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 1511:

  Compilation of Hadith started at the time of

  Options:
  A) Abdullahi bu Umar
  B) Umar bu Abdul-Aziz
  C) Umar bu khattah
  D) Umar bu Said
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1512: The worst vice prevalent during the Jahiliyyah period was Options:
  A) disloyalty
  B) insincerity
  C) cowardice
  D) vengeance.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1513:

  The social reforms witnessed by Arabia

  During the life time of the Prophet (S.A.W)

  Included the

  Options:
  A) abolition of slave ownership
  B) improvement in slave/master relations
  C) modification of the practice of infanticide
  D) universal recognition of the Arabs as the superior race
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1514: The popular house of wisdom in Baghdad was built during the time of Options:
  A) Umar b. Abdulaz īz
  B) Harūn ar-Rashīd
  C) al-Ma'mūm
  D) al-mu'tasim.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1515:

  Voluntary fasting is encouraged on

  Options:
  A) Id days
  B) Fridays
  C) a day before Ramadan
  D) Mondays
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1516:

  The number of Makkan soldiers that took part in the battle of Uhud was

  Options:
  A) 2000
  B) 3000
  C) 4000
  D) 1000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1517:

  The word Hāfizī n in Q.82:10 refers to

  Options:
  A) man
  B) Angels
  C) Jinns
  D) prophets
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1518:

  The battle of Siffin led to the emergence of

  The

  Options:
  A) Khawārij
  B) Ahl al-Sunnah
  C) Munāfiqūn
  D) Umayyads
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1519:

  In Q.5:7, Allah says, 'if ye are ill or on a journey ... and ye find no water, then perform ...'

  Options:
  A) wudū
  B) al-ghusl
  C) at-tayammum
  D) qasr
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1520: In the course of hijjat’l - widā, Muslims were taught to Options:
  A) shun alcohol and games of chance
  B) pay zakāℎ regularly and fast annually
  C) treat women and domestic servants kindly
  D) ensure promptness and impartiality in the dispensation of justice
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  The correct answer is C .