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 1701:

  A Hadith in which the chain of narration and text are sound is known as

  Options:
  A) Mash'hur
  B) Maqtu
  C) Mursa
  D) Sahih
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1702:

  Imamul Bukhari was born in the year _____ A.H

  Options:
  A) 150
  B) 160
  C) 175
  D) 194
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1703:

  In the early part of Islam in West Africa, the ribāt was primarily a centre for

  Options:
  A) Social reform
  B) religious propagation
  C) Sūfi indoctrination
  D) fraternal movement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1704:

  Abu Dawud was born in the province of

  Options:
  A) Balkh
  B) Basra
  C) Bukhara
  D) Sidjistan
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1705: One of the conditions for performing the Hajj is the Options:
  A) ability to read the Qur’an and write the Qur’ānic verses
  B) religiousness of the person
  C) ability to finance the journey
  D) ability to travel by air.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1706:

  A muslim woman who notices blood after the expiration of the maximum days of her blood of birth should___

  Options:
  A) should abstain from prayers for five more days
  B) not take her bath but continue to pray
  C) take her bath and continue in prayers
  D) take bath but not pray
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1707:

  Truth has come and falsehood has vanished was uttered by the Prophet(SAW) when

  Options:
  A) Umar embraced Islam
  B) Islam spread beyond Arabia
  C) he got to the city of Yathrib
  D) he entered the sacred Ka'bah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1708: The final and total prohibition of intoxicants is contained in Sūrah Options:
  A) al-Baqarah
  B) al-‘Imrān
  C) an-Nisā
  D) al-Māidah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1709:

  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 1710:

  The best Ibadah according to the Prophet (SAW) after the major pillars is to

  Options:
  A) pray nawāfils
  B) marry a pious woman
  C) make a fellow Muslim happy
  D) devote one's time on dhikr.
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  The correct answer is C .