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JAMAL MOHAMED COLLEGE (Autonomous)

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 020
Objective Type Questions
Department of ARABIC I UG Semester : I
BASIC ARABIC I

1. The Arabic alphabet consists of ______________ letters.

(a) twenty six (b) twenty seven (c) twenty eight (d) twenty nine

2. The Arabs call their language ____________ .

(a) the language of ‫( ص‬b) the language of ‫ض‬

(c) the language of ‫( ق‬d) the language of ‫س‬

3. What is meant by “diacritical points” ?

(a) ‫نقطة‬ (b) ‫( فتحة‬c) ‫( كربة‬d) ‫كسرة‬

4. The letter ‫ ت‬when used as a feminine ending of nouns and adjective is shaped

(a) ‫ت‬ (b) ‫ة‬ (c) ‫ى‬ (d) ‫ا‬

5. A Vowel in Arabic is called ________ .

(a) ‫حركة‬ (b) ‫متحرك‬ (c) ‫ساكن‬ (d) ‫فتحة‬

6. A consonant with a vowel sign is called _______ .

(a) ‫حركة‬ (b) ‫متحرك‬ (c) ‫ساكن‬ (d) ‫فتحة‬

7. A consonant without a vowel sign is called _________ .

(a) ‫حركة‬ (b) ‫متحرك‬ (c) ‫ساكن‬ (d) ‫فتحة‬

8. Shadda is known as _________ .

(a) Doubled consonant (b) Nunation (c) Diphthong (d) Vowel

9. Tanween is known as _________ .

(a) Doubled consonant (b) Nunation (c) Diphthong (d) Vowel

10. Three of the consonants ________ are named as ‫حروف العلة‬

(a) ‫ا و د‬ (b) ‫ا و ي‬ (c) ‫( ا د ي‬d) ‫ا ر ي‬

11. The definite article of Arabic is _________ .

(a) ‫( ل ر‬b) ‫( ا ل‬c) ‫ق ل‬ (d) ‫ك ل‬

12. Sun letter among these letters is _________ .

(a) ‫ق‬ (b) ‫ك‬ (c) ‫ش‬ (d) ‫م‬

13. Moon letter among these letters is _________ .

(a) ‫( ص‬b) ‫ض‬ (c) ‫ن‬ (d) ‫ق‬

14. ‫ شمس‬means ________ .

(a) Star (b) Sun (c) Moon (d) Sky

15. Find out the example for ‫األلف المقصورة‬

(a) ‫( حمراء‬b) ‫( سوداء‬c) ‫( عيسى‬d) ‫بيضاء‬

16. Find out the example for ‫األلف الممدودة‬

(a) ‫( موسى‬b) ‫( سمى‬c) ‫( حيثما‬d) ‫حمراء‬

17. ‫ أجزاء الكالم‬means _________ .

(a) Parts of Noun (b) Parts of speech (c) Parts of particle (d) Parts of verb

18. ‫ فعل‬means _________ .

(a) Noun (b) Particle (c) Verb (d) Adjective

19. ‫ إسم‬means _________ .

(a) Noun (b) Particle (c) Verb (d) Adjective

20. ‫ حرف‬means _________ .

(a) Noun (b) Particle (c) Verb (d) Adjective

21. ______ does not accept any of the characteristics of the noun or the verb.

(a) Noun (b) Particle (c) Verb (d) Adjective

22. The term ____ includes the noun, the pronouns adjectives, adverb, participles,

interjections.

(a) ‫( إسم‬b) ‫( فعل‬c) ‫( حرف‬d) ‫صفة‬

23. The adjective in Arabic is __________ .

(a) ‫( الصفة‬b) ‫( الموصوف‬c) ‫المفرد‬ (d) ‫المنعوت‬

24. If the noun is masculine, the adjective must also be _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) dual (d) plural

25. If the noun is feminine, the adjective must also be _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) dual (d) plural

26. If the noun is dual, the adjective must also be _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) dual (d) plural

27. If the noun is plural, the adjective must also be _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) dual (d) plural

28. ‫ مذ ّكر‬means _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) dual (d) plural

29. ‫ مؤ ّنث‬means _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) dual (d) plural

30. ‫ مؤ ّنث حقيقي‬means _________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) real feminine (d) unreal feminine

31. ‫ مؤ ّنث غير حقيقي‬means ________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) real feminine (d) unreal feminine

32. Names of countries, cities and tribes are __________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) real feminine (d) unreal feminine

33. If the verb is masculine, its subject is ___________ .

(a) masculine (b) feminine (c) real feminine (d) unreal feminine

34. ‫ تثنية‬means ___________ .

