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: The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of Options:
  A) ‘Umar b. Khattāb
  B) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
  C) ‘Alī b. Abī Tālib
  D) Muhammad b. ‘Abdullāh
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2:

  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 3: Ignorance of religious rites and duties is not excusable in Islam because Options:
  A) it is obligatory on all Muslims to seek knowledge
  B) most Muslims can read and write Arabic
  C) books of Islamic jurisprudence have been translated into many languages
  D) the Islamic system of education is highly developed all over the world.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  Talaq al ba in means divorce that is

  Options:
  A) revocable
  B) permissible
  C) detestable
  D) irrevocable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5:

  Hadith No 2 of Al-Nawawi's collections was transmitted by _____ and _____

  Options:
  A) Bukhari, Dawud
  B) Bukhari, Muslim
  C) Dawud, Muslim
  D) Ibn Majah, Nisai
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6:

  In Sūrat an-Nās, protection was sought

  From the evils of

  Options:
  A) men and women
  B) husband and wife
  C) men and jinn
  D) male and female.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  "Lam yalid wa lam yulad"(Q 112:3) is preceded by

  Options:
  A) Wa lam yakul-Lahu Kufuwan ahad
  B) Lakum dinukum waliyadi
  C) Qul Huwal Lahu Ahad
  D) Allahu Samad
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: The Prophet (SAW) said, ‘Of all things lawful, divorce is the most hateful to Allah’ because it exposes the parties to Options:
  A) reconciliation
  B) provocation
  C) hardship
  D) arbitration
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  A muslim woman who notices blood after the expiration of the maximum days of her blood of birth should___

  Options:
  A) should abstain from prayers for five more days
  B) not take her bath but continue to pray
  C) take her bath and continue in prayers
  D) take bath but not pray
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  Tabiyah is to be recited while moving to____

  Options:
  A) Mina
  B) Muzsalifa
  C) Arafa
  D) Kasaba
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  The correct answer is C .