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 1651: Excluded from inheritance is a Options:
  A) Brother from the estate of his deceased brother
  B) Man after the death of his wife
  C) Person who kills his father for his estate
  D) Woman because of her gender
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1652: The victory of the Roman Empire over the Persian Empire after the Persians had defeated the Romans as stated in the Glorious Qur’an (Q. 30: 2-3) is an evidence of the Options:
  A) beauty of the words of the Glorious Qur’an
  B) historical nature of the Glorious Qur’an
  C) simplicity of the wordings of the Glorious Qur’an
  D) authenticity of the Glorious Qur’an
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1653:

  The pre-Islamic practice of shigar which was abolished by Islam meant

  Options:
  A) trade by barter
  B) exchange of female slaves
  C) exchange of sisters in wedlock
  D) gambling
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1654:

  The religion of the Arabs before the advent of Islam was _____

  Options:
  A) Christianity
  B) Judaism
  C) Idol worshipping
  D) Hinduism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1655:

  'O Allah! Lord of power (and rule), Thou giveth power to whom thou pleaseth, and thou strippest off power from whom thou pleaseth ...' Q.3:26 The verse above describes Allah's political power as most

  Options:
  A) Complex
  B) Liberal
  C) Severe
  D) Sovereign
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1656:

  Those who are not Pilgrims are advised to fast on the day of

  Options:
  A) eid al-fitri
  B) ashura
  C) eid al-adha
  D) Arafat
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1657:

  

  In the rule of Tajwid, the portion of the verse underlined above applies to

  Options:
  A) tarqīq
  B) tanwīn
  C) tafkhīm
  D) tashdīd
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1658:

  The term al-Mutawātir refers to Hadīth narrated by

  Options:
  A) large number of narrators
  B) the six sound collectors
  C) Bukhari and Muslim
  D) the Prophet's closest companions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1659: Which of the following Prophets was an ancestor of both Arabs and Jews? Options:
  A) īsā
  B) Dāwd
  C) Ayyūb
  D) Ibrāhīm
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1660: 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 .