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Curriculum development involves deciding what learners should know, how they should learn it and how achievement will be judged. Coverage includes needs analysis, aims and objectives, content selection and sequencing, learning experiences, curriculum design models, implementation, evaluation and revision. Curriculum is broader than a syllabus because it includes learning experiences and assessment as well as content.
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221. How many students are reported to be educated simultaneously at Suffah________________________?
- A. Twenty
- B. Forty
- C. Fifty
- D. Seventy
Explanation: The Suffah at the Prophet's Mosque served as an early centre of learning for poor and travelling Muslims.
Correct answer: Seventy- A. Spiritual
- B. Social
- C. Educational
- D. All of these
Explanation: The Prophet's mission transformed spiritual beliefs, social relations and the value of education.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Haqooq Allah
- B. Love and respect
- C. Haqooq-ul-Ibad
- D. All of these
Explanation: Islamic education connects duties toward Allah with duties toward people, while love and respect guide both relationships.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Islamic values
- B. Religious norms
- C. Beliefs and practices
- D. All of these
Explanation: Culture reflects a society's values, religious norms, beliefs and practical behaviour.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Christians
- B. Hindus
- C. Muslims
- D. Parsee
Explanation: The maktab and madrassa developed as institutions of Muslim education, teaching Qur'an, religious knowledge and related subjects.
Correct answer: Muslims- A. Economic
- B. Trading
- C. Religious education
- D. Literature
Explanation: Al-Ghazali gave primary importance to religious education because it guides conduct and prepares students for their moral and spiritual…
Correct answer: Religious education- A. Purely religious
- B. Purely scientific
- C. Purely humanitarian
- D. Purely natural sciences
Explanation: In the early Islamic period, the higher curriculum centred on Qur'an, Hadith, faith, worship and moral conduct.
Correct answer: Purely religious- A. Four
- B. Six
- C. Two
- D. Three
Explanation: Al-Ghazali broadly divided the curriculum into obligatory and optional studies.
Correct answer: Two- A. Optional sciences
- B. Obligatory sciences
- C. Revealed sciences
- D. None of these
Explanation: Optional sciences are selected according to students' interests, wishes and capacities.
Correct answer: Optional sciences- A. Ibn-e-Rushd
- B. Ibn-e-Khaldun
- C. Avicena
- D. Al-Ghazali
Explanation: Keemya-e-Saadat, meaning the Alchemy of Happiness, is a well-known ethical and spiritual work by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali.
Correct answer: Al-Ghazali- A. Hadith
- B. Quran
- C. Jurisprudence
- D. Agriculture
Explanation: In the simplified classification used in this question, Qur'an, Hadith and jurisprudence are obligatory religious knowledge, whereas…
Correct answer: Agriculture- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Six
- D. Eight
Explanation: Ibn-e-Khaldun proposed three broad stages or periods for effective curriculum and instruction, moving learners progressively from basic…
Correct answer: Three- A. Imam Al-Ghazali
- B. Ibn-e-Khaldun
- C. Allama Iqbal
- D. Aveecina
Explanation: Al-Ghazali classified religious duties into Farz-e-Ain, obligatory for every individual, and Farz-e-Kifaya, obligatory for the community…
Correct answer: Imam Al-Ghazali- A. Good manners
- B. Personality
- C. Steps for balanced development are taken up
- D. All of the following
Explanation: Islamic education gives priority to good manners, sound personality and balanced development, so all three statements are included.
Correct answer: All of the following- A. Hazrat Ali
- B. Umar Farooq
- C. Hazrat Abu Baker
- D. Hazrat Usman
Explanation: Shah Waliullah’s lineage is traditionally traced through his paternal ancestors to Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam.
Correct answer: Umar Farooq- A. Shah Jahan
- B. Aurangzaib
- C. Akbar
- D. Shah Alam II
Explanation: Shah Waliullah died in 1762, during the reign of Shah Alam II, who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1759 to 1806.
Correct answer: Shah Alam II- A. Science
- B. Philosophy
- C. Psychology
- D. Islam
Explanation: As an Islamic thinker, Shah Waliullah based the aims of education on the fundamental principles of Islam rather than on secular…
Correct answer: Islam- A. Yahya
- B. Imam Al-Ghazali
- C. Imam Maalik
- D. Ibn-e-Khaldun
Explanation: Al-Muwatta, one of the earliest major collections of Hadith and legal traditions, was compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas.
Correct answer: Imam Maalik- A. Hadith
- B. Quran
- C. Jurisprudence
- D. Quranic translations
Explanation: The Quran is the foundational text of Islamic education, while Hadith and jurisprudence are generally studied as related supporting…
Correct answer: Quran- A. Bombay
- B. Dehli
- C. Ameristar
- D. Bangal
Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi in 1817, a major centre of Mughal culture and learning.
Correct answer: Dehli