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: Q6:53 indicates that the Book given to Prophet Mūsā (AS) serves as a Options:
  A) criterion
  B) healer
  C) protector
  D) guide
  E) non of the above The question is relevant to what Q. 6:53 indicates
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2: The legal statue of Jihad in Islam is Options:
  A) fard ‘ain
  B) mustahabb
  C) mubāh
  D) fardkifāyah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  The capital of an ancient Ghana empire was

  Options:
  A) Awkar
  B) Awdaghast
  C) Jenne
  D) Sijilmasa
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  In Sūrat al-falaq, the Qur'ān refers to an element of witchcraft and the

  Options:
  A) evils of jinns and men
  B) mischief of the envious one
  C) mischief of created beings
  D) evils of back-biting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: After the Prophet (S.A.W) had migrated to al-madīnah, the first two major wars he fought against the Makkans were Options:
  A) Badr and Hudabiyyah
  B) Uhud and Khaybar
  C) Khandaq and Mu’tah
  D) Badr and Uhud.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6: According to Hadīth 36 in an-Nawawi’s collection, ‘Allāh is ready to aid any servant so long as the servant is ready to aid his Options:
  A) neighbours
  B) friends
  C) brothers
  D) parents
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: 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 8: The number of lashes prescribed for the consumption of alcohol is Options:
  A) forty
  B) sixty
  C) eighty
  D) hundred
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  "Whoever does any work which is not in the teaching of Islam will be rejected" is found in Hadith _____ of al-Nawawi's collections.

  Options:
  A) six
  B) seven
  C) eight
  D) ten
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: Prophet ‘īsā spoke in the cradle and Options:
  A) cleared the conscience of the people
  B) exonerated his mother
  C) performed other miracles
  D) silenced the people.
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  The correct answer is B .