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Caliph or Khalifa was the title given to the head of ______ community?

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  1. Jews

  2. Christian

  3. Parsi

  4. Muslim

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Correct Option: D

Why did Abbasid Caliphs established a House of Wisdom at Baghdad?

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  1. To plan for crusades

  2. To translate into Arabic the collective wisdom of various ancient civilization.

  3. To make it the living palace of the Caliph

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B

Prophet Muhammad's move from Mecca to Medina is known as ___________.

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  1. Ramadan

  2. Hijrat

  3. Udasis

  4. Rath Yatra

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Correct Option: B

The Abbasid Caliphs shifted the Caliphate from Damascus to _________.

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  1. Mecca

  2. Medina

  3. Baghdad

  4. Jerusalem

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Correct Option: C

India's earliest contact with Islam was established through _________.

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  1. Turkish invasions of the 11th-12th centuries

  2. Arab invasion of Sindh in the 7th century

  3. Sufi saints and Arab travellers

  4. Arab merchants of Malabar coast

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Correct Option: D

When did Constantinople fall to the Turks?

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  1. 1435

  2. 1453

  3. 1450

  4. 1420

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Correct Option: B
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The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army, under the command of the ruler of the Ottoman Turks Sultan Mehmed II on 29th May 1453. With this conquest, Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires

Prophet Mohammed's successors are called _______.

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  1. Emperors

  2. Prophets

  3. Sultans

  4. Caliphs

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Correct Option: D

Which is the birth place of prophet Muhammad?

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  1. Mecca

  2. Medina

  3. Jerusalem

  4. Rome

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Correct Option: A

The Muslim calendar, Hijri, begins from _____.

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  1. 612 CE

  2. 622 CE

  3. 632 CE

  4. 642 CE

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Islamic calendar employs the Hijri era whose epoch was established as the Islamic New Year of 622 CE. During that year Muhammad and his followers shifted from Mecca to Medina and established the first Muslim Community. This event is commemorated as Hijra. 

In which year Prophet Muhammad died?

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  1. 620 CE

  2. 622 CE

  3. 628 CE

  4. 632 CE

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Correct Option: D