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 1221:

  Which of the following was not part of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah?

  Options:
  A) Muhammad (SAW) should not enter Makkah that year
  B) There should be no war for ten years
  C) If anybody wanted to join Muammad (SAW), he should send him back.
  D) Muhammad(SAW) should not be recognized as leader
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1222: Which of the following terms is most closely related to divorce? Options:
  A) Zawāj
  B) 'Iddah
  C) mahr
  D) Idrār
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1223:

  Muhammed Bello justified Jihād against the Islamic state of Borno because of the people's tendency towards

  Options:
  A) Formalism
  B) Syncretism
  C) Asceticism
  D) Extremism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1224:

  The importance of the Hadith lies in the fact that it _____

  Options:
  A) Supplements the Qu’ran and serves as a second source of Islamic law
  B) Provides reliable information on thr biography of the Prophet (SAW)
  C) Was officially collected by Muslim Caliphs
  D) Was recorded and collected in some attentic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1225: Men and women are considered equal in Q.16:97 in relation to Options:
  A) responsibilities
  B) piety
  C) intelligence
  D) discipline.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1226:

  Hadith 18 of an-Nwawai enjoins believers to

  Options:
  A) Be firm abravend
  B) Be strong-minded and clean
  C) Have piety and work righteously
  D) Acquire knowledge and be polite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1227: The caliph who introduced stipend for teachers was Options:
  A) Abu Bakr
  B) ‘Umar
  C) ‘Uthman
  D) ‘Ali
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1228:

  During the Jihiliyya era, the Ka'aba was the center of poetic contest at the annual festival called

  Options:
  A) ijāz
  B) Ukāz
  C) Manāt
  D) ushrah474
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1229: Kalimatu sℎ −shahādah is the first pillar of Islam, the second being Options:
  A) pilgrimage to Makkah
  B) payment of Zakāℎ
  C) fasting in the month of Ramadan
  D) observance of the five daily prayers.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1230:

  The shortest surah in the Quran is

  Options:
  A) Suratun nas
  B) Suratul Kawthar
  C) Ikhlas
  D) Suratul Falaq
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  The correct answer is B .