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 131: The sources of the Sharī ‘ah include Options:
  A) Qur'ān, Hadīth and common law
  B) Hadīth, Qiyās and parliamentary proceedings
  C) Qiyās, Ta'wīl and Falsafah
  D) Qur'ān, Ijmā and Qiyās
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 132:

  One of the peculiarities of Sahih Bukhari is that a hadith are sorted according to

  Options:
  A) Topic
  B) Chapters
  C) Records
  D) Biographies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 133: According to Qur’ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded Options:
  A) half measure
  B) ten-fold
  C) twenty-fold
  D) uncountable fold
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 134:

  

  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 135: The number of takbir observed during salah al-Janāzah is Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four “Sal a tul-Jamazah is a funeral prayer and it is Fardu Kifayah. It consists of two parts: 1. Four Takibirah. 2. Qayamah
  D) seven
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 136:

  According to Hadith 25 of al-Nawawi's collection, the rich people have gone with ______

  Options:
  A) advantages
  B) benefits
  C) blessings
  D) rewards
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 137:

  The battle of Badr was fought in the 2nd

  Year after Hijrah in

  Options:
  A) 622 A. H
  B) 624 A. H (But it is 624AD not AH).
  C) 625 A. H
  D) 632 A. H.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 138:

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

  Options:
  A) the employment of scholars of Arabic as envoys by kings and emperors
  B) construction of palaces based on Arab technology
  C) establishment of universities to train scientists
  D) recruitment of Muslim medical personnel to man health institutions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 139:

  The copy of the Glorious Qur'an in use was standardized during the period of Caliph

  Options:
  A) Abu Bakr as Siddiq
  B) Umar b. Khattab
  C) Uthman b. Affan
  D) Ali b. Abu Talib.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 140:

  The authenticity of a hadith may be faulted if

  Options:
  A) its wording is too close to the text of the Qur'an
  B) it is no longer than a verse of the Qur'an
  C) its narrator was not from Makkah
  D) it contradicts a Quranic injunction
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  The correct answer is D .