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 1841: In order to make Tawāf, you are required to keep the ka’abah to your Options:
  A) left and go round it in an anticlockwise direction
  B) right and go round it in a clockwise direction
  C) left and go round it in a clockwise direction
  D) right and move round it in an anticlockwise direction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1842:

  According to Hadith No. 23 of al-Nawawi's collections, cleanliness is said to be _______ of faith.

  Options:
  A) fulfilment
  B) half
  C) one-quarter
  D) three-quarter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1843: The battle that served as a pointer to the compilation of the Glorious Qur’an was fought at Options:
  A) Khandaq
  B) Uhud
  C) Tabūk
  D) Yamāmah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1844: In Islamic law of inheritance, the share of the female child is Options:
  A) 1/2 of the male's
  B) 1/3 of the sister's
  C) 1/4 of the mother's
  D) 1/5 of the father's
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1845: The jurist who made Tasawwuf compatible with the Shari'ah was Options:
  A) ibn Sina
  B) ibn Khaldūn
  C) Ar-Rāzi
  D) al-Ghazālī
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1846:

  Lawhul-Mahfudh is associated with Quranic

  Options:
  A) memorization
  B) preservation
  C) compilation
  D) recitation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1847:

  According to Qur'ān 4:48, to set up partners with Allah is a great offense which Allah will not forgive

  Options:
  A) even if He forgives all other sins
  B) except the Prophet (S.A.W) intercedes
  C) until He has forgiven all other sins
  D) except the offender repents
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1848:

  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 1849: Those exempted from paying jizyāh are Options:
  A) Christians
  B) Jews
  C) women
  D) men
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1850: The Caliph who appointed the shūrā Council to produce a successor after his death was Options:
  A) Abū Bakr as-Siddīq
  B) ‘Umar b. Khattāb
  C) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
  D) ‘Alī b. Ab ī Tālib
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  The correct answer is B .