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 331: What is ijmā in Islamic law? Options:
  A) Consensus of opinion
  B) Analogical deduction
  C) Differences of opinion
  D) Minority opinion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 332: The first Islamic university established is West Africa was in Options:
  A) Aghades
  B) Sankore
  C) Timbuktu
  D) Gao
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 333:

  The following Suwar begin with divine command to the Prophet except Surah

  Options:
  A) an-Nas
  B) al-Kafirun
  C) ad-Duha
  D) al-Falaq
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 334: Allah’s pleasure in this world and the hereafter can be obtained through Options:
  A) physical exercises
  B) writing Qur’an on a slate
  C) Shari’a
  D) oratory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 335: ‘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 336: The most important ways of preserving the Glorious Qur’ān by Sahǻbah include Options:
  A) establishing schools in major cities and teaching the Glorious Qur’ān
  B) teaching the application of sunnah practically
  C) explaining the conduct of the prophet according to the Glorious Qur’ān
  D) guiding the new converts in Islam ways of life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 337:

  Al-Akhirah is to hereafter as Al-Qiyammah is to

  Options:
  A) Paradise
  B) Destiny
  C) Hell
  D) Resurrection
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 338: The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if Options:
  A) its wording is too close to the text of the Qur''ān
  B) it is no longer than a verse of the Qur''ān
  C) its narrator was not from Makkah
  D) it contradicts a Qur''ānic injuction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 339:

  The major teaching of Hadith 5 of an-Nawawi centres on

  Options:
  A) intention
  B) worship
  C) faith
  D) innovation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 340:

  The success of the business venture which

  Muhammed (S.A.W) carried out for

  Khadījah was due mainly to

  Options:
  A) Khadījah’s love for him
  B) the fact that he was a prophet
  C) his dedication and honesty
  D) the skill and hardwork of his assistants.
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  The correct answer is C .