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 1411:

  The verse that can be recited for

  Protection against evil machinations is

  Options:
  A) Q. 2:286
  B) Q. 2:285
  C) Q. 2:256
  D) Q. 2:255
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1412:

  The collection of Imam Muslim differs from that of Imam Bukhari in terms of

  Options:
  A) Interpretation
  B) Authenticity
  C) Repetition
  D) Clasification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1413:

  A pilgrim circumnutates around the Haabah _____

  Options:
  A) Three times
  B) Six times
  C) Seven times
  D) Eight times
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1414: 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 1415: The initial spread of Islam in West Africa can be described as generally Options:
  A) rapid and systematic
  B) rapid and thorough
  C) slow but peaceful
  D) peaceful and systematic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1416:

  Lawhul-Mahfudh is associated with Quranic

  Options:
  A) recitation
  B) memorization
  C) preservation
  D) compilation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1417: Who among the four rightly guided caliphs introduced the systems of Bayr at māl? Options:
  A) Abū Bakr as Siddīq
  B) ‘Umar b. al-Khattāb
  C) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
  D) ‘Ali b. ’ Abī Tālib.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1418:

  According to Qur'ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded

  Options:
  A) half measure
  B) ten-fold
  C) twenty-fold
  D) uncountable fold
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1419: ‘Of the excellence of the Islam of a man is his leaving alone what does not concern him’The above statement is a Options:
  A) Qur’ānic verse
  B) prophetic tradition
  C) saying of the companions
  D) remark of the ‘Ulamā
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1420:

  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 .