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 1261: ‘Of the excellence of the Islam of a man is his leaving alone what does not concern him’The above statement is a Options:
  A) Qur’ānic verse
  B) prophetic tradition
  C) saying of the companions
  D) remark of the ‘Ulamā
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1262:

  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 1263:

  Prophet Muhammad(SAW) lost his mother at the age of _____

  Options:
  A) 2
  B) 6
  C) 4
  D) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1264: ‘…He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them …’(Q.30:21)The verse above discusses the Options:
  A) Need for peace
  B) reasons for marriage
  C) need for tranquility
  D) nature of creation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1265:

  In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the

  Options:
  A) father
  B) mother
  C) aunt
  D) grandmother
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1266: The most hateful of the permissible things in the sight of Allāℎ is Options:
  A) mahr
  B) iddah
  C) fasād
  D) talāq
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1267:

  The number of Makkan soldiers that took part in the battle of Uhud was

  Options:
  A) 2000
  B) 3000
  C) 4000
  D) 1000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1268:

  The revelation of the glorious Qur'an started with a

  Options:
  A) parable
  B) command
  C) Legislation
  D) Declaration.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1269: The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if Options:
  A) its wording is too close to the text of the Qur''ān
  B) it is no longer than a verse of the Qur''ān
  C) its narrator was not from Makkah
  D) it contradicts a Qur''ānic injuction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1270: Which of the following does NOT belong to the group? Options:
  A) Muslim b. al-Hajjāj
  B) Abdullah b. ‘Umar
  C) ‘Abdullah b. Mas ‘ūd
  D) ‘Umar b. al-Khattāb
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  The correct answer is A .