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 1321:

  The pre-Islamic practice of shigar 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 .
• Question 1322: 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 1323:

  

  The verse above in sūrah al-Lahab means

  Options:
  A) no profit to him from all his power and business
  B) no profit to him from all his military and economic powers
  C) no profit to him from all his wealth and gains
  D) no profit to him from all his property and children
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1324:

  A text of Hadith is rejected if it is

  Options:
  A) reported by an Arab
  B) against natural phenomenon
  C) reported twice by the same reporter
  D) not reported in Madinah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1325:

  The narrator of Hadith No. 1 of al-Nawawi's collections is

  Options:
  A) A'ishah bint Abu Bakr
  B) Abdullah bu Umar
  C) Abdulrahman bu Awf
  D) Uman bu Abdul Aziz
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1326: An Imam leading prayer, forgetfully rises when he is to sit, he is alerted by saying Options:
  A) astaghfirullah
  B) Allahu Akba
  C) subhānallah
  D) subhāna rabbial Azim.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1327:

  Which of the following Suwar encourages acquisition of knowledge?

  Options:
  A) Alaq
  B) Falak
  C) Fil
  D) Ikhlas
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1328:

  “Allāh doth command you

  To render back your Trusts

  To those to whom they are due;

  And when ye judge

  Between man and man

  That ye judge with justice…’ (Q.4:58).

  Inherent in the Qur’ānic verse above are the virtues of amānah and

  Options:
  A) diyāfah
  B) karāmah
  C) khusū
  D) adālah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1329: The attribute of ‘Allāh which emphasizes His holiness is Options:
  A) Al-Khālīq
  B) As-Salām
  C) Al-Qudūs
  D) Ar-Rahām.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1330: Where the father is the only heir who survives his son, he will inherit Options:
  A) one sixth of his property
  B) one third of his property
  C) half of his property
  D) the whole of his property
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  The correct answer is D .