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 161:

  A Juz' of the Quran is subdivided into the following except

  Options:
  A) Hizb
  B) Manzil
  C) Rub'
  D) Nisf
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 162: One major aim of marriage in Islam is to Options:
  A) increase the working force of the family
  B) distinguish between the duties of male and female
  C) enhance ethnic loyalty
  D) achieve legitimate procreation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 163: As ‘Allāh’s creative work is discussed in Q.27:59-64, the passage intermittently cautions man against Options:
  A) distrust
  B) disobedience
  C) extravagance
  D) exploitation.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 164:

  The Nisab is important because it is the basis of

  Options:
  A) talaq
  B) salat
  C) jihad
  D) zakat
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 165: Q.2:219 prohibits wine and gambling for the Muslims because Options:
  A) they lead to extravagance and intoxication
  B) the sins in them are greater than the profits
  C) one becomes impoverished overnight
  D) they lead one to ignore one’s religion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 166:

  In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the

  Options:
  A) father
  B) mother
  C) aunt
  D) grandmother
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 167: Raiding as a characteristic of the Jahilyyah Arabs led to Options:
  A) Holding annual political meetings
  B) Staging of annual trade fair
  C) Burying their female children alive
  D) Fighting inter- tribal wars
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 168:

  ‘Verily when He intends a thing His command is ‘Be’ and it ‘is’(Q.36:82)From this Qur’anic passage derives the

  Muslim belief in

  Options:
  A) predestination
  B) fatalism
  C) providence
  D) premonition.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 169: A woman in her menstrual period Options:
  A) is not exempted from all forms of ‘ibādah
  B) is exempted from all forms of ‘ibādah
  C) has options to do ‘ibādah
  D) can only perform the obligatory prayers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 170:

  How many Caliphs did the Glorious Qur'an pass through before its standardization?

  Options:
  A) six
  B) four
  C) three
  D) two
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  The correct answer is C .