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: One of the ways by which Islamic civilization was manifested in West Africa was Options:
  A) the employment of scholars of Arabic as envoys by kings and emperors
  B) construction of palaces based on Arab technology
  C) establishment of universities to train scientists
  D) recruitment of Muslim medical personnel to man health institutions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 192:

  Truth has come and falsehood has vanished was uttered by the Prophet(SAW) when

  Options:
  A) Umar embraced Islam
  B) Islam spread beyond Arabia
  C) he got to the city of Yathrib
  D) he entered the sacred Ka'bah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 193: ‘āishah’s role in the transmission of Hadīth is next in significance to that of Options:
  A) Abū Hurayrah
  B) Imām Bukhāri
  C) Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī
  D) Abū Bakr as-Siddīq.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 194:

  How many times does the word A'bud and its derivatives occur in Suratul-Kafirun

  Options:
  A) eight
  B) six
  C) seven
  D) nine
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 195:

  Which of the following Ahadith of al-Nawawi's collections discourages selfishness?

  Options:
  A) Fifteenth
  B) fifth
  C) seventh
  D) thirteenth
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 196:

  Talaq al ba in means divorce that is

  Options:
  A) revocable
  B) permissible
  C) detestable
  D) irrevocable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 197: Apart from the cleanliness of the body and clothes, the devotee who intends to pray must also ensure the cleanliness of the Options:
  A) soul
  B) place
  C) qiblah
  D) water
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 198: The second hadīth in an-Nawawi’s collection teaches that it is righteousness to worship Allah as if Options:
  A) one would die the following day
  B) He would punish one on the spot
  C) one was seeing Him physically
  D) one would live forever.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 199:

  The last verse of Suratul Ma'un is

  Options:
  A) Alladhinahum yura'un
  B) Alladhinahun an-salatihim sahun
  C) Ara'aytalladhi yukadhibu biddih
  D) Wayaman unal ma'un
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 200: Apart from being a renowned philosopher, Ibn Rushd was also Options:
  A) a jurist
  B) an astronomer
  C) a scientist
  D) a mathematician
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  The correct answer is A .