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 1721:

  The number one pillar of Islam is ______

  Options:
  A) Iman
  B) Ihsan
  C) Iman
  D) Sa’afih
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1722: The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of Options:
  A) ‘Umar b. Khattāb
  B) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
  C) ‘Alī b. Abī Tālib
  D) Muhammad b. ‘Abdullāh
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1723:

  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 1724: In which verse of the Qur’ān are women directed to dress modestly? Options:
  A) 5 : 3
  B) 24 : 31
  C) 55.10
  D) 112 : 4.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1725:

  The only Sūrah in the Glorious Qur'an which must be recited in every obligatory prayer is

  Options:
  A) al-Baqārah
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Fātīhah
  D) al-Ikhlās
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1726: The teaching in the 10th Hadith of an- Nawawi is that Options:
  A) Allah accepts prayers from Muslims only
  B) only credible people shall be elected leaders
  C) abstinance from forbidden things is prelude to accepting prayers
  D) abstinance from misconduct by ladies makes them more attractive to men
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1727: The Muslim scholar who championed the rights and education of women in West Africa was Options:
  A) Askia the Great
  B) Mansa Musa
  C) Ibn Battūta
  D) Usman dan-fodio.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1728: The Jahiliyyah practice that was gradually phased out is Options:
  A) gambling
  B) adultery
  C) usury
  D) alcoholism.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1729: Prophet Muhammad (SAW) did not hand-over the Glorious Qur’an to his companions in an arranged form and in a single written volume because Options:
  A) he did not want only the Quraish to inherit the book
  B) the revelation did not come in one piece but at intervals
  C) many tribes would want to take over its distribution
  D) there was no need for it.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1730: The type of Tafstr which uses the Qur’ān to explain the Qur’ān began during the time of the Options:
  A) Prophet (S.A.W)
  B) Sahābah
  C) Tābi' ūn
  D) Tābi' u-Tābi'ūn.
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  The correct answer is A .