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Ubdul Rehman I built an <u>aqueduct </u>for the supply of pure water to the capital. |
- A. A stream
- B. Water-conveying channel
- C. Water tank
- D. Small dam
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2 |
The Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad appointed a governor of sapin to _______ his rule |
- A. Contact
- B. Accept
- C. Context
- D. Contest
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3 |
Al-Hakam, probably the best scholar among Moslem caliphs, personally _________ several of these books |
- A. used
- B. destroyed
- C. sold
- D. tore
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4 |
His maternal uncles were Berbers from the district of North. |
- A. Carolina
- B. Africa
- C. Europe
- D. Australia
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5 |
He was in a Bedouin camp on the left bank of the........... River one day. |
- A. Euphrates
- B. Indus
- C. Tigris
- D. Nile
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6 |
Cordova yielded in magnificence only to _________ and Contantionople |
- A. London
- B. Paris
- C. Berlin
- D. Baghdad
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7 |
The books thus gathered numbered 400,000, their titles filling a catalogue of ________ volumes |
- A. ten
- B. forty four
- C. twenty two
- D. five
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8 |
His brother heeded the ______ shouted from the bank that he would be unharmed if he returned |
- A. Admonishes
- B. Threats
- C. Reassurances
- D. Warnings
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9 |
Cordova <u>yielded </u>in magnificence only to Baghdad and Constantinople. |
- A. Was after
- B. Was inferior
- C. Stood worse
- D. Gave way
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10 |
The Mosque of Cordova was ________ and enlarged by his successors |
- A. completed
- B. curtailed
- C. minimised
- D. shortened
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