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 1971:

  The man who established the Muslim city of Qairawān was

  Options:
  A) Mūsa b. Naufāi
  B) 'Ubaidah b. Sa'ad
  C) 'Uqbah b. Nāfi'
  D) Irshād b. Waqās
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1972: A worshiper who remembers that he missed an obligatory step of ablution after he had finished praying will have to repeat Options:
  A) only the ablution
  B) only the obligatory step
  C) nothing after all D. the ablution and the
  D) the ablution and the prayer.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1973:
  

  Imam Mālik Ibn Anās was born in

  Options:
  A) Basra
  B) al-Madīnah
  C) Makkah
  D) Kūfah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1974:

  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 1975: From which chapter of the Qur’ān is the verse which declares ‘Certainly, we created man in the best make’? Options:
  A) 87
  B) 95
  C) 97
  D) 99
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1976: The authenticity of the Glorious Qur’an has been proven by empirical evidence of Options:
  A) dredging sea water to dams
  B) stages of growth of human embryo Ref: Quaran Chapter 23 Vs 12 - 14
  C) development of nuclear technology
  D) development of solar technology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1977:

  Which of the following was not a Jahilliyyah idol?

  Options:
  A) al-Jibl
  B) al-Manat
  C) al-Uzzah
  D) al-Lat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1978: Ra'y as a mode of Ijtihād technically means Options:
  A) considered opinion
  B) debated opinion
  C) respected opinion
  D) free opinion.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1979:

  Birabbil-Falaq in Qur'an 113 means

  Options:
  A) Lord of the daybreak
  B) from the evil of darkness
  C) from the envier when he envies
  D) Lord of the mankind
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1980:
  

  From the above, the goal of luqmān's counsel to his son:... As contained in sūrah 31:13 is to

  Options:
  A) discourage pride
  B) uphold the principle
  C) encourage goodness to parents
  D) warn against finding partners for Allah
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  The correct answer is D .