1 |
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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2 |
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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3 |
Ubdul Rehman I <u>barely </u>escaped assassination (political murder) in North Africa. |
- A. Slowly
- B. Cleverly
- C. Hardly
- D. Narrowly
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4 |
The older boy (Ubdul Rehman)<u>gained </u>the opposite bank. |
- A. Found
- B. Reached
- C. Obtained
- D. Touched
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5 |
His reign and that of his two immediate successors mark the .......... of Moslem rule in the west. |
- A. lowest
- B. Height
- C. Degeneration
- D. Depth
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6 |
The raising of silkworms <u>thrived</u> in Muslim Spain. |
- A. Grew quickly
- B. Progressed
- C. Bacame profitable
- D. Expanded
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7 |
Spain had thus been the first province to shake ________ the authority of the recognized caliph in Islam |
- A. on
- B. of
- C. off
- D. for
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8 |
Accession of the Abbasids to the ______ was signalised |
- A. Emirate
- B. Baronage
- C. Caliphate
- D. Parsonage
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9 |
The Mosque of Cordova was ________ and enlarged by his successors |
- A. completed
- B. curtailed
- C. minimised
- D. shortened
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10 |
All this when in Christian __________ only the rudiments of learning were known |
- A. Asia
- B. Africa
- C. America
- D. Europe
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