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 11:

  Mutilation which is stipulated in Q. 5:38 for theft is described as

  Options:
  A) a retaliatory sanction
  B) a punitive measure
  C) an exemplary punishment
  D) an incontrovertible disgrace
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12:

  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 13: Shaykh ‘Abdul-Qādir al-Jīlāni was the founder of Options:
  A) Tijāniyyah
  B) Sanūsiyyah
  C) Jilāniyyah
  D) Qādiriyyah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14:

  Who is known as Khatan An-Nabiyyin?

  Options:
  A) Ibrahim
  B) Isa
  C) Muhammad
  D) Musa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15:

  The entrenchment of an Islamic economic system is aimed at

  Options:
  A) controlling the world funds
  B) restricting the unlawful acquisition of wealth
  C) restricting men to particular occupations
  D) promoting equitable distribution of wealth.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 16:

  The weakest of faith according to Hadith 34 of an-Nawawi is changing an evil with the

  Options:
  A) hand
  B) leg
  C) heart
  D) tongue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 17: Which of the following battles resulted in more people being converted to Islam? Options:
  A) Uhud
  B) Badr
  C) Hunayn
  D) Khandaq
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18:

  Talaq al bai'in technically conveys the idea of

  Options:
  A) Divorce of a new bride
  B) Court annulment of marriage
  C) An irrevocable divorce
  D) Divorce in a state of impurity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19:

  The initial idea to preserve the Glorious Qur'ān was mooted by

  Options:
  A) Zaid b. Thābit
  B) 'Umar b.Khattāb
  C) 'Uthmān b. 'Affān
  D) 'Abū Bakr As-Saddiq
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 20: The text of talbiyah in hājj emphasizes the pilgrim’s Options:
  A) readiness to observe the rites of ℎājj to the end
  B) realization of the uniqueness of the rites of ℎājj
  C) recognition of Allah’s absolute authority
  D) aspiration for a reward
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  The correct answer is C .