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 221: The outcome of the Battle of Badr proved that Options:
  A) ‘Allāℎ supported the Muslim army
  B) Muslims were better fighters
  C) numerical strength matters in war
  D) the Quraysh army was superior.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 222:

  The only Sūrah in the Glorious Qur'an which must be recited in every obligatory prayer is

  Options:
  A) al-Baqārah
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Fātīhah
  D) al-Ikhlās
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 223:

  In Q.17:27, the extravagant are likened to associates of

  Options:
  A) pious people
  B) Pharaoh
  C) Satan
  D) soothsayers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 224: The caliph who introduced stipend for teachers was Options:
  A) Abu Bakr
  B) ‘Umar
  C) ‘Uthman
  D) ‘Ali
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 225:

  The following are lessons of Hadith 5 of an-Nawawi except

  Options:
  A) banning of all illegal acts
  B) rejection of fabrications
  C) abolition of usury
  D) condemnation of devilish innovations
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 226: The people described as sharrul-bariyyah in Sūratul-Bayyinah are the Options:
  A) Jews and Christian
  B) ahlul-kitāb and mushrikūn Qur`an chapter 98 vs 6.
  C) Makkan unbelievers and polytheists
  D) kuffār and the munāfiqūn.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 227:

  Marriage is referred to in Q. 4:21 as

  Options:
  A) mirhāq
  B) khitbah
  C) Nikāh
  D) Ijbar
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 228: Al-bayyinah appears in the Holy Qur’ān chapter 98 Options:
  A) once
  B) twice
  C) thrice
  D) four times
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 229: If a husband divorces his wife before the consumption of the marriage, it is considered Options:
  A) revocable
  B) irrevocable
  C) redeemable
  D) abominable.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 230:

  A marriage is not valid in Islam without

  Options:
  A) At least two witnesses
  B) Slaughtering an animal
  C) Marriage garment
  D) Deciding the place of residence
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  The correct answer is A .