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 751:

  Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim means the

  Options:
  A) Beneficient, Merciful
  B) Living, Everlasting
  C) Omnipotent
  D) the Wise, All-knowing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 752:

  A decision taken in the interest of the public becomes

  Options:
  A) Urf
  B) Ijtihad
  C) Istislah
  D) Jihad
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 753:

  The practice of comparing the back of one's wife to that of one's mother as a method of divorce was known as

  Options:
  A) faskh
  B) lian
  C) zihar
  D) ila
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 754: Apart from the cleanliness of the body and clothes, the devotee who intends to pray must also ensure the cleanliness of the Options:
  A) soul
  B) place
  C) qiblah
  D) water
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 755: In Sūrat al-falaq, the Qur’ān refers to an element of witchcraft and the Options:
  A) evils of back-biting
  B) mischief of created beings
  C) evils of jinns and men
  D) mischief of the envious one.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 756:

  Subhana Rabbiyal' Azim wa bi Hamdihi is recited in

  Options:
  A) Julus
  B) Qiyam
  C) Ruku'
  D) Sujud
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 757:

  One of the ways by which Islamic civilization was manifested in West Africa was

  Options:
  A) recruitment of Muslim medical personnel to man health institutions
  B) construction of palaces based on Arab technology
  C) the employment of scholars of Arabic as envoys by kings and emperors
  D) establishment of universities to train scientists
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 758:

  One of the following is not a collector of sound Hadith

  Options:
  A) Abu Daud
  B) Abu Hurayrah
  C) Al-Tirmidhi
  D) Ibu Majah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 759:

  Ahmad bab, one of the early West African 'Ulamā', was based in

  Options:
  A) Sokoto
  B) Borno
  C) Timbuktu
  D) Mali
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 760:

  Muhammed Bello justified Jihād against the Islamic state of Borno because of the people's tendency towards

  Options:
  A) Formalism
  B) Syncretism
  C) Asceticism
  D) Extremism
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  The correct answer is B .