Islamic-Religious-Knowledge Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Islamic Religious Studies, otherwise known as Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK), is the subject concerned with the study of the Islamic religion.

• Question 1: Excluded from inheritance is a Options:
  A) Brother from the estate of his deceased brother
  B) Man after the death of his wife
  C) Person who kills his father for his estate
  D) Woman because of her gender
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Men and women are considered equal in Q.16:97 in relation to Options:
  A) responsibilities
  B) piety
  C) intelligence
  D) discipline.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  Ahmad bab, one of the early West African 'Ulamā', was based in

  Options:
  A) Sokoto
  B) Borno
  C) Timbuktu
  D) Mali
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4: Which of the following was the most preferred method of preserving the Holy Qur’ān during the time of the rightly guided caliphs? Options:
  A) Memorization
  B) Recording
  C) Transmission
  D) Reading
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  The art of witchcraft is disapproved of in Sūra

  Options:
  A) al-Ikhlās
  B) al-falaq
  C) an-Nās
  D) ash-shams
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Which of the following Prophets,according to the Qur’an, lived for not less than nine hundred and fifty years? Options:
  A) ādam
  B) Nūℎ
  C) Ibrāhīm
  D) Mūsā
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

  The following are classifications of Hadith except

  Options:
  A) da'if
  B) mawdu
  C) hasan
  D) sahih
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8:

  The shortest surah in the Quran is

  Options:
  A) Suratun nas
  B) Suratul Kawthar
  C) Ikhlas
  D) Suratul Falaq
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  Suratud-Duha (Q.93) in the Quran has a total of 11 verses. Therefore, without the last verse, the remaining verses are 10.

  Options:
  A) 10
  B) 9
  C) 11
  D) 8
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  ‘Peace descending on the righteous throughout the night'The verse above is one of the major

  Themes in Sūrah

  Options:
  A) al-Qadr
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Kawthar
  D) al-Falaq.
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  The correct answer is A .