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 21:

  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 22: 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 23:

  Muslims should pay more attention to Hadith 5 of an-Nawawi because it

  Options:
  A) discourages innovation in Religion
  B) encourages sincerity in all matters
  C) frowns upon excessive questioning.
  D) warns against backbiting
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 24:

  According to Islamic teachings, angels are

  Options:
  A) of divine nature
  B) a class of jinns
  C) like human beings
  D) loyal servants of Allah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 25: The allegorical and the ambiguous verses of the Glorious Qur’an are understood through the Options:
  A) ijtihad of Muslim Scholars
  B) qiyas of Muslim jurists
  C) tadabbur in the Glorious Qur’an
  D) tafsir of the Glorious Qur’an
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 26:

  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 27:

  Ad-Dhikr is to the Qur'an as Ummul-Kitab is to

  Options:
  A) Kafirun
  B) Fatihah
  C) Falaq
  D) Iklas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 28: ‘It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not’ (Q. 61:3). The main teaching of the verse above is honesty in Options:
  A) deeds
  B) words
  C) words and deeds
  D) deeds and worship
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 29:

  The following are classifications of Hadith except

  Options:
  A) da'if
  B) mawdu
  C) hasan
  D) sahih
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 30: A text of Hadith is rejected if it is Options:
  A) reported by an Arab
  B) against natural phenomenon
  C) reported twice by the same reporter
  D) not reported in Madinah.
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  The correct answer is B .