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 101: A Muslim who cannot marry for genuine reasons is advised to Options:
  A) be reciting the Glorious Qur’n for spiritual uplift
  B) engage in supererogatory prayers at night
  C) give sadaqah to the poor and needy
  D) fast periodically for self-discipline
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 102: In the hadīth that ends with ‘…piety is based right here …’, the Prophet (S.A.W.) meant the Options:
  A) hand
  B) heart
  C) city of Makkah
  D) city of al-Madīnah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 103: Kaffāraℎ (major expiation) is compulsory upon a husband who revokes Options:
  A) Li 'ān
  B) zihār
  C) īlā
  D) Khul'
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 104:

  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 105: The first Umayyad caliph was Options:
  A) ‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar
  B) ‘Umar b. Abdul Azīz
  C) Walid b. Yazīd
  D) Mu’awiya b. Abi Sufyān.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 106:

  

  The translation of the verse above is

  Options:
  A) ‘truly, man is to his lord ungrateful
  B) ‘verily, to thy Lord is the return of all
  C) ‘And verily the hereafter will be better for thee than present
  D) ‘truly, he succeeds that purifies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 107:

  Which of the following is not a quality of the Prophet (SAW)

  Options:
  A) Forgiveness
  B) Kindness
  C) Patience
  D) Forgetfulness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 108: The text of talbiyah in hājj emphasizes the pilgrim’s Options:
  A) readiness to observe the rites of ℎājj to the end
  B) realization of the uniqueness of the rites of ℎājj
  C) recognition of Allah’s absolute authority
  D) aspiration for a reward
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 109:

  The message in Hadith 34 of an- Nawawi is about

  Options:
  A) Performing the society for the better
  B) Preventing evil in the society by any means possible
  C) Commanding good among people
  D) Abstaining from evil deeds
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 110: Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) answer to Angel Jibril when he was asked to recite was Options:
  A) 'I am not a scholar'
  B) 'I am not a jugde'
  C) 'I cannot read' "Ma ana biqari" " I cannot read"
  D) 'I cannot preach'
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  The correct answer is C .