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 151: Hadith 18 of an-Nwawai enjoins believers to Options:
  A) Be firm abravend
  B) Be strong-minded and clean
  C) Have piety and work righteously
  D) Acquire knowledge and be polite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 152: Al-cawrah for a man is from the Options:
  A) navel to the feet
  B) navel to the knee
  C) head to the toe
  D) head to the waist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 153: Zakat is an economic system that de-emphasize Options:
  A) accumulation of wealth
  B) poverty
  C) helping others
  D) employment.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 154:

  The 8th of DHUl-Hijjah is Yawmut-Tarwiyyah because

  Options:
  A) it marks the beginning of Hajj rites
  B) pilgrims visit the Jamarat and make a sacrifice
  C) the first Tawaf is performed at the Ka'bah
  D) pilgrims spend the night in supplication at Muzdalifah
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 155: Standing on “Arafāt is a major difference between Hajj and Options:
  A) Qirān
  B) Tamattu
  C) Ifrād
  D) ‘Umrah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 156:

  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 157:

  How many times does a Muslim pay zakat in a year?

  Options:
  A) Once
  B) Twice
  C) Thrice
  D) Four times
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 158:

  The term al-Mutawātir refers to Hadīth narrated by

  Options:
  A) large number of narrators
  B) the six sound collectors
  C) Bukhari and Muslim
  D) the Prophet's closest companions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 159:

  Makkan Surah with the main objective of reassuring the Prophet(SAW) at a time of distress is

  Options:
  A) at-Takathur
  B) ad-Duha
  C) al-Kafirun
  D) al-ma-un
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 160:

  The prophet who assisted Prophet Ibrahīm (A.S.) in the reconstruction of the Ka'abah the

  Options:
  A) Yacqūb (A.S)
  B) Ishaq (A.S)
  C) Ismāil (A.S)
  D) Nūℎ (A.S)
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  The correct answer is C .