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CSS Islamic Studies MCQs with answers

Practise CSS Islamic Studies (Compulsory) with 289 exam-style MCQs, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.

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CSS Islamic Studies MCQs with answers

Practise CSS Islamic Studies (Compulsory) with 289 exam-style MCQs, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.

289 questions · 7 chapters

What each chapter covers 7 chapters

The questions follow the syllabus chapter by chapter. You can test the whole subject or one chapter at a time.

  1. Beliefs, worship and ethics 47 questionsArticles of faith, The five pillars and acts of worship, Islamic ethics (akhlaq)
  2. The Quran 50 questionsRevelation and compilation, Structure and sciences of the Quran, Selected surahs and themes
  3. Hadith and Sunnah 32 questionsSunnah and hadith: authority and types, Collections and compilers
  4. Seerah 47 questionsThe Makkan period, The Madinan period and key events, Character, teachings and social reforms
  5. Caliphate and Islamic history 33 questionsThe Rightly Guided Caliphs, Umayyads, Abbasids and later dynasties
  6. Islamic law and jurisprudence 32 questionsSources of Islamic law, Jurists and schools of law
  7. Islamic economy, society and polity 48 questionsZakat, riba and the Islamic economic system, Rights, family and social order, Political thought and Muslim contributions
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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the articles of faith (arkan al-iman) in Islam?

  1. A
    Belief in the angels
  2. B
    Belief in the Last Day
  3. C
    Observing the fast of Ramadan
  4. D
    Belief in the divine books
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Answer: C. Fasting in Ramadan is one of the five pillars of practice (arkan al-Islam). The articles of faith are matters of belief: Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day and qadr.

2. Into how many equal parts (juz or para) is the Quran traditionally divided for recitation?

  1. A
    30
  2. B
    28
  3. C
    40
  4. D
    24
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Answer: A. The division into thirty juz lets a reader complete the Quran in a month, which is why it is popular in Ramadan.

3. Which Companion narrated the largest number of hadith?

  1. A
    Aisha (RA)
  2. B
    Anas ibn Malik (RA)
  3. C
    Abu Hurayrah (RA)
  4. D
    Abdullah ibn Umar (RA)
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Answer: C. Abu Hurayrah (RA) is the Companion with the largest number of reports, and the others are also prolific narrators.

4. At the Battle of Badr, the Muslims numbered about 313 and the army of the Quraysh was about

  1. A
    300
  2. B
    1,000
  3. C
    3,000
  4. D
    10,000
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Answer: B. The Quraysh came with roughly a thousand men against about 313 Muslims, and the Muslims won. The figure of 3,000 belongs to Uhud and 10,000 to the Trench.

5. Which battle opened the way to the conquest of Persia in the time of Hazrat Umar (RA)?

  1. A
    Yarmuk
  2. B
    Qadisiyyah
  3. C
    Yamamah
  4. D
    Badr
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Answer: B. The victory at Qadisiyyah ended the main Persian resistance in Iraq. Yarmuk was the decisive battle against the Byzantines in Syria.

6. Which jurist founded the Hanafi school of law?

  1. A
    Imam Malik
  2. B
    Imam al-Shafi'i
  3. C
    Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
  4. D
    Imam Abu Hanifa
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Answer: D. Imam Abu Hanifa (Nu'man ibn Thabit) is the founder of the Hanafi school, which developed in Kufa.

7. The mahr (dower) in an Islamic marriage is the right of

  1. A
    the bride
  2. B
    the bride's father
  3. C
    the groom's family
  4. D
    the witnesses
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Answer: A. The Quran commands that the dower be given to women as a gift, so it belongs to the bride.

8. The Islamic calendar counts its years from

  1. A
    the birth of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
  2. B
    the first revelation in Cave Hira
  3. C
    the Hijrah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
  4. D
    the conquest of Makkah
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Answer: C. The Hijri era was fixed in the time of Hazrat Umar (RA) and counts from the Hijrah, not from the birth or first revelation.

9. The main theme of Surah Al-Ikhlas is

  1. A
    the Day of Judgement
  2. B
    the laws of inheritance
  3. C
    the oneness of Allah
  4. D
    the story of Maryam (AS)
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Answer: C. Surah Al-Ikhlas declares that Allah is One, self-sufficient, and neither begets nor is begotten. It is a short statement of pure tawhid.

10. Which of the following is NOT one of the six major hadith collections (al-Kutub al-Sittah)?

  1. A
    Sunan Ibn Majah
  2. B
    Musnad Ahmad
  3. C
    Sahih Muslim
  4. D
    Jami al-Tirmidhi
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Answer: B. The six are the collections of Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah. The Musnad of Imam Ahmad is a great work but is not counted among the six.

11. Islam sought to replace pre-Islamic tribal loyalty (asabiyyah) with

  1. A
    rule by the largest and strongest clan
  2. B
    the brotherhood of all believers in one ummah
  3. C
    loyalty to the chief of the Quraysh
  4. D
    respect for the customs of the ancestors
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Answer: B. The Quran says that the believers are brothers. Faith and piety, not tribe, became the basis of belonging.

12. Muhammad ibn Qasim conquered Sindh during the caliphate of

  1. A
    Muawiyah
  2. B
    Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
  3. C
    Al-Walid I
  4. D
    Hisham
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Answer: C. Muhammad ibn Qasim entered Sindh in 711-712 CE, in the reign of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I.

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