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 191:

  "Allāh doth command you To render back your Trusts To those to whom they are due;
  And when ye judge Between man and man That ye judge with justice...' (Q.4:58). Inherent in the Qur'ānic verse above are the virtues of amānah and

  Options:
  A) diyāfah
  B) Karāmah
  C) adālah
  D) Khusū
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 192: The term Khitbah in marriage contract means Options:
  A) betrothal
  B) witness
  C) gift presentation
  D) formal approach.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 193: Which of the following was the most preferred method of preserving the Holy Qur’ān during the time of the rightly guided caliphs? Options:
  A) Memorization
  B) Recording
  C) Transmission
  D) Reading
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 194:

  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 195:

  

  The verse (Q. 95.8) above means ‘Is Allah not’

  Options:
  A) a good judge?
  B) our judge?
  C) the best of judges?
  D) the Head of all Judges?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 196:

  Which of the following is not a directive to women in Q. 24:31?

  Options:
  A) Lowering of gaze
  B) protection of dignity
  C) covering of the bosom
  D) staying indoors for worship
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 197: A Muslim who joins the Imām while he is rising from the last rukū’ of the last rak’ah has to Options:
  A) repeat the rak’ah as if he did not join in it
  B) complete the remaining except the last rak’ah
  C) continue the prayer and thereafter observe all the rak’āt
  D) end up the prayer with the Imām.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 198:

  Fortune telling is un-Islamic

  Options:
  A) only when it is done by non-Muslims
  B) only in matters relating to religious practices
  C) when Islamic scriptures are not used for it
  D) at all times and in all matters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 199: Tajwid as one of the science of the Glorious Qur’an is important because Options:
  A) it allows for the understanding of history of the Glorious Qur’an
  B) it provides the basis for the deeper understanding of the Glorious Qur’an
  C) it provides the knowledge of correct pronounciation and recitation of the Glorious Qur’an
  D) it increases the ability to recite and communicate in Arabic
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 200:

  'And consult them in the affairs ...'(Qur'ān 3:159). This expression emphasizes the importance of the principle of

  Options:
  A) shūrā
  B) mu'āmalah
  C) Tatfīf
  D) bay'ah
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  The correct answer is A .