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UPSC CDS Medieval Indian History — practice questions — page 5

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Mecca stood on the crossroads of a trade route between Yemen and which land?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was Muhammad forced to migrate from Mecca to Medina?Read the answer and worked solution →A Hijri lunar year has how many days?Read the answer and worked solution →The alms tax that helped the Medina community survive was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The first four caliphs ruled the umma during which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which first caliph suppressed the tribal revolts after the Prophet's death?Read the answer and worked solution →In the campaigns of 637-642 the Arabs took Syria, Iraq, Iran and which other land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religion did the Sasanian empire of Iran patronise?Read the answer and worked solution →The caliph's Bedouin soldiers settled in desert-edge camp cities such as Kufa and:Read the answer and worked solution →Jews and Christians who paid kharaj and jiziya were protected subjects called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ali's truce at Siffin split his followers. Those who left his camp were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Muawiya made himself caliph in 661 and founded which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Muawiya moved the capital of the caliphate to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Abd al-Malik built which monument in Jerusalem as a mark of Arab-Islamic identity?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abbasids replaced the Umayyads in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abbasid uprising broke out in which distant region?Read the answer and worked solution →Baghdad, the Abbasid capital, was built near the ruins of which ancient Iranian city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Shiite clan from the Caspian region captured Baghdad in 945?Read the answer and worked solution →The Fatimids conquered Egypt in 969 and founded which new capital?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ghaznavid sultanate was established in 961 by which Turkish commander?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Saljuq Turks restore Baghdad to Sunni rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Islamic dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the taxesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the caliphate datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the caliphal capitalsRead the answer and worked solution →Umayyad or AbbasidRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by originRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Islamic lands bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Genghis Khan was born around 1162 near which river in northern Mongolia?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Mecca stood on the crossroads of a trade route between Yemen and which land?

  1. Iran
  2. Syria
  3. Egypt
  4. Iraq
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Correct answer: B. Syria

1. Trade added to the city's importance. 2. The route ran from Yemen to Syria. 3. The shrine was also a sanctuary from violence. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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In which year was Muhammad forced to migrate from Mecca to Medina?

  1. 622
  2. 612
  3. 632
  4. 661
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Correct answer: A. 622

1. Affluent Meccans opposed the new faith. 2. The migration, hijra, took place in 622. 3. The Muslim calendar begins from this arrival. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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A Hijri lunar year has how many days?

  1. 336
  2. 354
  3. 365
  4. 360
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Correct answer: B. 354

1. It has 12 months of 29 or 30 days. 2. The year has 354 days. 3. It is about 11 days shorter than the solar year. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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