01 · Islamic Studies — Q1–20 — KIPS Mock Tests — CSS MPT 2026

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20 original questions + 20 related recall exercises. Study solutions, not an official KIPS key. Items with uncertain attribution are flagged.

Q1

The Nisab of Zakat on silver is:

(a) 40 Tolas

(b) 50 Tolas

(d) 52½ Tolas

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💡 Hint — try before revealing

Do not confuse the silver threshold with the much smaller gold threshold in tolas.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 52½ tolas

Reasoning: The conventional South Asian silver nisab is 52½ tolas, approximately 612.36 grams under the common tola conversion.

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Related practice: What is the conventional gold nisab in tolas?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 7½ tolas.

Why / remember: The conventional figures are silver 52½ tolas and gold 7½ tolas. They refer to different metals, not equal weights.
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Q2

The Prophet (PBUH) appointed Hazrat Muaz bin Jabal as governor of:

(a) Kufa

(b) Makkah

(d) Yemen

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Recall the Prophet’s instructions to Muadh on teaching belief, prayer and obligatory charity.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — Yemen

Reasoning: Muadh ibn Jabal was sent to Yemen to teach and administer Islamic affairs.

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Related practice: Which duty was taught after belief and prayer in the well-known instruction to Muadh?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Zakat.

Why / remember: The familiar sequence helps connect the appointment to instruction about zakat collected from the wealthy for eligible recipients.
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Q3

What was the name of the foster sister of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?

(a) Hazrat Salma (R.A.)

(b) Hazrat Ruqayyah (R.A.)

(d) Hazrat Shima (R.A.)

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Trace the relationship through Halimah’s household, not through biological siblings.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — Hazrat Shima

Reasoning: Al-Shayma, a daughter of Halimah, was the Prophet’s foster sister.

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Related practice: Who was the Prophet’s well-known foster mother from Banu Sa‘d?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Halimah al-Sa‘diyah.

Why / remember: Halimah was the foster mother; al-Shayma was her daughter and thus the foster sister.
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Q4

Namaz-e-Istisqa is the prayer for:

(a) Blessing of God

(b) Pardon

(d) Sleep

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The Arabic root relates to seeking water; contrast drought with eclipse prayers.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Rain

Reasoning: Istisqa means seeking rain; remember the association with drought.

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Related practice: What does Salat al-Kusuf concern?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: A solar eclipse.

Why / remember: Kusuf is associated with the solar eclipse; istisqa with seeking rain. Their purposes distinguish the prayer names.
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Q5

Makkah was conquered in:

(a) 5 A.H.

(b) 10 A.H.

(d) 8 A.H.

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Place the conquest between Hudaybiyah and the Farewell Hajj.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 8 AH

Reasoning: The conquest of Makkah occurred in Ramadan 8 AH, commonly dated 630 CE.

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Related practice: Which treaty preceded it in 6 AH?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Hudaybiyah.

Why / remember: The useful sequence is Hudaybiyah 6 AH → conquest 8 AH → Farewell Hajj 10 AH.
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Q6

Qurbani during Hajj is made at:

(a) Arafat

(b) Mina

(d) Safa

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Distinguish the sacrifice location from the standing at Arafat.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Mina

Reasoning: Mina is the principal Hajj sacrifice site; Arafat is associated with standing on 9 Dhul-Hijjah.

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Related practice: What festival begins on 10 Dhul-Hijjah?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Eid al-Adha.

Why / remember: Eid al-Adha begins on 10 Dhul-Hijjah, immediately after the day of Arafat.
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Q7

Jami-ul-Quran is associated with:

(a) Hazrat Ali

(b) Hazrat Saad

(d) Hazrat Masood

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The exam title usually refers to standardisation, not the initial collected manuscript.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Hazrat Usman

Reasoning: The title conventionally refers to Uthman’s standardised codices. Initial collection under Abu Bakr is a distinct stage.

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Related practice: Who headed the earlier compilation effort?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Zayd ibn Thabit.

Why / remember: Zayd ibn Thabit is associated with the collection under Abu Bakr and the later committee under Uthman; the supervising caliph differs by stage.
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Q8

The Pious Caliphate lasted for about:

(a) Eighteen years

(b) Twenty years

(d) Five years

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Use the span from the Prophet’s death to the beginning of the Umayyad period.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — About thirty years

Reasoning: The conventional Rashidun period runs from 632 to 661 CE, approximately thirty years.

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Related practice: Who was the first of the four Rashidun caliphs?

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Answer: Abu Bakr.

Why / remember: The standard four-caliph sequence is Abu Bakr → Umar → Uthman → Ali; the thirty-year convention may include Hasan’s brief period.
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Q9

The gathering on Arafat during Hajj takes place on:

(a) 9th Dhul-Hijjah

(b) 10th Dhul-Hijjah

(d) None of these

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The day of Arafat immediately precedes the day of sacrifice.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 9 Dhul-Hijjah

Reasoning: The standing at Arafat occurs on the ninth; sacrifice and major Eid rites follow on the tenth.

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Related practice: What is the day after Arafat called?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Yawm al-Nahr, the day of sacrifice.

Why / remember: Nahr means sacrifice/slaughter; Yawm al-Nahr is 10 Dhul-Hijjah.
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Q10

The first female market controller of Madina appointed by Hazrat Umar was:

(a) Samra bint Nuhaik

(b) Al-Shifa bint Abdullah

(d) None of these

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This is a conventional historical attribution whose formal details should not be overstated.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Al-Shifa bint Abdullah, conventional attribution

Reasoning: She is commonly associated with market supervision under Umar, but the precise formal appointment and the first-ever claim are historically debated.

