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 11:

  The Hadith collection of Bukhari and Muslim are similar in the following ways except that they

  Options:
  A) both cover the whole range of fiqh
  B) are the best for the tafsir of the Qur'an
  C) are referred to as Sahihayn
  D) have chapters on rewards and punishments
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 12: In Islamic law of inheritance, the share of the female child is Options:
  A) 1/2 of the male's
  B) 1/3 of the sister's
  C) 1/4 of the mother's
  D) 1/5 of the father's
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13: The five most important prophets in Islam were Options:
  A) Yahyā, Zakariyyā, Dāwūd, Sulayman, Adam
  B) Muhammad, Nūh, Ibrāhīm, Mūsā, īsā
  C) Muhammad, Nūh, Dhul-kifl, Idrīs, Hārūn
  D) Ibrāhīm, Mūsā,īsā, ādam, Ayyūb.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 14: The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if Options:
  A) its wording is too close to the text of the Qur''ān
  B) it is no longer than a verse of the Qur''ān
  C) its narrator was not from Makkah
  D) it contradicts a Qur''ānic injuction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15: The Sūraℎ which declares that there is no compromise in religion is Options:
  A) al-Kāfirūn
  B) al-Kawthar
  C) al-Ikhlās
  D) al-Fīl
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16:

  Zihar occurs when a husband compares his

  Options:
  A) Wife with himself
  B) Wife with his daughter
  C) Daughter with her friend
  D) Wife with the back of his mother.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 17: The first tawāf which a pilgrim makes when he arrives at Makkah is called tawāf Options:
  A) al− ifādaℎ
  B) al − qudūm
  C) ar − rukn
  D) al − widā
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 18:

  The Miraj is associated with Prophet

  Options:
  A) Isa(A.S)
  B) Ibrahim(A.S)
  C) Nuh(A.S)
  D) Muhammad(S.A.W)
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 19:

  

  ‘Inna mā yurīdu ash-shaytānu an yūqi ‘abaynakumul adāwata wal-baghdā fil khamr wal-maysir (Q. 5:91)

  The verse quoted above enumerates the evils of

  Options:
  A) wine and adultery
  B) gambling an adultery
  C) adultery and divining arrows
  D) wine and gambling
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 20:

  The Khalifah who ordered the compilation of the Qu'ran in a book form was ___

  Options:
  A) Umar b. al Kattab
  B) Ali b. Talid
  C) Abu Bakr b. Abu Quhafah
  D) Uthman b. Affan
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  The correct answer is D .