islamic Lands || With Answer || NCERT CBSE

1. The Umayyad Emperor who introduced Arabic as the language of administration was

(a) Abd al-Malik

(b) Ali

(c) Abbas

(d) Muawiya

► (a) Abd al-Malik

2. The followers and non-followers of Ali were called

(a) Arabs and Iranians.

(b) Shias and Sunnis.

(c) Umayyads and Abbasids.

(d) Byzantines and Sasanids

► (b) Shias and Sunnis.

3. The Caliph during whose reign the Hijri was established was:

(a) Abu Bakr

(b) Muhammad

(c) Uthman

(d) Umar

► (d) Umar

4. What was the name given to nomadic Arab tribes?

(a) Sanam

(b) Qabila

(c) Bedouins

(d) Umma

► (c) Bedouins

5. Zakat was an/a

(a) agriculture tax

(b) alms tax

(c) religious tax

(d) trade tax

► (b) alms tax

6. The semi-histrical works sira in the Islamic history are

(a) biographies

(b) chronicles

(c) eyewitness reports

(d) inscriptions

► (a) biographies

7. Caliph Muawiya shifted his capital to

(a) Rome

(b) Medina

(c) Mecca

(d) Damascus

► (d) Damascus

8. The woman-saint sufi who, in her poems, preached instense love for God by uniting with God was

(a) Rabia.

(b) Aisha

(c) Fatima

(d) Khadija

► (a) Rabia.

9. After the Arabs and Iranians, the group that was rising to power on the Islamic scene was the

(a) Buyids.

(b) Iranians.

(c) Samanid.

(d) Turks.

► (d) Turks.

10. The sub-sect of Shiism, from which the Fatimids descended, is known as the

(a) Ismaili

(b) Shia

(c) Sunni

(d) Umma

► (a) Ismaili

11. Prophet Muhammad declared himself to be the messenger of God

(a) around 610 CE.

(b) around 611 CE.

(c) around 612 CE.

(d) around 613 CE.

► (c) around 612 CE.

12. Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina with his followers in 622 CE is called hijra:

(a) Hijra

(b) Kaba

(c) Mecca

(d) Calipha

► (a) Hijra

13. By whom Ali assassinated?

(a) Muawiya

(b) Kharji

(c) Bedouins

(d) None of the above

► (b) Kharji

14. Who introduced an islamic coinage.

(a) Abu Bakr

(b) Abd-al-Malik

(c) Uthman

(d) Umar

► (b) Abd-al-Malik