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 1351:

  It is shirk in Islam to

  Options:
  A) Dance
  B) Sing religious song
  C) Undergo plastic surgery
  D) Masquerade
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1352: The number of takbir observed during salah al-Janāzah is Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four “Sal a tul-Jamazah is a funeral prayer and it is Fardu Kifayah. It consists of two parts: 1. Four Takibirah. 2. Qayamah
  D) seven
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1353:

  Marriage is referred to in Q. 4:21 as

  Options:
  A) mirhāq
  B) khitbah
  C) Nikāh
  D) Ijbar
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1354: The Arabs worshiped idols during the Jahiliyya period because Options:
  A) They were ignorant of God’s existence
  B) there were Prophets among them
  C) they believed that the idols will intercede
  D) there were revealed Books.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1355:

  The verse Wa la sawfa yu’tīka rabbuka

  Fatardā is immediately preceded by

  Options:
  A) a lam yajidka yatīman fa ‘āwā
  B) wa rafa nā laka dhikruka
  C) Walal-ākhiratu khayrun laka minal ūlā
  D) thumma latus alunna yawma idhin ‘anin-na im.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1356:

  One of the ways by which Islamic civilization was manifested in West Africa was

  Options:
  A) the employment of scholars of Arabic as envoys by kings and emperors
  B) construction of palaces based on Arab technology
  C) establishment of universities to train scientists
  D) recruitment of Muslim medical personnel to man health institutions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1357:

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

  Options:
  A) 2
  B) 4
  C) 6
  D) 5
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1358: A worshiper who remembers that he missed an obligatory step of ablution after he had finished praying will have to repeat Options:
  A) only the ablution
  B) only the obligatory step
  C) nothing after all D. the ablution and the
  D) the ablution and the prayer.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1359:

  Among the Sunnah steps of ablution are wiping two ears, inhaling and exhaling from the nose and also

  Options:
  A) wiping the head again from back of the skull
  B) supplication at every stage of ablution
  C) brushing the teeth
  D) saying the du'a aloud.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1360: Al-Kawthar in the Glorious Qur’an is otherwise called a Options:
  A) river in paradise
  B) garden in paradise
  C) light in paradise
  D) fruit in paradise
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  The correct answer is A .