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:

  Divine Inspiration was employed in the

  Options:
  A) arrangement of the Glorious Qu'ran
  B) compilation of the Glorious Qu'ran
  C) standardization of the Glorious Quran
  D) memorization of the Glorious Qu'ran
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32: The scholar who adopted Tafsīr bil Ma’athūr in his commentary was Options:
  A) Abu Abdullahi Shaddād B. Aws
  B) As-Sassās Abū Bakr Ahmed b. Ali
  C) At-Tabari Abū Jāfar Muhammed b. Jarir
  D) Al-Qutubi Muhammad Abū Abdullahi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 33: The pre-colonial West African rulers employ the services of Muslim scholars mostly as Options:
  A) teachers
  B) secretaries
  C) ambassadors
  D) ‘Imām.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 34: 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 35:

  Which of the following was not part of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah?

  Options:
  A) Muhammad (SAW) should not enter Makkah that year
  B) There should be no war for ten years
  C) If anybody wanted to join Muammad (SAW), he should send him back.
  D) Muhammad(SAW) should not be recognized as leader
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 36:

  One of the two compilers of Hadith that deals with legal traditions of permissions and prohibitions is

  Options:
  A) Abu Daud
  B) Bukhari
  C) Ibn Maja
  D) Muslim
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 37:

  '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 38:

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

  Options:
  A) angels
  B) miracles
  C) prophets
  D) scriptures
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 39:

  What differentiates Hadith Qudsi from Hadith Nabawi is the

  Options:
  A) place and manner of application
  B) condition under which the two are narrated
  C) wording and teaching intended
  D) chain and reliability of the narrator
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 40:

  How many Caliphs did the Glorious Qur’an

  Pas through before its standardization?

  Options:
  A) Six
  B) Four
  C) Three “Abubakar, Umar then Uthman”
  D) Two.
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  The correct answer is C .