Islamic History & Culture

The Revivalist Movements in The Muslim World MCQs with Answer

The Wahhabi movement originated in which region?
A) Persia
B) Arabia
C) Egypt
D) Turkey

Answer
B) Arabia

Who was the founder of the Wahhabi movement?
A) Sayyid Qutb
B) Hassan al-Banna
C) Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
D) Jamal al-Din Afghani

Answer
C) Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

The Deobandi movement emerged in which country?
A) Iran
B) India
C) Turkey
D) Pakistan

Answer
B) India

What was the primary goal of the Deobandi movement?
A) Political activism
B) Revival of Islamic teachings
C) Economic prosperity
D) Military expansion

Answer
B) Revival of Islamic teachings

Which Islamic thinker is associated with Pan-Islamism?
A) Rashid Rida
B) Jamal al-Din Afghani
C) Syed Ahmad Khan
D) Muhammad Abduh

Answer
B) Jamal al-Din Afghani

The Aligarh Movement was led by:
A) Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Allama Iqbal
C) Sayyid Qutb
D) Maulana Maududi

Answer
A) Syed Ahmad Khan

Which movement aimed to establish an Islamic state based on Sharia?
A) Wahhabi Movement
B) Muslim Brotherhood
C) Tablighi Jamaat
D) Sufi Orders

Answer
B) Muslim Brotherhood

Who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?
A) Jamal al-Din Afghani
B) Muhammad Abduh
C) Hassan al-Banna
D) Sayyid Qutb

Answer
C) Hassan al-Banna

The Tablighi Jamaat movement was founded in which country?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Iran
D) Saudi Arabia

Answer
B) India

What is the main focus of Tablighi Jamaat?
A) Military resistance
B) Political activism
C) Personal piety and missionary work
D) Economic development

Answer
C) Personal piety and missionary work

Which thinker promoted the concept of Islamic modernism?
A) Sayyid Qutb
B) Muhammad Abduh
C) Hassan al-Banna
D) Abu A’la Maududi

Answer
B) Muhammad Abduh

The Khilafat Movement in India aimed to protect:
A) The Ottoman Caliphate
B) The Mughal Empire
C) The British Monarchy
D) The Abbasid Caliphate

Answer
A) The Ottoman Caliphate

Which revivalist movement emphasized strict adherence to the Quran and Hadith?
A) Salafi Movement
B) Sufi Orders
C) Islamic Modernism
D) Ismaili Movement

Answer
A) Salafi Movement

Which book by Sayyid Qutb advocated for an Islamic revolution?
A) Al-Muwatta
B) Milestones
C) The Reconstruction of Religious Thought
D) Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Answer
B) Milestones

Who founded Jamaat-e-Islami?
A) Sayyid Qutb
B) Syed Ahmad Khan
C) Abu A’la Maududi
D) Muhammad Iqbal

Answer
C) Abu A’la Maududi

Which revivalist movement played a major role in the creation of Pakistan?
A) Wahhabi Movement
B) Aligarh Movement
C) Deobandi Movement
D) Salafi Movement

Answer
B) Aligarh Movement

Who is associated with the idea of “spiritual democracy” in Islamic thought?
A) Muhammad Abduh
B) Muhammad Iqbal
C) Hassan al-Banna
D) Jamal al-Din Afghani

Answer
B) Muhammad Iqbal

Which country experienced an Islamic Revolution in 1979?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Iran
C) Egypt
D) Turkey

Answer
B) Iran

Which revivalist movement emphasizes returning to the practices of the early Muslims?
A) Barelvi Movement
B) Salafi Movement
C) Deobandi Movement
D) Sufi Orders

Answer
B) Salafi Movement

Which scholar is known for promoting “Islamic socialism”?
A) Sayyid Qutb
B) Abu A’la Maududi
C) Jamal al-Din Afghani
D) Ali Shariati

Answer
D) Ali Shariati

The Faraizi Movement was launched in:
A) Turkey
B) Egypt
C) Bengal
D) Arabia

Answer
C) Bengal

Which revivalist movement sought to remove un-Islamic practices from South Asia?
A) Wahhabi Movement
B) Faraizi Movement
C) Salafi Movement
D) Muslim Brotherhood

Answer
B) Faraizi Movement

Which Islamic scholar is famous for the concept of “Hakimiyyah” (God’s sovereignty)?
A) Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Muhammad Abduh
C) Sayyid Qutb
D) Allama Iqbal

Answer
C) Sayyid Qutb

Which Sufi revivalist movement was founded by Shah Waliullah?
A) Naqshbandi Order
B) Chishti Order
C) Mujaddidiyya Movement
D) Barelvi Movement

Answer
C) Mujaddidiyya Movement

The movement led by Shah Waliullah aimed at:
A) Political control
B) Islamic spiritual revival
C) Economic reform
D) Military expansion

Answer
B) Islamic spiritual revival

Which movement was a response to European colonial rule in the Muslim world?
A) Khilafat Movement
B) Faraizi Movement
C) Deobandi Movement
D) Sufi Orders

Answer
A) Khilafat Movement

The Barelvi movement primarily focuses on:
A) Islamic modernism
B) Political activism
C) Sufism and devotion to the Prophet
D) Establishing an Islamic state

Answer
C) Sufism and devotion to the Prophet

Which scholar criticized Western influence and emphasized the need for an Islamic government?
A) Syed Ahmad Khan
B) Jamal al-Din Afghani
C) Muhammad Abduh
D) Rashid Rida

Answer
B) Jamal al-Din Afghani

Which revivalist movement sought to establish a strict interpretation of Islamic law?
A) Deobandi Movement
B) Salafi Movement
C) Muslim Brotherhood
D) Faraizi Movement

Answer
B) Salafi Movement

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