Islamic Studies MCQs for competitive exams
Q1: What is the kissing of Hair Aswad in Islam called?
A) Salam
B) Tawaf
C) Salat
D) Hajj
Correct Answer: A) Salam
Q2: How many major sects does Islam have?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 5
Correct Answer: C) 2
Q3: How many fundamentals of Islam are there?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
Correct Answer: B) 5
Q4: What are the two types of faith in Islam?
A) Tawheed and Risalah
B) Iman and Kufr
C) Iman and Islam
D) Iman and Kufr
Correct Answer: C) Iman and Islam
Q5: What does Tehlil mean?
A) Saying of prayers
B) Recitation of Kalima
C) Reading Quran
D) Offering Hajj
Correct Answer: B) Recitation of Kalima
Q6: What is the old name of Islam?
A) Din-e-Hanif
B) Din-ul-Islam
C) Shariat
D) Tauheed
Correct Answer: A) Din-e-Hanif
Q7: What was the first institution of Islam?
A) Madinah
B) Suffah
C) Kaaba
D) Masjid al-Haram
Correct Answer: B) Suffah
Q8: What is the fixed amount for Haq Mahar in Islam?
A) 500 Misqal
B) 100 Misqal
C) 400 Misqal
D) 1000 Misqal
Correct Answer: C) 400 Misqal
Q9: What does Ijma mean?
A) Consensus on a subject
B) Reasoning by analogy
C) Recitation of the Quran
D) Declaration of faith
Correct Answer: A) Consensus on a subject
Q10: What does Qayas mean?
A) Reasoning by analogy
B) Consensus on a subject
C) Legal ruling by scholars
D) Religious observation
Correct Answer: A) Reasoning by analogy
Q11: How many schools of thought are there in Islamic Law?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 4
D) 7
Correct Answer: C) 4
Q12: Where is Janatul Baki situated?
A) Makkah
B) Madinah
C) Mina
D) Jerusalem
Correct Answer: B) Madinah
Q13: Where is Masjid-e-Hanif located?
A) Madinah
B) Mecca
C) Mina
D) Medina
Correct Answer: C) Mina
Q14: Where is Janat Ul Moala located?
A) Madinah
B) Mina
C) Mecca
D) Jerusalem
Correct Answer: C) Mecca
Q15: What is Qazaf in Islam?
A) False accusation of theft
B) False accusation of adultery
C) Dishonoring parents
D) Denying faith
Correct Answer: B) False accusation of adultery
Q16: What does Laylat-ul-Barrah mean?
A) The Night of Forgiveness
B) The Night of Blessings
C) The Night of Angels
D) The Night of Judgment
Correct Answer: A) The Night of Forgiveness
Q17: What does Karam-un-Katibin mean?
A) Illustrious rulers
B) Illustrious warriors
C) Illustrious writers
D) Illustrious scholars
Correct Answer: C) Illustrious writers
Q18: Which is the oldest mosque on Earth?
A) Al-Aqsa
B) Kaabatullah
C) Masjid-e-Nabawi
D) Masjid Al-Haram
Correct Answer: B) Kaabatullah
Q19: Which is the 1st Kalima?
A) Shahadat
B) Tauheed
C) Astaghfar
D) Tayyab
Correct Answer: D) Tayyab
Q20: What does Qiblah mean?
A) The direction of prayer
B) The first mosque
C) The place of pilgrimage
D) The center of worship
Correct Answer: A) The direction of prayer
Q21: Who is Saabi in Islam?
A) A person who prays
B) A person who changes his religion
C) A person who fasts
D) A person who collects Zakat
Correct Answer: B) A person who changes his religion
Q22: What does Sidrat-ul-Mantaha mean?
A) The last tree of the world
B) The last tree of eternity
C) The tree of wisdom
D) The tree of life
Correct Answer: B) The last tree of eternity
Q23: Who is a Jaabi in Islam?
A) A person who prays
B) A person who collects Zakat
C) A person who fasts
D) A person who reads Quran
Correct Answer: B) A person who collects Zakat
Q24: What was the first collection of Ahadith?
A) Sahih Bukhari
B) Sahifah-e-Saadiqa
C) Sahih Muslim
D) Sunan Abu Dawood
Correct Answer: B) Sahifah-e-Saadiqa
Q25: What are the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) called?
A) Wahi Matloof
B) Wahi Ghair Matloof
C) Hadith
D) Quran
Correct Answer: B) Wahi Ghair Matloof
Q26: How many essential beliefs are there in Iman-e-Mufassal?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Correct Answer: C) 7
Q27: How many exalted angels are there in Islam?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
Correct Answer: B) 4
Q28: Who is considered the greatest angel in Islam?
A) Mikail
B) Jibra‘eel
C) Israfeel
D) Azrael
Correct Answer: B) Jibra‘eel
Q29: How many angels attend each human being permanently?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Correct Answer: B) 2
Q30: What is Barzakh in Islam?
A) The state of prayer
B) The time period between birth and death
C) The time period between death and the Day of Judgment
D) The place of worship
Correct Answer: C) The time period between death and the Day of Judgment
Q31: Another name for Surah Ali-Isra is?
A) Bani Israel
B) Mulk
C) Baqarah
D) Fatiha
Correct Answer: A) Bani Israel
Q32: How many Ghazwas in total were there during the Prophet’s time?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 27
D) 35
Correct Answer: C) 27
Q33: What was the first Ghazwah of Islam?
A) Uhud
B) Badr
C) Widan
D) Khyber
Correct Answer: C) Widan
