PPSC Islamic Studies MCQs

Al-Masjid al-Aqsa is the destination named in the Qur'anic account of Al-Isra.
It is one of Islam's sacred mosques.

Early Muslims initially faced toward Jerusalem in prayer.
The qiblah was later changed to the Ka'bah in Makkah.

Masjid al-Qiblatayn means the mosque of the two qiblahs.
It is associated with the change from Jerusalem to Makkah.

The Zamzam well is located within the Sacred Mosque area.
Islamic tradition links it with Hajar's search for water for Ismail.

Muharram is the first month of the Hijri calendar.
It is also one of the sacred months.

Dhul-Hijjah is the twelfth Islamic month.
The main rites of Hajj occur during it.

The Islamic calendar contains twelve lunar months.
Its year is shorter than the solar year.

Islamic teaching identifies four sacred months.
They are Muharram, Rajab, Dhul-Qa'dah, and Dhul-Hijjah.

Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
Eid al-Fitr occurs on its first day.

Ibn Hisham's Sirah is one of the best-known early biographies of the Prophet.
It preserves edited material from Ibn Ishaq's earlier work.

Abu Yusuf wrote Kitab al-Kharaj for the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
The work discusses taxation, land revenue, and public justice.

Imam al-Ghazali wrote Ihya Ulum al-Din, or Revival of the Religious Sciences.
It combines worship, ethics, spirituality, and social conduct.