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 871:

  Taharah simply means _______

  Options:
  A) intention
  B) marriage
  C) Prayer
  D) purification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 872: ‘Indeed the people before you were destroyed by asking a lot of unnecessary questions …’The quotation above is in Hadith 9 of An-Nawawi which refers to the Options:
  A) People of the Book
  B) Quraysh
  C) People of Madinah
  D) Arabs.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 873:

  In sūrah al-Qāri'ah, mankind is compared to

  Options:
  A) humiliated beasts
  B) laden camels
  C) scattered moths
  D) pampered creatures
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 874:
  

  The translation of the verse above is

  Options:
  A) 'truly, man is to his lord ungrateful
  B) 'verily, to thy Lord is the return of all
  C) 'And verily the hereafter will be better for thee than present
  D) 'truly, he succeeds that purifies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 875: Angel Jibril asked the Prophet (SAW) to read during the event of the first revelation Options:
  A) four times
  B) three times
  C) twice
  D) once
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 876:

  The first Qur’ānic verse revealed,

  Instructed the Prophet (S.A.W) to

  Options:
  A) engage in preaching and warning
  B) seek knowledge through reading
  C) keep vigil the night long
  D) read the minds of people
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 877: The real name of Imam al-Bukhari is Options:
  A) Musa b. Muhammad
  B) Muhammad b. Ahmad
  C) Isma’il b. Yaqub
  D) Muhammad b. Isma’il
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 878:

  The importance of the Hadith lies in the fact that it _____

  Options:
  A) Supplements the Qu'ran and serves as a second source of Islamic law
  B) Was recorded and collected in some attentic
  C) Was officially collected by Muslim Caliphs
  D) Provides reliable information on thr biography of the Prophet (SAW)
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 879:

  ‘Allah begets not nor is He begotten.’

  The quotation above condemns

  Options:
  A) hero praising
  B) the doctrine of trinity Ref: Suratul_Ikhlas Q. 112:3.
  C) worshiping of ancestors
  D) idol worshiping.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 880:

  The battle of Siffin led to the emergence of

  The

  Options:
  A) Khawārij
  B) Ahl al-Sunnah
  C) Munāfiqūn
  D) Umayyads
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  The correct answer is A .