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 311:

  Iqra' warabbukal' akram is followed by

  Options:
  A) Khalaqal insana min alaq
  B) Alladhi' alama bil qalam
  C) Allamal 'insana malam ya'lam
  D) Iqra' bismi rabbikal-ladhi khalaq
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 312: The final and total prohibition of intoxicants is contained in Sūrah Options:
  A) al-Baqarah
  B) al-‘Imrān
  C) an-Nisā
  D) al-Māidah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 313:

  "Umul-Mu'minin" as mentioned in Hadith No. 5 of al-Nawawi's collection refers to

  Options:
  A) A'ishah
  B) Hafsah
  C) Mariyah
  D) Ummu Salmah
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 314:

  The Truce of al-Hudaybiyyah included terms such as

  Options:
  A) payment of reparations to the Makkans by the Ummah
  B) the observance by both parties of a ten year period of peace
  C) prevention of Muslims from entering Makkah until ten years later
  D) the encouragement of the Makkans to join the Muslims in al-Madanah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 315:

  The capital of an ancient Ghana empire was

  Options:
  A) Awkar
  B) Awdaghast
  C) Jenne
  D) Sijilmasa
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 316: The ruler who instituted Friday prayers in Mali was Options:
  A) Mansa Musa
  B) Mansa Suleiman
  C) Mansa Ule
  D) Mansa Abubakar
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 317: 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 318:

  The number of Muslims in the battle of Badr was 313 while that of Makkan force was__

  Options:
  A) 1,000
  B) 2,000
  C) 100,000
  D) 300
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 319: ‘God was well pleased with the believers when they pledges all allegiance unto thee beneath the tree’.The verse above was revealed in connection with the Options:
  A) battle of Badr
  B) battle of Tabūk
  C) Treaty of Hudaybiyah
  D) pledge of ‘Aqabah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 320:

  The Caliph who appointed the shura Council to produce a successor after his death was

  Options:
  A) Abū Bakr as-Siddīq
  B) 'Umar b. Khattāb
  C) 'Uthmān b. 'Affān
  D) 'Alī b. Ab ī Tālib
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  The correct answer is B .