(a) singular (b) dual (c) plural (d) feminine

35. English equivalent of "‫ "بيت‬is __________.

(a) girl (b) big (c) sea (d) house

36. Arabic equivalent of “pen” is __________ .

(a) ‫( قلم‬b) ‫( وجه‬c) ‫( قلب‬d) ‫كتاب‬

37. ‫ جمع‬means ____________ .

(a) singular (b) dual (c) plural (d) feminine

38. ‫ الجمع السالم‬means ___________ .

(a) singular (b) plural (c) sound plural (d) broken plural

39. ‫سر‬
ّ ‫ الجمع المك‬means __________ .

(a) singular (b) plural (c) sound plural (d) broken plural

40. The dual is formed by adding _____ or _____ to the singular.

(a) ‫ ون‬, ‫( ين‬b) ‫ ين‬, ‫( ان‬c) ‫ ون‬, ‫( ات‬d) ‫ ون‬, ‫ان‬

41. ‫ مفرد‬means ___________ .

(a) singular (b) dual (c) plural (d) feminine

42. Both subject and predicate are ____________ .

(a) Nunation (b) Accusative case (c) Genitive case (d) Nominative case

43. ‫ الجملة اإلسمية‬means ___________ .

(a) Nominal sentence (b) Subject (c) Predicate (d) Nunation

44. Generally ‫ المبتدأ‬would be __________ .

(a) Definite (b) Indefinite (c) Singular (d) Plural

45. ‫ الخبر‬would be ___________ .

(a) Definite (b) Indefinite (c) Singular (d) Plural

46.The predicate has to agree with its ______ in respect of number and gender.

(a) Nominal sentence (b) Subject (c) Predicate (d) Nunation

47. Both ‫ مضاف‬and ‫ مضاف إليه‬are ___________ .

(a) Verbs (b) Nouns (c) Particle (d) Adjective

48. ‫ مضاف‬will not accept the ____________ .

(a) definite article (b) subject (c) predicate (d) nouns

49. ‫ مضاف‬will not accept the ____________ .

(a) nunation (b) subject (c) predicate (d) nouns

50. ‫ مضاف‬would be __________ .

(a) definite (b) indefinite (c) particle (d) noun

51. ‫ مضاف إليه‬ends in ___________ .

(a) the nominative case (b) the accusative case

(c) the genitive case (d) the predicate

52. ‫ هو‬means ___________ .

(a) He (b) She (c) They (d) Them

53. ‫هي‬means __________ .

(a) He (b) She (c) They (d) Them

54. ‫ هم‬means _________ .

(a) He (b) She (c) They (d) Them

55. ‫ أنت‬means _________ .

(a) He (b) She (c) They (d) Them

56. ‫ أنا‬means __________ .

(a) He (b) She (c) I (d) Them

57. ‫ كتابك‬means _________.

(a) His book (b) Her book (c) Your book (d) My book

58. ‫ قلمه‬means __________ .

(a) His pen (b) Her pen (c) Your pen (d) My pen

59. What is meant by ‫? األسماء اإلشارة‬

(a) Relative pronouns (b) Demonstrative pronouns (c) Pronouns (d) Nouns

60. What is meant by ‫? األسماء الموصولة‬

(a) Relative pronouns (b) Demonstrative pronouns (c) Pronouns (d) Nouns
61. ‫ هذا‬means _________ .

(a) He (b) Its (c) This (d) That

62. ‫ الضمائر المتصلة‬means __________ .

(a) Relative pronouns (b) Demonstrative pronouns

(c) Attached pronouns (d) Pronouns

63. ‫ من‬means __________ .

(a) Who (b) What (c) When (d) How

64. ‫ ما‬means __________.

(a) Who (b) What (c) When (d) How

65. ‫ كيف‬means _________ .

(a) Who (b) What (c) When (d) How

66. ‫ متى‬means __________ .

(a) Who (b) What (c) When (d) How

67. Arabic equivalent for “why” .

(a) ‫لماذا‬ (b) ‫( متى‬c) ‫( كيف‬d) ‫من‬

68. Arabic equivalent for “which” .

(a) ‫أي‬ (b) ‫( متى‬c) ‫( كيف‬d) ‫من‬

69. ‫ حروف الجر‬means __________ .

(a) Nouns (b) Verbs (c) Particles (d) Prepositions

70. Nouns followed by prepositions are in ____________ .

(a) the nominative case (b) the accusative case

(c) the genitive case (d) the predicate

71. Which of these letters is Inseperableprepositions ?

(a) ‫( ب‬b) ‫( في‬c) ‫( على‬d) ‫إلى‬

72. ‫ الجملة الفعلية‬means _________ .

