1. Who succeeded Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) as the second caliph of Islam?
(A) Hazrat Ali (RA)
(B) Hazrat Uthman (RA)
(C) Hazrat Umar (RA)
(D) Hazrat Talha (RA)
2. Hazrat Umar (RA) is known for introducing which system in Islamic administration?
(A) Iqta system
(B) Zakat exemption system
(C) Diwan system (state registers)
(D) Trade monopolies
3. Which administrative office did Hazrat Umar (RA) establish to manage state correspondence and records?
(A) Diwan al-Mal
(B) Diwan al-Jund
(C) Diwan al-Zakat
(D) Diwan al-Rasa’il
4. Hazrat Umar (RA) appointed governors for provinces to ensure:
(A) Military training only
(B) Expansion of trade
(C) Building mosques only
(D) Tax collection and justice
5. Hazrat Umar (RA) is credited with expanding the Islamic empire into:
(A) Spain and France
(B) Egypt, Syria, Persia, and Iraq
(C) China and India
(D) Arabia only
6. Which city became the capital during Hazrat Umar’s (RA) caliphate?
(A) Madinah
(B) Makkah
(C) Kufa
(D) Damascus
7. Hazrat Umar (RA) introduced which new type of administrative division?
(A) Provinces (Wilayat)
(B) Districts (Qura)
(C) Villages only
(D) Military camps
8. Hazrat Umar (RA) appointed judges in provinces to:
(A) Build schools
(B) Only collect taxes
(C) Write poetry
(D) Maintain law and order and justice
9. Hazrat Umar (RA) established Diwan al-Jund to manage:
(A) Judicial cases only
(B) Agricultural projects
(C) Trade policies
(D) Military affairs and salaries
10. Which of the following was a major reform by Hazrat Umar (RA) in public finance?
(A) Abolishing taxes
(B) Systematic collection and distribution of zakat and state revenue
(C) Lending money to neighboring states
(D) Trading in foreign goods
11. Hazrat Umar (RA) built roads and bridges to:
(A) Facilitate trade and military movements
(B) Decorate cities
(C) Collect tolls
(D) Teach people
12. Hazrat Umar (RA) introduced the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal) to:
(A) Build palaces
(B) Store state revenue and manage public funds
(C) Pay only military officers
(D) Fund mosques alone
13. Hazrat Umar (RA) emphasized welfare by:
(A) Collecting taxes from the poor
(B) Building castles only
(C) Giving stipends to the poor, widows, and orphans
(D) Funding military campaigns only
14. Hazrat Umar (RA) appointed supervisors to monitor:
(A) Only mosques
(B) Only schools
(C) Public markets and quality of goods
(D) Only military camps
15. Hazrat Umar (RA) is known for organizing:
(A) Festivals
(B) Only military training
(C) Poetry competitions
(D) Census of Muslims and non-Muslims
16. Hazrat Umar (RA) built which administrative city in Iraq?
(A) Basra
(B) Baghdad
(C) Damascus
(D) Kufa
17. Hazrat Umar (RA) built which city as a military and administrative center in southern Iraq?
(A) Medina
(B) Damascus
(C) Basra
(D) Kufa
18. Hazrat Umar (RA) implemented welfare programs for:
(A) Only poets
(B) Only rulers
(C) Only merchants
(D) Disabled soldiers and needy citizens
19. Hazrat Umar (RA) introduced which principle for justice?
(A) Equal treatment of Muslims and non-Muslims
(B) Only Muslims receive justice
(C) Only wealthy citizens receive justice
(D) Only rulers are protected
20. Hazrat Umar (RA) is known for establishing which type of state offices?
(A) Only literary
(B) Financial, military, and judicial
(C) Only religious
(D) Only foreign relations
21. Hazrat Umar (RA) personally inspected:
(A) Prisons, markets, and roads
(B) Only palaces
(C) Only mosques
(D) Only farms
22. Hazrat Umar (RA) divided the army into:
(A) Standing units with salaries
(B) Temporary volunteers only
(C) Tribal militia only
(D) Foreign mercenaries only
23. Hazrat Umar (RA) introduced which new practice for public safety?
(A) Road toll collection
(B) Fire brigades
(C) Police force (Shurta)
(D) Public schools
24. Hazrat Umar (RA) improved which sector to expand trade?
(A) Only mosques
(B) Only marketplaces
(C) Roads and bridges
(D) Only ports
25. Hazrat Umar (RA) made which reforms in tax collection?
(A) Fixed high taxes for all
(B) Fair assessment based on land and income
(C) No taxes
(D) Random collection
26. Hazrat Umar (RA) expanded Islam into:
(A) Spain only
(B) Persia, Egypt, Levant, and parts of North Africa
(C) India only
(D) Arabia only
27. Hazrat Umar (RA) ensured justice by appointing:
(A) Qadis (judges) in every province
(B) Military leaders only
(C) Tax collectors only
(D) Poets only
28. Hazrat Umar (RA) improved urban planning by:
(A) Only digging wells
(B) Only building palaces
(C) Building streets, mosques, and public facilities
(D) Only planting gardens
29. Hazrat Umar (RA) introduced which policy for army salaries?
(A) Payment only during wars
(B) Regular pay through Diwan al-Jund
(C) Payment in kind only
(D) No payment system
30. Hazrat Umar (RA) visited provinces personally to:
(A) Celebrate festivals
(B) Inspect governance and justice
(C) Learn poetry
(D) Build palaces
31. Hazrat Umar (RA) established market regulations to:
(A) Tax merchants heavily
(B) Increase prices only
(C) Support wealthy merchants
(D) Prevent hoarding and cheating
32. Hazrat Umar (RA) is known for creating a system of:
(A) Foreign trade restrictions
(B) Monopolies
(C) Public welfare and pensions
(D) Private army only
33. Hazrat Umar (RA) expanded Islamic rule into which region?
(A) Levant and Mesopotamia
(B) Spain only
(C) North Africa only
(D) China only
34. Hazrat Umar (RA) divided conquered lands into:
(A) Private estates
(B) Tribal areas only
(C) Military zones only
(D) Provinces with appointed governors
35. Hazrat Umar (RA) ensured transparency in treasury by:
(A) Giving money to relatives
(B) Appointing auditors and supervisors
(C) Hiding funds
(D) Using it for private purposes
36. Hazrat Umar (RA) is remembered for:
(A) Building palaces only
(B) Strong leadership, justice, and administrative reforms
(C) Writing poetry
(D) Foreign diplomacy only
37. Hazrat Umar (RA) improved communication by:
(A) Establishing couriers for fast correspondence
(B) Writing letters only himself
(C) Using smoke signals
(D) Using pigeons only
38. Hazrat Umar (RA) is credited with introducing:
(A) Poetry collections
(B) Only oral traditions
(C) Personal diaries
(D) Systematic state record keeping (Diwans)
39. Hazrat Umar (RA) conducted surveys to:
(A) Collect poetry
(B) Assess land, population, and taxes
(C) Collect military songs
(D) Build only mosques
40. Hazrat Umar (RA) implemented welfare measures for:
(A) Only soldiers
(B) Only rulers
(C) Only merchants
(D) Poor, orphans, widows, and disabled