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 161: Al-bayyinah appears in the Holy Qur’ān chapter 98 Options:
  A) once
  B) twice
  C) thrice
  D) four times
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 162:

  Which of the following is the greatest form of Jihad according to the Prophet(S.A.W.)?

  Options:
  A) Writing of religious books
  B) Perfomance of Hajj and Umrah
  C) waging war in the course of A llah
  D) suppressing one's selfish desires
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 163:

  Hadith is important to Muslims because it is

  Options:
  A) miracle of Islam
  B) the most reliable sayings of the prophet (SAW)
  C) the only linkage between the prophet (SAW) and the Muslim
  D) the means through which the prophet's message is known
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 164: ‘Verily Allāh has prescribed the best behavior with regard to everything …’The above quotation from Hadīth 17 of an-Nawawi’s collection emphasizes the ethics of Options:
  A) Eating and drinking
  B) slaughtering animals
  C) behaving in public
  D) matrimonial relations
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 165:

  One of the issues discussed in Hadith 18 of an-Nawawi is about

  Options:
  A) the fear of Allah
  B) avoidance of innovations
  C) the importance of intention
  D) avoidance of vain talks
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 166: Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) answer to Angel Jibril when he was asked to recite was Options:
  A) 'I am not a scholar'
  B) 'I am not a jugde'
  C) 'I cannot read' "Ma ana biqari" " I cannot read"
  D) 'I cannot preach'
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 167:

  The following are Hadith related terms except

  Options:
  A) Da'if
  B) Hasan
  C) Isnad
  D) Makruh
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 168: From which chapter of the Qur’ān is the verse which declares ‘Certainly, we created man in the best make’? Options:
  A) 87
  B) 95
  C) 97
  D) 99
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 169:

  The science of Asma al-rijal is introduced in order to

  Options:
  A) Authenticate the chains of Hadith narrators
  B) Confirms the names of Hadith books
  C) Ascertain the number of a hadith
  D) Explain the contents of the sunnah
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 170:

  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 .