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:

  "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 2:

  Khula fa'ul - Rashidun are ______ in number.

  Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) five
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: Caliph ‘Abū Bakr reigned for Options:
  A) 2 years
  B) 3 years
  C) 4 years
  D) 5years
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4: Fortune telling is un-Islamic Options:
  A) only when it is done by non-Muslims
  B) when Islamic scriptures are not used for it
  C) only in matters relating to religious practices.
  D) at all times and in all matters.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5:

  Talaq al-Bida'ah takes effect when divorce is pronounced

  Options:
  A) when the wife is still in her marital home
  B) when the wife is purified of her menses
  C) verbally or in writing
  D) three times simultaneously
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  

  ‘Inna mā yurīdu ash-shaytānu an yūqi ‘abaynakumul adāwata wal-baghdā fil khamr wal-maysir (Q. 5:91)

  The verse quoted above enumerates the evils of

  Options:
  A) wine and adultery
  B) gambling an adultery
  C) adultery and divining arrows
  D) wine and gambling
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: Tahārah is a symbolic preparation of the Options:
  A) soul
  B) body
  C) clothes
  D) place
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8:

  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 9:

  A Makkan Sūrah with the main objective

  Of reassuring the prophet (S.A.W.) at a

  Time of distress is

  Options:
  A) at-Takāthur
  B) ad-Duhā
  C) al-Kāfirūn
  D) al-mā ūn.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10:

  Al-Hakim means The ________

  Options:
  A) Almight
  B) Majesty
  C) Sovereign
  D) Wise
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  The correct answer is D .