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 1291:

  What differentiates Hadith Qudsi from Hadith Nabawi is the

  Options:
  A) place and manner of application
  B) condition under which the two are narrated
  C) wording and teaching intended
  D) chain and reliability of the narrator
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1292:

  The place where the prophet started receiving the revelations of the Qu'ran is referred to as

  Options:
  A) Jabal Nur
  B) Makkah
  C) Cave Hirah
  D) Cave thawr476
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1293: The best Ibadah according to the Prophet (SAW) after the major pillars is to Options:
  A) pray nawāfils
  B) marry a pious woman
  C) make a fellow Muslim happy
  D) devote one’s time on dhikr.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1294:

  Q.4:34 enjoins the wife not only to be obedient but also to

  Options:
  A) endure all difficultie
  B) defend her rights
  C) maintain her chastity
  D) protect her home
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1295:

  

  The verse (Q. 95.8) above means ‘Is Allah not’

  Options:
  A) a good judge?
  B) our judge?
  C) the best of judges?
  D) the Head of all Judges?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1296: ‘Indeed the people before you were destroyed by asking a lot of unnecessary questions …’The quotation above is in Hadith 9 of An-Nawawi which refers to the Options:
  A) People of the Book
  B) Quraysh
  C) People of Madinah
  D) Arabs.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1297:

  The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of A 'Umar b. Khattāb B. 'Uthmān b. 'Affān C . 'Alī b. Abī Tālib 'Ulūm ad-dīn is the title of a book written by

  Options:
  A) ibn Sīna
  B) al-Ghazālī
  C) ar-Rāzī
  D) Ibn Rushd.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1298: A Hadith in which the chain of narration and text are sound is known as Options:
  A) Mash’hur
  B) Maqtu’
  C) Mursa
  D) Sahih
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1299:

  Which of the following factors is responsible for the compilation of al-Quran?

  Options:
  A) Battle of Badr
  B) Death of the memorizers
  C) False prophets
  D) Prophet's death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1300: The pre-Islamic practice of shigār which was abolished by Islam meant Options:
  A) trade by barter
  B) exchange of female slaves
  C) exchange of sisters in wedlock
  D) gambling.
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  The correct answer is C .