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: ‘Indeed the people before you were destroyed by asking a lot of unnecessary questions …’The quotation above is in Hadith 9 of An-Nawawi which refers to the Options:
  A) People of the Book
  B) Quraysh
  C) People of Madinah
  D) Arabs.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: A feature which is common to the Sharl’ah and the common law is Options:
  A) rigidity
  B) flexibility
  C) credibility
  D) inimitability.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  Q.4:34 enjoins the wife not only to be obedient but also to

  Options:
  A) endure all difficultie
  B) defend her rights
  C) maintain her chastity
  D) protect her home
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  The term al-Mutawātir refers to Hadīth narrated by

  Options:
  A) large number of narrators
  B) the six sound collectors
  C) Bukhari and Muslim
  D) the Prophet's closest companions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: In the law of inheritance, the term al-wasiyyah refers to Options:
  A) charity
  B) benefit
  C) bequest
  D) gift
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  Compilation of Hadith started at the time of

  Options:
  A) Abdullahi bu Umar
  B) Umar bu Abdul-Aziz
  C) Umar bu khattah
  D) Umar bu Said
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: Mutilation which is stipulated in Q. 5:38 for theft is described as Options:
  A) an exemplary punishment
  B) a retaliatory sanction
  C) a punitive measure
  D) an incontrovertible disgrace.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8:

  Al-Kawthar in the Glorious Qur'an is otherwise called a

  Options:
  A) river in paradise
  B) garden in paradise
  C) light in paradise
  D) fruit in paradise
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: One of the importance of the first revelation was the Options:
  A) description of the Arabian peninsula to the Prophet (SAW)
  B) dissemination of knowledge
  C) explanation of knowledge
  D) description of the steps of acquiring knowledge.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: At the end of his prayer, how may sitting for at-tashahud are expected of someone who misses two rak’ats in a congregational salā al-Maghrib? Options:
  A) Four
  B) Three
  C) Two
  D) One
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  The correct answer is C .