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 1341:

  The following are voluntary fasting except

  Options:
  A) Ashura
  B) Qada'
  C) Tasu'a
  D) Sittah Shawwal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1342:

  Which one of the following actions may be regarded as Mubāℎ?

  Options:
  A) Acquisition of knowledge
  B) smoking
  C) Salāt ash-shaf
  D) Shaking hands while greeting37
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1343: The waiting period for a divorced woman is termed Options:
  A) 'īd
  B) waqt
  C) Sā 'ah
  D) 'iddah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1344:

  The type of Tafstr which uses the Qur'ān to explain the Qur'ān began during the time of the

  Options:
  A) Tābi' ūn
  B) Sahābah
  C) Prophet (S.A.W)
  D) Tābi' u-Tābi'ūn
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1345: Musnad as a work on Hadīth is credited to Options:
  A) ‘Abū Dāūd
  B) Ibn Hambal
  C) Ibn Mājah
  D) an Nasāic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1346: ‘Still less can their knowledge comprehend the hereafter …’ Q. 27:66).This verse above of the Qur’ān implies that Options:
  A) man’s knowledge of the Hereafter can only be partial
  B) most men do not believe in the Hereafter
  C) man’s comprehension of the expectations in the Hereafter is a always on the decrease
  D) it is difficult to deceive in the Hereafter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1347: Zakat is an economic system that de-emphasize Options:
  A) accumulation of wealth
  B) poverty
  C) helping others
  D) employment.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1348:

  The only Sūrah in the Glorious Qur'an which must be recited in every obligatory prayer is

  Options:
  A) al-Baqārah
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Fātīhah
  D) al-Ikhlās
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1349: Which of the following battles resulted in more people being converted to Islam? Options:
  A) Uhud
  B) Badr
  C) Hunayn
  D) Khandaq
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1350:

  The number of Muslims in the battle of Badr was 313 while that of Makkan force was_

  Options:
  A) 1,000
  B) 2,000
  C) 100,000
  D) 300
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  The correct answer is A .