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 message in Hadith 34 of an- Nawawi is about Options:
  A) Performing the society for the better
  B) Preventing evil in the society by any means possible
  C) Commanding good among people
  D) Abstaining from evil deeds
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: The initial spread of Islam in West Africa can be described as generally Options:
  A) rapid and systematic
  B) rapid and thorough
  C) slow but peaceful
  D) peaceful and systematic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3: Every human being, according to Sūrah al- Asr is in a state of loss, except the Options:
  A) Quraish tribe
  B) the oppressed people
  C) faithful and righteous
  D) earlier generations
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  A decision taken in the interest of the public becomes

  Options:
  A) ijtihad
  B) istislah
  C) jihad
  D) urf
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  Iqra' warabbukal' akram is followed by

  Options:
  A) Khalaqal insana min alaq
  B) Alladhi' alama bil qalam
  C) Allamal 'insana malam ya'lam
  D) Iqra' bismi rabbikal-ladhi khalaq
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6:

  The only Sūrah in the Glorious Qur'an which must be recited in every obligatory prayer is

  Options:
  A) al-Baqārah
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Fātīhah
  D) al-Ikhlās
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  The Qur'an was initially preserved on the following except

  Options:
  A) paper
  B) rock
  C) leather
  D) memory
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8:

  According to Islamic teachings, angels are

  Options:
  A) of divine nature
  B) a class of jinns
  C) like human beings
  D) loyal servants of Allah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9:

  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 10: Sahīh al − Bukhāri is regarded as the most authentic collection of Hadīth because its collector was Options:
  A) older than any other collector of Hadīth
  B) alive during the time of the Prophet (S.A.W)
  C) the most critical of the collectors
  D) a founder of a school law
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  The correct answer is C .