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 51:

  The following are exempted from fasting except

  Options:
  A) insane person
  B) menstruating person
  C) rich man
  D) sick person
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 52:

  Tajwid as one of the science of the Glorious Qur'an is important because

  Options:
  A) it allows for the understanding of history of the Glorious Qur'an
  B) it provides the basis for the deeper understanding of the Glorious Qur'an
  C) it provides the knowledge of correct pronunciation and recitation of the Glorious Qur'an
  D) it increases the ability to recite and communicate in Arabic
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 53:

  The initial idea to preserve the Glorious Qur'an was mooted by

  Options:
  A) Abu-Bakr As-Saddiq
  B) Umar b. Khattab
  C) Zaid b. Thabit
  D) Uthman b. Affan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 54: The similarity between the Jihad of Uthman b. Fodio and the Prophet’s hijrah in 622 C. E was the Options:
  A) strength of their followers
  B) inspiration from Allah
  C) display of bid’ah
  D) envy of non-believers.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 55: According to Qur’ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded Options:
  A) half measure
  B) ten-fold
  C) twenty-fold
  D) uncountable fold
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 56:

  During the Jihiliyya era, the Ka'aba was the center of poetic contest at the annual festival called

  Options:
  A) ijāz
  B) Ukāz
  C) Manāt
  D) ushrah474
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 57: Those who are not Pilgrims are advised to fast on the day of Options:
  A) eid al-fitri
  B) ashurah
  C) eid al-adha
  D) Arafat
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 58: Lending out money with interest in Islam is Options:
  A) sadaqah
  B) ribā
  C) kharaj
  D) Jizyah.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 59:

  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 60: In the Islamic law of inheritance, the share of the mother of the deceased who has no children is Options:
  A) 1/2
  B) 1/3
  C) 1/4
  D) 1/6
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  The correct answer is B .