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 121:

  The people described as sharrul-bariyyah in Sūratul-Bayyinah are the

  Options:
  A) Jews and Christian
  B) Kuffār and the munāfiqūn
  C) Makkan unbelievers and polytheists
  D) Ahlul-kitāb and mushrikūn
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 122: Zihar occurs when a husband compares his Options:
  A) Wife with himself
  B) Wife with his daughter
  C) Daughter with her friend
  D) Wife with the back of his mother
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 123:

  One of the following is not part of the names of the Qu'ran.

  Options:
  A) Al-Bayyinah
  B) An-Nur
  C) Al-Huda
  D) Ar-Rahman
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 124:

  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 125: The most important right which both Muslims and non-Muslims have under the Islamic political system is that of Options:
  A) worship
  B) justice
  C) honour
  D) life.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 126:

  In the Islamic economic system, baytuk māl is equivalent to the

  Options:
  A) commercial bank
  B) public treasury
  C) common market
  D) community bank
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 127:

  The major teaching of Hadith 5 of an-Nawawi centres on

  Options:
  A) intention
  B) worship
  C) faith
  D) innovation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 128:

  Sūratul-Fātihah is also referred to as

  Options:
  A) Sūratud-du'ā'
  B) Sūratul-Hidāyah
  C) Ummul-kitāb
  D) Kitābul-mathāni
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 129: Apart from being a renowned philosopher, Ibn Rushd was also Options:
  A) a jurist
  B) an astronomer
  C) a scientist
  D) a mathematician
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 130: Forbidding Munkar in Islam means discouraging others from Options:
  A) abominable acts
  B) injustice
  C) waywardness
  D) double standard
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  The correct answer is A .