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:

  Matn is the ________ of the Hadith.

  Options:
  A) compilers
  B) explanation
  C) reporters
  D) teaching
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 362: The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was Options:
  A) Shu’aib
  B) Yūsuf
  C) Mūsa
  D) Lūt
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 363:

  Hajj is one of the avenues for Islamic brotherhood and

  Options:
  A) kindness
  B) fairness
  C) trust
  D) unity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 364: In order to make Tawāf, you are required to keep the ka’abah to your Options:
  A) left and go round it in an anticlockwise direction
  B) right and go round it in a clockwise direction
  C) left and go round it in a clockwise direction
  D) right and move round it in an anticlockwise direction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 365:

  '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 366: In an Islamic state, the right to pardon a murdered lies with the Options:
  A) head of state
  B) legislature
  C) deceased relatives
  D) courts
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 367: The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of Options:
  A) ‘Umar b. Khattāb
  B) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
  C) ‘Alī b. Abī Tālib
  D) Muhammad b. ‘Abdullāh
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 368:

  

  The verse above warns the Muslim ‘Ummah against

  Options:
  A) carelessness
  B) disunity
  C) intolerance
  D) impatience
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 369: Fard and Harām in the scope of sharī'ah mean Options:
  A) tolerable and abominable
  B) permissible and punishable
  C) compulsory and disliked
  D) obligatory and prohibited
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 370: The Sunni school of thought noted for resorting frequently to the use of personal opinion was that of Imām Options:
  A) Mālik
  B) Abū Hanīfah
  C) Shafi i
  D) Hambal
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  The correct answer is C .