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 171:

  Which of the following prayers is not observed between Isha and Fajr?

  Options:
  A) Witr
  B) Istisqa
  C) Tahajjud
  D) Shaf'i
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 172: Which of the following is the correct order of authenticity of three of the six sound collections of the Hadith Options:
  A) Bukhari, Muslim and Tirmidhi
  B) Ibn Majah, Muslim and Nasa’i
  C) Muslim, Nasa’I and Ibn Majah
  D) Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Bukhari
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 173: 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 174:

  Which of the following factors is responsible for the compilation of al-Quran?

  Options:
  A) Battle of Badr
  B) Death of the memorizers
  C) False prophets
  D) Prophet's death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 175:

  An Hadith is referred to as da'if because

  Options:
  A) it has defects in its isnad and matn
  B) it is a fabricated tradition
  C) all its transmitters are reliable
  D) it is sometimes supported with evidence
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 176: One of the two compilers of Hadith that deals with legal traditions of permissions and prohibitions is Options:
  A) Abu Daud
  B) Bukhari
  C) Ibn Maja
  D) Muslim
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 177: According to Hadith 41 of an- Nawawi, the faith of a believer is incomplete until he Options:
  A) Loves for his brother what he love himself
  B) Hate all kinds of evil
  C) Likes good things for his family
  D) Follows what has been revealed unto the prophet(SAW)
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 178: The man who analyzed the first encounter the Prophet (S.A.W) with Angel Jibril was Options:
  A) Hatīb b. Abī Balta’a
  B) Waraqah b. Nawfal
  C) Arqam b. Arqam
  D) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 179:

  

  The verse above in sūrah al-Lahab means

  Options:
  A) no profit to him from all his power and business
  B) no profit to him from all his military and economic powers
  C) no profit to him from all his wealth and gains
  D) no profit to him from all his property and children
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 180:

  In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the

  Options:
  A) father
  B) mother
  C) aunt
  D) grandmother
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  The correct answer is B .