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 1:

  The Arabs worshiped idols during the Jahiliyya period because

  Options:
  A) They were ignorant of God's existence
  B) there were Prophets among them
  C) they believed that the idols will intercede
  D) they believed that the idols will not intercede
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Imam Malik was born in Options:
  A) Syria
  B) Makkah
  C) Madinah
  D) Egypt
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  The social reforms witnessed by Arabia

  During the life time of the Prophet (S.A.W)

  Included the

  Options:
  A) abolition of slave ownership
  B) improvement in slave/master relations
  C) modification of the practice of infanticide
  D) universal recognition of the Arabs as the superior race
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  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 5:

  The battle of Badr was fought in _______ year AH.

  Options:
  A) 2nd
  B) 3rd
  C) 4th
  D) 6th
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  The blow of the trumphet at resurrection is the duty of angel

  Options:
  A) jibril
  B) mikail
  C) israfil
  D) atid
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: The Prophet (S.A.W) granted general amnesty to all enemies of Islam after the Options:
  A) Battle of Yamāmah
  B) Conquest of Makkah
  C) Campaign of Tabūk
  D) Battle of Hunāin.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: 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) liān
  C) zihār
  D) ilā
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  The worst vice prevalent during the Jahiliyyah period was

  Options:
  A) Cowardice
  B) Disloyalty
  C) Insincerity
  D) vengeance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: A major activity in Salah performed through various bodily postures is known as Options:
  A) Raka’at
  B) Takbiratul Ihram
  C) At- tashahud
  D) Sujud ash-shukr
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  The correct answer is A .