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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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Moderate
  • A. Dogmatic
  • B. Non-Dogmatic
  • C. Desirable knowledge
  • D. Both A&B

Explanation: Al-Ghazali’s broad division is between dogmatic knowledge and non-dogmatic knowledge.

Correct answer: Both A&B
Moderate
  • A. Acquisition of scientific knowledge and materialistic progress
  • B. Maximum understanding between the English and the Muslims could be obtained
  • C. A&B
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Sir Syed valued English both for gaining scientific knowledge and material progress and for improving understanding between Muslims and…

Correct answer: A&B
Fairly easy
  • A. To impart Islamic Education
  • B. To popularized western education among the Muslims of Subcontinent
  • C. To popularized Greek literature
  • D. To moralizing people

Explanation: The Muhammadan Educational Conference aimed mainly to promote modern and Western education among Indian Muslims.

Correct answer: To popularized western education among the Muslims of Subcontinent
Fairly easy
  • A. Quaid-e-Azam
  • B. Allama Iqbal
  • C. Al-Ghazali
  • D. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Educational Conference to coordinate Muslim educational reform and encourage modern learning.

Correct answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Fairly easy
  • A. 1887
  • B. 1886
  • C. 1888
  • D. 1889Science

Explanation: The first Muhammadan Educational Conference was held in 1886 at Aligarh under the leadership of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

Correct answer: 1886
Very hard
  • A. December 2,1967
  • B. August 01, 1867
  • C. January 12, 1868
  • D. March 12, 1869History

Explanation: Sir Syed presented the memorandum on the vernacular education scheme on 1 August 1867.

Correct answer: August 01, 1867
Moderate
  • A. Translation of books
  • B. Observing society
  • C. Help the students
  • D. All of these

Explanation: The Scientific Society translated important English works into Urdu so that modern scientific and social knowledge could reach Muslim…

Correct answer: Translation of books
Hard
  • A. Urdu
  • B. English
  • C. Arabic
  • D. Persian

Explanation: Persian was the instructional language in the Moradabad school, reflecting the continuing administrative and scholarly role of Persian in…

Correct answer: Persian
Hard
  • A. Delhi
  • B. Ghaziabad
  • C. Bombay
  • D. Murradabad

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established the orphanage at Moradabad for Muslim orphan children.

Correct answer: Murradabad
Moderate
  • A. Manners
  • B. Superstition
  • C. Tradition
  • D. Knowledge

Explanation: Superstition is an unsupported belief and cannot form part of genuine faith.

Correct answer: Superstition
Fairly easy
  • A. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  • B. Liaqat Ali Khan
  • C. Quaid-e-Azam
  • D. Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan promoted Western scientific and modern education among Indian Muslims, especially through the institutions that led to…

Correct answer: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Hard
  • A. 1846
  • B. 1845
  • C. 1847
  • D. 1848

Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan served at Fatehpur Sikri from 1841 until 1846. This period formed part of his early service in the judicial and…

Correct answer: 1846
Very hard
  • A. 1300
  • B. 1388
  • C. 1382
  • D. 1400

Explanation: Ibn Khaldun completed the first version of the Kitab al-Ibar, including its history of the Arabs and Berbers, in 1382.

Correct answer: 1382
Fairly easy
  • A. Governor
  • B. Teacher
  • C. Judge
  • D. Soldier

Explanation: Sir Syed joined the judicial service and worked as a judge or subordinate judicial officer.

Correct answer: Judge
Moderate
  • A. Kings
  • B. Leaders
  • C. High class people
  • D. Poor and slaves

Explanation: In the early period of Islam, many poor people and slaves accepted the message because it rejected social hierarchy and affirmed human…

Correct answer: Poor and slaves
Fairly easy
  • A. Greece
  • B. Eastern
  • C. Christian
  • D. Islamic

Explanation: Quran, Hadith, Tafsir and Usul al-Din are core subjects of the Islamic education system.

Correct answer: Islamic
Easy
  • A. Qayam Gah
  • B. Jadal
  • C. Suffah
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Suffah was the sheltered area of the Prophet's Mosque where poor Muslims, students and visitors stayed and learned.

Correct answer: Suffah
Hard
  • A. Scientific
  • B. Rational
  • C. Literature
  • D. Intuitive

Explanation: The traditional textbook answer is literature, linked with Allah teaching Adam the names and meanings of things.

Correct answer: Literature
Moderate
  • A. Persian
  • B. Arabic
  • C. English
  • D. Urdu

Explanation: Persian was the usual medium in the maktabs of the Subcontinent because it was the language of administration and much scholarly writing.

Correct answer: Persian
Moderate
  • A. Prophetic
  • B. Socialization
  • C. Earning money
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A Muslim teacher is expected to have a prophetic mission: imparting knowledge, developing character and guiding learners toward righteous…

Correct answer: Prophetic