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 201:

  Which of the following terms portrays the Qur'ān as a healing for man's spiritual and moral waywardness?

  Options:
  A) ash - Shifā'
  B) al - Maw'izah
  C) ar - Rahmah3
  D) al - Burhān
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 202: ‘…He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them …’(Q.30:21)The verse above discusses the Options:
  A) Need for peace
  B) reasons for marriage
  C) need for tranquility
  D) nature of creation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 203: The battle of Khandaq was known as such because the Options:
  A) encounter took place near Khandaq
  B) Muslims dug a trench as a war strategy
  C) hypocrites protected Khandaq from enemies
  D) Quraysh fell into a trench.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 204:

  "By Him who dominates my soul, I swear that you're the Prophet of this nation... you will be abused and you will be persecuted. If I should ever live to see that day, I shall surely help the cause of Allah"

  Who made the statement above?

  Options:
  A) Muhammad Husayn Haikai
  B) Waraqah b. Nawfal
  C) Abdul Muttalib
  D) Abbas b. Mirdas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 205:

  Which one of the following actions may be regarded as Mubāℎ?

  Options:
  A) Acquisition of knowledge
  B) smoking
  C) Salāt ash-shaf
  D) Shaking hands while greeting37
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 206: A mature Muslim who wakes up only to discover that it was the first day of Ramādān is expected to Options:
  A) observe imsāk and make up
  B) start his fasting the next day
  C) compensate the day with kaffārah
  D) observe imsāk without making up.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 207: By the first pact of al-‘Aqabah. The delegates promised Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) to become Options:
  A) defenders of Islam
  B) helpers of Muslims
  C) servants of the Prophet
  D) believers in ‘Allāh.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 208: In the Islamic belief system, the opposite of Tawhīd is Options:
  A) Qadar
  B) Qadā
  C) Shirk
  D) Shukr.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 209:

  The teachings of Uthman b. Fodio are remembered today as it relates to

  Options:
  A) idol worshiping
  B) marrying more than four wives
  C) all form of syncretism
  D) taxing of farm produce
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 210: 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 .