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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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- A. Discrimination
- B. Equality
- C. Simplicity
- D. Artificial environment
Explanation: Islamic education stresses equality because all people are equal in human worth and are judged by righteousness rather than birth or…
Correct answer: Equality- A. Quran
- B. Sunnah
- C. Hadith
- D. All of these
Explanation: The Quran provides the foundation, while the Sunnah and Hadith explain and demonstrate its teachings.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Character
- B. Piety
- C. Interest
- D. Intellectual ability
Explanation: Islam places superiority in taqwa, or piety and God-consciousness, not wealth, interest or intellectual ability.
Correct answer: Piety- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
Explanation: Early Islamic education commonly distinguished two broad classes of teachers, associated with basic instruction and higher religious…
Correct answer: 2- A. Architecture
- B. Reading
- C. Book binding
- D. Calligraphy
Explanation: Calligraphy received sustained emphasis because preserving and copying the Quran and other scholarly works required skilled writing.
Correct answer: Calligraphy- A. The Holy Prophet (SAW)
- B. Ibn-e-Sina
- C. Ibn-e-Khaldun
- D. Al-Ghazali
Explanation: The saying warns that knowledge becomes harmful when it is not translated into conduct, a principle traditionally attributed to the Holy…
Correct answer: The Holy Prophet (SAW)- A. Imam Muhammad Ahmad
- B. Imam Ghazali
- C. Prophet Noah (AS)
- D. The Holy Prophet (PBUH)
Explanation: The Prophet Muhammad established Dar al-Arqam in Makkah and developed the Suffah at the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah as centres of…
Correct answer: The Holy Prophet (PBUH)- A. Revealed knowledge
- B. Acquired knowledge
- C. Scientific knowledge
- D. None of these
Explanation: Knowledge derived from the Quran, Sunnah, and their principles is called revealed knowledge because its primary source is divine…
Correct answer: Revealed knowledge- A. The acquired knowledge
- B. The learned knowledge
- C. The revealed knowledge
- D. None of these
Explanation: Revealed knowledge is regarded in Islamic educational thought as supreme because its source is divine and it guides both belief and…
Correct answer: The revealed knowledge- A. Reading books
- B. Through revelation
- C. Research
- D. Seeing
Explanation: Scientific knowledge develops through observation and experience, but these become reliable knowledge through systematic research.
Correct answer: Research- A. Pre-Makatab education
- B. Post Maktab education
- C. Post-graduate education
- D. All of these
Explanation: Maktab generally provided elementary instruction, while a madrasa offered more advanced, post-Maktab learning in religious and other…
Correct answer: Post Maktab education- A. PPSC
- B. Competitive examination
- C. Education departmental authority
- D. King/Caliph
Explanation: In Muslim states, the ruler or caliph commonly established and appointed authorities for madrasas through state patronage.
Correct answer: King/Caliph- A. Home
- B. School
- C. Society
- D. Mosque
Explanation: The mosque served as the earliest central institution for Islamic learning, worship, and community instruction, making it a key instrument…
Correct answer: Mosque- A. Quran
- B. Hadith
- C. Sunnah
- D. All of these
Explanation: Quran, Hadith and Sunnah together provide the foundational religious knowledge required in an Islamic education system.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Social justice
- B. Peace and pleasure
- C. Moral and spiritual values
- D. All of these
Explanation: The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) developed a society based on social justice, peace and moral-spiritual conduct.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Calligraphy
- B. Painting
- C. Sculpture
- D. Bookkeeping
Explanation: Calligraphy developed especially strongly in Muslim civilization because writing the Quran beautifully was highly valued.
Correct answer: Calligraphy- A. Sand
- B. Aizaz
- C. Ijaza
- D. None of these
Explanation: Ijaza was a certificate or authorization granted by a qualified teacher showing that a student had completed or mastered a particular…
Correct answer: Ijaza- A. Iranian
- B. Persian
- C. Greece
- D. A&B
Explanation: Al-Ghazali was a Persian Muslim scholar born in the region of Tus in present-day Iran, so both Persian and Iranian describe him in the…
Correct answer: A&B- A. 1158
- B. 1099
- C. 1059
- D. 1058
Explanation: Al-Ghazali was born in 1058 AD at or near Tus in Khorasan. The commonly cited year is 1058, not 1059 or 1099.
Correct answer: 1058- A. To achieve happiness close to God
- B. To achieve success in every field of life
- C. To get knowledge where he can
- D. To work more and more
Explanation: For Al-Ghazali, the ultimate goal of human life is true happiness through nearness to God, not merely worldly success or the accumulation…
Correct answer: To achieve happiness close to God