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 1821:

  Prophet Muhammad(SAW) lost his mother at the age of _____

  Options:
  A) 2
  B) 4
  C) 5
  D) 6
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1822:

  Fard and Harām in the scope of sharī'ah mean

  Options:
  A) permissible and punishable
  B) obligatory and prohibited
  C) compulsory and disliked
  D) tolerable and abominable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1823:

  Ihyā' 'Ulūm ad-dīn is the title of a book written by

  Options:
  A) Ibn Rushd
  B) ar-Rāzī
  C) al-Ghazālī
  D) ibn Sīna
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1824:

  The place where the prophet started receiving the revelations of the Quran is referred to as

  Options:
  A) Jabal Nur
  B) Makkah
  C) Cave Hirah
  D) Cave thawr
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1825: Which of the following Prophets,according to the Qur’an, lived for not less than nine hundred and fifty years? Options:
  A) ādam
  B) Nūℎ
  C) Ibrāhīm
  D) Mūsā
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1826: The ill-treatment of a wife in Islam is called Options:
  A) hadd
  B) ‘idrār
  C) shiqāq
  D) firnah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1827:

  The first person to accept Islam amongst the slaves was ______

  Options:
  A) Ammar bn Yasir
  B) Anas bu Malik
  C) Bilal bn Rabah
  D) Khalid bu Walid
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1828:

  The first woman to accept Islam was _____

  Options:
  A) Aminah
  B) Khadijah
  C) Ruqayah
  D) Aisha
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1829: ‘God was well pleased with the believers when they pledges all allegiance unto thee beneath the tree’.The verse above was revealed in connection with the Options:
  A) battle of Badr
  B) battle of Tabūk
  C) Treaty of Hudaybiyah
  D) pledge of ‘Aqabah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1830: Muhammed Bello justified Jihād against the Islamic state of Borno because of the people’s tendency towards Options:
  A) syncretism
  B) extremism
  C) asceticism
  D) formalism
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  The correct answer is A .