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 1951:

  Subh prayer contains _____ obligatory rakahs?

  Options:
  A) 2
  B) 3
  C) 4
  D) 5
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1952:

  How many Caliphs did the Glorious Qur'an pass through before its standardization?

  Options:
  A) six
  B) four
  C) three
  D) two
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1953: The number of lashes prescribed for the consumption of alcohol is Options:
  A) forty
  B) sixty
  C) eighty
  D) hundred
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1954: 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 1955: The permission to marry up to four wives in Islam is aimed at Options:
  A) bearing more children
  B) treating them equally
  C) reducing the number of unmarried women
  D) preventing adultery
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1956: Hadith 18 of an-Nwawai enjoins believers to Options:
  A) Be firm abravend
  B) Be strong-minded and clean
  C) Have piety and work righteously
  D) Acquire knowledge and be polite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1957:

  The Surah which beins with four oaths is

  Options:
  A) ad-Duha
  B) al-Kafirun
  C) at-Tin
  D) Alaq
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1958:

  The Makkan forces were not successful at the battle of Khandaq because they

  Options:
  A) ran out of supplies
  B) were not familiar with the strategy of the Muslims
  C) were not properly coordinated
  D) were afraid of another defeat
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1959:

  While polygamy is permitted in Sūraℎ 4:3, Sūraℎ 4:129

  Options:
  A) limits the practice to Imams
  B) modifies it
  C) highlights problems inherent in it
  D) promises reward for its practice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1960:

  Who among the six compilers of Hadith became blind before his death?

  Options:
  A) Nasa'I
  B) Abu Da'ud
  C) Ibn Maja
  D) Tirmidhi
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  The correct answer is D .