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 1501:

  During the Jihiliyya era, the Ka'aba was the center of poetic contest at the annual festival called

  Options:
  A) ijāz
  B) Ukāz
  C) Manāt
  D) ushrah474
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1502:

  Subh prayer contains _____ obligatory ra'kahs

  Options:
  A) 5
  B) 2
  C) 4
  D) 3
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1503: Zihar occurs when a husband compares his Options:
  A) Wife with himself
  B) Wife with his daughter
  C) Daughter with her friend
  D) Wife with the back of his mother
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1504: Prophet ‘īsā spoke in the cradle and Options:
  A) cleared the conscience of the people
  B) exonerated his mother
  C) performed other miracles
  D) silenced the people.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1505:

  Suratul Asr has _____ verses.

  Options:
  A) three
  B) four
  C) five
  D) six
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1506: Q.33:35 emphasizes the Options:
  A) equality of men and women“Verily the Muslims (those who submit to Allah in Islam) men and women…”
  B) superiority of men over women
  C) superiority of men over animals
  D) equality of mankind before ‘Allāh
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1507:

  The official compilation of Hadith was

  Initiated by

  Options:
  A) Abū Bakr al-Siddiq
  B) ‘Umar b. al-khattāb
  C) ‘Umar b. Abd al-Aziz
  D) Hārūn ar-Rashīd
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1508:

  The most important use of Tafsir of the Glorious Qur'an is in the

  Options:
  A) proper understanding of the message
  B) acknowledgement of the spiritual value
  C) application of the legal provisions
  D) interpretation of the moral principle
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1509: In Hadith 6 of an-Nawawi’s collection, the Prophet(SAW) said the lawful and unlawful are all clear, but between them are Options:
  A) things prohibited
  B) things permitted
  C) ambiguous matters
  D) lump of flesh.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1510:

  What are the characteristics common to most Makkan Suwar?

  Options:
  A) They are short and poetic.
  B) They are long and rhythmic
  C) They are easy and rhythmic
  D) They are stylistic and summative
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  The correct answer is A .