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 231:

  Who among the following is not a narrator of Hadith?

  Options:
  A) Abu Hurayrah
  B) Aisha bint Abi-Bakr
  C) Abu Sa'ad b. Malik
  D) Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 232: 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 233:

  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 234: The sources of the Sharī ‘ah include Options:
  A) Qur'ān, Hadīth and common law
  B) Hadīth, Qiyās and parliamentary proceedings
  C) Qiyās, Ta'wīl and Falsafah
  D) Qur'ān, Ijmā and Qiyās
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 235:

  In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the

  Options:
  A) father
  B) mother
  C) aunt
  D) grandmother
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 236:

  

  ‘wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad’

  This verse of the Qur’ān (112:4) says that Allah

  Options:
  A) is childless
  B) is unique
  C) has no parents
  D) has no favourites.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 237:

  A major activity in Salah performed through various bodily postures is known as

  Options:
  A) Raka'at
  B) Takbiratul Ihram
  C) At- tashahud
  D) Sujud ash-shukr
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 238: Prophet Muhammad (SAW) did not hand-over the Glorious Qur’an to his companions in an arranged form and in a single written volume because Options:
  A) he did not want only the Quraish to inherit the book
  B) the revelation did not come in one piece but at intervals
  C) many tribes would want to take over its distribution
  D) there was no need for it.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 239: One of the conditions that make prayer obligatory on believers is Options:
  A) social status
  B) reciting the Qur’an with proper Tajweed
  C) following pious Imam
  D) attainment of maturity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 240: What will happen on the Day of Judgment according to Q.101:4? Options:
  A) Mountains will discharge fire
  B) Mountains will be like carded wool
  C) Fire of Jahannam will be seen
  D) Sun will be extremely hot
  E) None of the above
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  The correct answer is E .