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 1461: Q.2:219 prohibits wine and gambling for the Muslims because Options:
  A) they lead to extravagance and intoxication
  B) the sins in them are greater than the profits
  C) one becomes impoverished overnight
  D) they lead one to ignore one’s religion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1462: Which of the following terms is most closely related to divorce? Options:
  A) Zawāj
  B) 'Iddah
  C) mahr
  D) Idrār
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1463: ‘God was well pleased with the believers when they pledges all allegiance unto thee beneath the tree’.The verse above was revealed in connection with the Options:
  A) battle of Badr
  B) battle of Tabūk
  C) Treaty of Hudaybiyah
  D) pledge of ‘Aqabah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1464:

  The categories of women prohibited in marriage due to blood relations are

  Options:
  A) 14
  B) 11
  C) 10
  D) 73
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1465:

  The following are exempted from fasting except

  Options:
  A) insane person
  B) menstruating person
  C) rich man
  D) sick person
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1466: The doctrine of trinity is regarded in Islam as a form of Options:
  A) shirk
  B) kufr
  C) nifāq
  D) zulm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1467:

  Accountability is an act of worship

  Options:
  A) though it is not mentioned in the Qur'ān
  B) in matters relating to religious rites
  C) because it is specifically mentioned in the Qur'ān
  D) being one of the fundamental principles of Islam
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1468: 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 .
• Question 1469: The ill-treatment of a wife in Islam is called Options:
  A) hadd
  B) ‘idrār
  C) shiqāq
  D) firnah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1470:

  'It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not' (Q. 61:3). The main teaching of the verse above is honesty in

  Options:
  A) Deeds
  B) Words
  C) Words and deeds
  D) Deeds and worship
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  The correct answer is C .