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 61:

  According to Hadīth 31 of an-Nawawi, man will be loved by 'Allāℎ if he is

  Options:
  A) Kind to his neighbours
  B) Obedient to the prophets
  C) Indifferent to the world
  D) Steadfast in prayers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 62: 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 63:

  Which of the following Suwar encourages acquisition of knowledge?

  Options:
  A) Alaq
  B) Falak
  C) Fil
  D) Ikhlas
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 64: In Hadith 6 of an-Nawawi’s collection, the Prophet(SAW) said the lawful and unlawful are all clear, but between them are Options:
  A) things prohibited
  B) things permitted
  C) ambiguous matters
  D) lump of flesh.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 65:

  In Pre-Islamic Arabia, the Arabs killed their daughters because they

  Options:
  A) were the weaker sex
  B) were afraid of incest
  C) feared the females would outnumber males
  D) did not participate in wars
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 66: In Islam, the articles of Imān are Options:
  A) six
  B) five
  C) four
  D) three.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 67: 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 68:

  The man who analyzed the first encounter the Prophet (S.A.W) with Angel Jibril was

  Options:
  A) Hatīb b. Abī Balta'a
  B) Arqam b. Arqam
  C) Waraqah b. Nawfal
  D) 'Uthmān b. 'Affān
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 69:

  A major teaching of the belief in the hereafter is that

  Options:
  A) associating partners with Allah is unpardonable
  B) Muslims will enjoy the intercession of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
  C) possession of worldly things should be the ultimate goal in life
  D) Angel Azrail is responsible for taking of souls
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 70:

  The sharīah contrasts with the common law because the former is

  Options:
  A) flexible
  B) universal
  C) temporal
  D) immutable
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  The correct answer is B .