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Related practice: What is the general term for market and public-morality oversight in classical administration?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Hisbah.

Why / remember: Hisbah denotes oversight of market conduct and public duties in classical administration; muhtasib is the associated officeholder term.
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Q11

The number of members in the committee constituted by Hazrat Umar to elect the next Caliph was:

(a) 6

(b) 4

(d) 5

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Distinguish the number of electors from the ordinal number of the next caliph.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Six

Reasoning: Umar nominated a council of six to select his successor, resulting in Uthman’s selection.

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Related practice: Which caliph succeeded Umar?

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Answer: Uthman.

Why / remember: Uthman was the third caliph in the conventional sequence, selected after Umar through the council process.
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Q12

Who was the author of Islam at the Crossroads?

(a) Talal Asad

(b) Abdullah Yusuf Ali

l(d) None of these

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Do not confuse the author Muhammad Asad with his son, anthropologist Talal Asad.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Muhammad Asad

Reasoning: Islam at the Crossroads is Muhammad Asad’s work; Talal Asad is a different scholar.

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Related practice: What was Muhammad Asad’s original name?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Leopold Weiss.

Why / remember: Leopold Weiss is the author’s birth name; Muhammad Asad is the name used for his Islamic writings.
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Q13

What is called Zulm-e-Azeem (the greatest injustice) in the Quran?

(a) Murder

(b) Shirk

(d) None of these

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💡 Hint — try before revealing

Read the advice of Luqman to his son in Quran 31:13.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Shirk

Reasoning: Quran 31:13 describes associating partners with Allah as a great injustice.

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Related practice: Which surah contains that advice to a son?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Luqman.

Why / remember: The father-to-son setting helps recall the surah: Luqman. The verse identifies shirk as grave injustice.
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Q14

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performed his last Hajj in:

(a) 8 A.H.

(b) 9 A.H.

(d) None of these

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The Farewell Hajj comes after Tabuk and shortly before the Prophet’s death.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 10 AH

Reasoning: The Farewell Hajj took place in 10 AH, conventionally 632 CE.

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Related practice: Which major sermon is associated with this pilgrimage?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The Farewell Sermon.

Why / remember: The sermon is associated with the final pilgrimage; the label is an event association, not a separate surah title.
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Q15

The last Ghazwa participated in which Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was:

(a) Tabuk

(b) Hunain

(d) None of these

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💡 Hint — try before revealing

An expedition need not culminate in combat to be counted as a ghazwa.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Tabuk

Reasoning: Tabuk in 9 AH is conventionally identified as the final expedition personally led by the Prophet; a battle did not actually occur there.

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Related practice: How does a ghazwa differ from a sariyyah in common terminology?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The Prophet personally participated in a ghazwa.

Why / remember: In common Seerah terminology, personal participation distinguishes a ghazwa from a dispatched sariyyah; Tabuk had no pitched battle.
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Q16

The Khutba of Hajj was delivered at:

(a) Masjid Khaif

(b) Masjid al-Haram

(d) None of these

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Think of the Arafat area, while distinguishing the event’s location from today’s building.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Masjid-e-Nimra, intended location

Reasoning: The Hajj sermon is associated with the Arafat/Namirah area. Avoid assuming the present mosque building existed in its current form then.

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Related practice: On which day is the Hajj sermon delivered?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 9 Dhul-Hijjah.

Why / remember: The Hajj sermon is delivered on the day of Arafat, 9 Dhul-Hijjah, before the rites of the tenth.
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Q17

Which Surah of the Quran does not begin with Bismillah?

(a) Al-Nahl

(b) Surah At-Tawbah

(d) Al-Noor

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Contrast a surah lacking the opening formula with one containing an extra occurrence in a letter.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — Al-Tawbah

Reasoning: Surah 9 does not begin with Bismillah in the standard mushaf.

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Related practice: Which surah contains Bismillah in a verse as well as at its opening?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Al-Naml.

Why / remember: Al-Naml 27:30 quotes Sulayman’s letter; Al-Tawbah lacks an opening Bismillah in the standard mushaf.
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Q18

The number of Surahs containing Huroof Muqatta'at is:

(a) 2 Surahs

(b) 9 Surahs

(d) 29 Surahs

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The question asks how many surahs contain the letters, not how many distinct letters are used.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 29 surahs

Reasoning: The disconnected opening letters appear at the beginnings of 29 surahs.

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Related practice: What term names these letters?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Huruf Muqatta‘at.

Why / remember: Muqatta‘at refers to the disconnected letters recited separately at the opening of certain surahs.
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Q19

How many times did Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) perform Umrah?

(a) One

(b) Two

(d) Four

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Use the traditional hadith count, which includes Hudaybiyah in the enumeration.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — Four

Reasoning: The traditional hadith count is four Umrahs, including the one associated with Hudaybiyah and the one with Hajj.

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Related practice: Was the Hudaybiyah pilgrimage completed in Makkah that year?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No; access was prevented, followed by a compensatory visit the next year.

Why / remember: The prevented visit occurred in 6 AH; the compensatory Umrah followed in 7 AH. This explains why simple counting of completed visits can mislead.
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Q20

A verse of the Holy Quran explicitly indicates the name of:

(a) Hazrat Zaid

(b) Hazrat Umar

(d) Hazrat Abu Bakr

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Distinguish Zayd ibn Harithah from Zayd ibn Thabit, the compiler.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Hazrat Zaid

Reasoning: Zayd ibn Harithah is named in Quran 33:37.

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Related practice: What number is Surah Al-Ahzab?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 33.

Why / remember: Al-Ahzab is Surah 33 and the explicit mention is verse 37; learn the full pair 33:37.
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