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: Having met all the conditions for the payment of Zakāh,Mallam Ibrāhim has five hundred Naira. How much should he pay as Zakāh from this amount? Options:
  A) N50.10k
  B) N16.50k
  C) N15.50k
  D) N12.50k
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 22: Men and women are considered equal in Q.16:97 in relation to Options:
  A) responsibilities
  B) piety
  C) intelligence
  D) discipline.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23:

  Reference to a special night is made in

  Sūrat

  Options:
  A) ad.-Duhā
  B) al-Tin
  C) al-Falaq
  D) al-Qadr.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 24: Which of the following Prophets,according to the Qur’an, lived for not less than nine hundred and fifty years? Options:
  A) ādam
  B) Nūℎ
  C) Ibrāhīm
  D) Mūsā
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 25:

  The author of the Muwatta was the Imām of

  Options:
  A) Dārul-Hijrah
  B) Dārus-Salām
  C) Damascus
  D) Makkah
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 26: Where the father is the only heir who survives his son, he will inherit Options:
  A) one sixth of his property
  B) one third of his property
  C) half of his property
  D) the whole of his property
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 27: The number of takbir observed during salah al-Janāzah is Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four “Sal a tul-Jamazah is a funeral prayer and it is Fardu Kifayah. It consists of two parts: 1. Four Takibirah. 2. Qayamah
  D) seven
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 28: 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 .
• Question 29: Musnad is a collection of ahādīth arranged Options:
  A) according to the names of their authorities
  B) into chapters dealing with specific topics
  C) according to word-endings
  D) in alphabetical order.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 30:

  Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) answer to Angel Jibril when he was asked to recite was

  Options:
  A) 'I am not a scholar'
  B) 'I am not a jugde'
  C) 'I cannot read'
  D) 'I cannot preach'
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  The correct answer is C .