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 31: The science of Asma al-rijal is introduced in order to Options:
  A) Authenticate the chains of Hadith narrators
  B) Confirms the names of Hadith books
  C) Ascertain the number of ahadith
  D) Explain the contents of the sunnah
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32:

  The Tahajjud is observed between

  Options:
  A) Shaf and Witr
  B) Isha and Fajr
  C) Magrib and Isha'i
  D) Magrib and Isha'i
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 33: One of the scholars reported to have been imprisoned by his non compromising stance was Options:
  A) Shafi’i
  B) Abu-Hanifah
  C) Hambali
  D) Māliki b. Anas.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 34: The major difference among the Sunni schools of law borders on Options:
  A) jurisprudential interpretation
  B) judicial rulings
  C) legal application
  D) customary usage.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 35:

  Voluntary fasting is encouraged on

  Options:
  A) Id days
  B) Fridays
  C) a day before Ramadan
  D) Mondays
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 36:

  

  The Hadith above warns Muslims against charity with

  Options:
  A) useless things
  B) ill-gotten wealth
  C) evil intention
  D) cheap things
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37: It is shirk in Islam to Options:
  A) dance
  B) sing religious song
  C) undergo plastic surgery
  D) masquerade.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38:

  Where the husband and wife mutually agree to termite their marriage contract without anything against each other, such a dissolution is termed

  Options:
  A) mubāra'ah
  B) ilā'
  C) Khul
  D) Faskh
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 39:

  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 .
• Question 40:

  Q. 4:34 enjoins the wife not only to be obedient but also to

  Options:
  A) maintain her chastity
  B) protect her home
  C) defend her rights
  D) endure all difficulties
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  The correct answer is A .