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:

  

  Identify the sūrah to which the following āyah belongs

  Options:
  A) at-Tin
  B) al-Fajr
  C) ad-Duhā
  D) al-'Alaq
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  Every human being, according to Sūrah al- Asr is in a state of loss, except the

  Options:
  A) Quraish tribe
  B) the oppressed people
  C) faithful and righteous
  D) earlier generations
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  Birabbil-Falaq in Qur'an 113 means

  Options:
  A) Lord of the daybreak
  B) from the evil of darkness
  C) from the envier when he envies
  D) Lord of the mankind
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  One of the most outstanding developments after the Hijrah was the

  Options:
  A) increase in cooperation with the Jews
  B) emergence of a new religion
  C) emergence of the Muslim
  D) increase in hostilities against the Muslims
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  One of the peculiarities of Sahih Bukhari is that hadiths are sorted according to

  Options:
  A) Topic
  B) Chapters
  C) Records
  D) Biographies
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: 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.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: The term, Shari’ah refers to Options:
  A) a path
  B) wisdom
  C) passion
  D) an idea.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8:

  The permission to marry up to four wives in Islam is aimed at

  Options:
  A) bearing more children
  B) treating them equally
  C) reducing the number of unmarried women
  D) preventing adultery
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9:

  The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was

  Options:
  A) Shu'aib
  B) Yusuf
  C) Musa
  D) Lut
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: 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
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .