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 361: The expressions Iqra'', ′allama and al - qalam in Sūrat al− ′Alaq emphasize the importance of Options:
  A) humility
  B) knowledge
  C) worship
  D) generosity.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 362: What are the characteristics common to most Makkan Suwar? Options:
  A) They are short and poetic
  B) They are long and rhythmic
  C) They are easy and rhythmic
  D) They are stylistic and summative
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 363: The earliest written records of West African history were written in Arabic because Options:
  A) West Africa was colonized by the Arabs
  B) Arabic was the first written language which West Africans came in contact with
  C) several Arabic schools existed in West African shortly after the advent of Islam
  D) all rulers of West Africa had embraced Islam
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 364: The collections regarded as the most authentic in Hadītℎ literature are those of Options:
  A) Bukhārī and Muslim
  B) Bukhārī and Abū Dāwūd
  C) Ibn Mājah and at-Tirmidhī
  D) Imām Mālik and Ibn Hanbal.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 365:

  The youngest person to accept Islam was

  Options:
  A) Aliyu
  B) Anas
  C) Ibu Umar
  D) Zayd
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 366: Sūratul-Kawthar concerns the Prophet’s Options:
  A) birthday
  B) marriage to Khadijah
  C) loss of his son
  D) triumphant entry into Makkah.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 367:

  The battle of Siffin led to the emergence of

  The

  Options:
  A) Khawārij
  B) Ahl al-Sunnah
  C) Munāfiqūn
  D) Umayyads
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 368: Ahmad bab, one of the early West African ‘Ulamā’, was based in Options:
  A) Sokoto
  B) Borno
  C) Timbuktu
  D) Mali
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 369:
  

  The translation of the verse above is

  Options:
  A) 'truly, man is to his lord ungrateful
  B) 'verily, to thy Lord is the return of all
  C) 'And verily the hereafter will be better for thee than present
  D) 'truly, he succeeds that purifies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 370: Q.24:30 enjoins Muslims to Options:
  A) dress properly
  B) be very attentive in prayers
  C) guard against adultery
  D) lower their gaze
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  The correct answer is D .