(a) Nominal sentence (b) Verbal sentence (c) Normal sentence (d) Sentence

73. ‫ الفعل الماضي‬means ________ .

(a) The past tense (b) The future tense (c) The present tense (d) The tense

74. A sentence which begins with a _______ is called the verbal sentence.

(a) noun (b) verb (c) particle (d) prepositions

75. The Arab grammarians have divided the verbs into __________ categories.

(a) two (b) three (c) four (d) five

76. The first radical is _________ .

(a) ‫ف‬ (b) ‫( ع‬c) ‫ل‬ (d) ‫ك‬

77. The second radical is _________ .

(a) ‫ف‬ (b) ‫( ع‬c) ‫ل‬ (d) ‫ك‬

78. The third radical is ___________ .

(a) ‫ف‬ (b) ‫( ع‬c) ‫ل‬ (d) ‫ك‬

79. ‫ الفعل المضارع‬means ___________ .

(a) The perfect tense (b) The imperfect tense (c) Normal tense (d) Tense

80. The signs of the Imperfect tense are ___________ .

(a) ‫( ا ت ن ي‬b) ‫( ف ع ل ك‬c) ‫( ص ق س ش‬d) ‫م و ر ب‬

81. ‫ س‬is used to indicate ________________ .

(a) near future (b) distant future (c) past tense (d) present tense
82. ‫ سوف‬is used to indicate ____________ .

(a) near future (b) distant future (c) past tense (d) present tense

83. ‫ فَت َ َح‬means ___________ .

(a) to open (b) to suppose (c) to do (d) to put

84. ‫ فَ َع َل‬means __________ .

(a) to open (b) to suppose (c) to do (d) to put

85. ‫ص َر‬
َ ‫ َن‬means _________ .

(a) to help (b) to open (c) to suppose (d) to do

86. ‫ الفعل األمر‬means __________ .

(a) The imperative (b) The negative command (c) The perfect (d) The imperfect

87. ‫ الفعل النهي‬means __________ .

(a) The imperative (b) The negative command (c) The perfect (d) The imperfect

88. ‫ض ْع‬
َ means ______________ .

(a) put (b) look (c) help (d) come

ُ ‫ ا ُ ْن‬means ___________ .
89. ‫ظ ْر‬

(a) put (b) look (c) help (d) come

90. ‫ اِ ْس َم ْع‬means ___________ .

(a) go (b) drink (c) hear (d) help

ُ ‫ ا ُ ْن‬means __________ .
91. ‫ص ْر‬

(a) go (b) drink (c) hear (d) help

92. ‫ ََل تَ ْف َع ْل‬means _________ .

(a) don’t do (b) don’t go (c) don’t come (d) don’t help
93. ‫ الفعل المعلوم‬means __________ .

(a) Active voice (b) Passive voice (c) Imperative (d) Negative

94. ‫ الفعل المجهول‬means __________ .

(a) Active voice (b) Passive voice (c) Imperative (d) Negative

95. ‫ المتعدي‬means _________ .

(a) The transitive (b) The intransitive (c) The imperative (d) The negative

96. ‫ الالزم‬means ________ .

(a) The transitive (b) The intransitive (c) The imperative (d) The negative

97. Arabic equivalent for “He was beaten” .

(a) ‫ب‬
َ ‫ض ِر‬
ُ (b) ‫سُ ِم َع‬ ِ ُ‫ن‬
(c) ‫ص َر‬ (d) ‫كُ ِس َر‬

98. ‫ب‬
َ ‫ َر ِك‬means _________ .

(a) to cultivate (b) to ride (c) to pull (d) to break

99. ‫ع‬
َ ‫ زَ َر‬means _________ .

(a) to cultivate (b) to ride (c) to pull (d) to break

100. ‫ َجا َء‬means ________ .

(a) to go (b) to come (c) to weep (d) to sleep

Answer key:

1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a)

20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (a)

29. (b) 30. (c) 31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (d) 36. (a) 37. (c)

38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (b)

47. (b) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (b) 51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (d)

56. (c) 57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (b) 60. (a) 61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (a) 64. (b)

65. (d) 66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (c) 71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (a)

74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (c) 79. (b) 80. (a) 81. (a) 82. (b)

83. (a) 84. (c) 85.(a) 86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (a) 89. (b) 90. (c) 91. (d)

92. (a) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (a) 96. (b) 97. (a) 98. (b) 99. (a) 100. (b)