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:

  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 32:

  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 33: 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 34:

  Which of the following is not among the articles of faith? Belief in the

  Options:
  A) angels
  B) prophets
  C) scriptures
  D) miracles
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 35:

  The important of Salah as listed in Q. 29:45 includes

  Options:
  A) Prohibition of shameful and deeds
  B) Making invocations regularly
  C) Prohibition of cheating in measures
  D) Prohibition of hoarding
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 36: A woman who loses her husband while undergoing an ‘iddah of revocable divorce changes to ‘iddah Options:
  A) al-wafāt
  B) at-talāq
  C) al-mafqūd
  D) al-mustahādah.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 37: In Islam, syncretism means Options:
  A) mixing religion with politics
  B) mixing Islamic beliefs with other beliefs
  C) discouraging innovations and encouraging Islam
  D) separating Western culture from Islamic culture.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 38:

  Imam Malik was born in

  Options:
  A) Syria
  B) Makkah
  C) Madinah
  D) Egypt
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 39: The Caliph who appointed the shūrā 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 .
• Question 40:

  Which of the following is an exclusive obligation of the husband?

  Options:
  A) Provision of Shelter
  B) Domestic support
  C) Provision of job
  D) Counselling
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  The correct answer is A .