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 1801:

  An aspect of the Nigerian culture which may be regarded as shirk is
  between boys and girls

  Options:
  A) worship of ancestors
  B) signing and dancing in public
  C) ceremonies involving social interaction between boys and girls
  D) excessive spending at burial ceremonies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1802: Zihar occurs when a husband compares his Options:
  A) Wife with himself
  B) Wife with his daughter
  C) Daughter with her friend
  D) Wife with the back of his mother
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1803:

  The purification performed in the absence of water

  Options:
  A) Janabah
  B) Tayammum
  C) Janazah
  D) Taslim
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1804:

  The correct meaning of tafsir is the

  Options:
  A) detailed explanation and commentary of the Glorious Qur'an
  B) scientific application of the contents of the Glorious Qur'an to human life
  C) true reflections on the contents of the Glorious Qur'an
  D) practical application of the contents of the Glorious Qur'an
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1805:

  A Makkan Sūrah with the main objective

  Of reassuring the prophet (S.A.W.) at a

  Time of distress is

  Options:
  A) at-Takāthur
  B) ad-Duhā
  C) al-Kāfirūn
  D) al-mā ūn.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1806:

  The pre-Islamic period is known as?

  Options:
  A) Sunnat
  B) Jahillyyah
  C) Mujahidun
  D) Al-Bait
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1807: Iddah, the waiting period after a divorce, is Options:
  A) forty days
  B) three months
  C) five months
  D) three years
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1808:

  

  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 1809:

  

  ‘wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad’

  This verse of the Qur’ān (112:4) says that Allah

  Options:
  A) is childless
  B) is unique
  C) has no parents
  D) has no favourites.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1810:

  

  The verse (Q. 95.8) above means ‘Is Allah not’

  Options:
  A) a good judge?
  B) our judge?
  C) the best of judges?
  D) the Head of all Judges?
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  The correct answer is D .