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 111:

  The success of the business venture which

  Muhammed (S.A.W) carried out for

  Khadījah was due mainly to

  Options:
  A) Khadījah’s love for him
  B) the fact that he was a prophet
  C) his dedication and honesty
  D) the skill and hardwork of his assistants.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 112: The second treaty of al-‘Aqabah was a turning point because Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) Options:
  A) met his relations from Yathrib
  B) established his national army
  C) became the king of al-Madīnaℎ
  D) agreed the emigrate to Yathrib
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 113:

  The pre-Islamic practice of shigar which was abolished by Islam meant

  Options:
  A) trade by barter
  B) exchange of female slaves
  C) exchange of sisters in wedlock
  D) gambling
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 114:

  'Surely, we created man of the best stature, then, we reduced him to the lowest of the low save those who believe and good works' This quotation is from Surat

  Options:
  A) al Asr
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Tīn
  D) al-Bayyinah
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 115: According to the Holy Qur’ān (27:59-66),nature is a unique manifestation of the work of ‘Allāℎ because Options:
  A) man has no problem coping with it
  B) man has continuously endeavoured to conquer it
  C) it is beyond the scope of human comprehension
  D) the Qur’ān gives details of several aspects of it.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 116:

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

  Options:
  A) Timbuktu
  B) Borno
  C) Mali
  D) Sokoto
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 117: The man who established the Muslim city of Qairawān was Options:
  A) ‘Uqbah b. Nāfi'
  B) ‘Ubaidah b. Sa'ad
  C) Irshād b. Waqās
  D) Mūsa b. Naufāi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 118: The forbidden types of food listed in sūrah 2:173 include carrion, blood, swine flesh and that which is Options:
  A) dedicated to other gods
  B) killed through beating
  C) killed by goring
  D) devoured by wild beasts.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 119:

  The collection of Imam Muslim differs from that of Imam Bukhari in terms of

  Options:
  A) Interpretation
  B) Authenticity
  C) Repetition
  D) Clasification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 120: Apart from being a renowned philosopher, Ibn Rushd was also Options:
  A) a jurist
  B) an astronomer
  C) a scientist
  D) a mathematician
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  The correct answer is A .