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 181: Which of the following Prophets was an ancestor of both Arabs and Jews? Options:
  A) īsā
  B) Dāwd
  C) Ayyūb
  D) Ibrāhīm
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 182:

  The Tahajjud is observed between

  Options:
  A) Shaf and Witr
  B) Isha and Fajr
  C) Magrib and Isha'i
  D) Magrib and Isha'i
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 183: The principles of Hadīth criticism developed through Options:
  A) isnād and musannaf
  B) matn and riwāyah
  C) isnād and matn
  D) musnād and musannaf
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 184: Talaq al bai’in technically conveys the idea of Options:
  A) Divorce of a new bride
  B) Court annulment of marriage
  C) An irrevocable divorce
  D) Divorce in a state of impurity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 185: The best Ibadah according to the Prophet (SAW) after the major pillars is to Options:
  A) pray nawāfils
  B) marry a pious woman
  C) make a fellow Muslim happy
  D) devote one’s time on dhikr.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 186: The Muwatta’ of Imām Mālik can be described as a book of Options:
  A) Hadīth and Fiqh
  B) Sīraℎ and Usūl al-Fiqh
  C) Fiqh and Tārīkh
  D) Hadīth and Sīrah.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 187: Those exempted from paying jizyāh are Options:
  A) Christians
  B) Jews
  C) women
  D) men
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 188:

  

  According to the verse above, man shall

  Options:
  A) See what he indulged in
  B) be fearful of the Day of Judgment
  C) see hell fire with certainly of sight
  D) be questioned about the joy he indulged in
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 189:

  The official compilation of Hadith was

  Initiated by

  Options:
  A) Abū Bakr al-Siddiq
  B) ‘Umar b. al-khattāb
  C) ‘Umar b. Abd al-Aziz
  D) Hārūn ar-Rashīd
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 190: In the Islamic law of inheritance, the share of the mother of the deceased who has no children is Options:
  A) 1/2
  B) 1/3
  C) 1/4
  D) 1/6
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  The correct answer is B .