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 231:

  The waiting period of a divorced woman is termed

  Options:
  A) Id
  B) waqt
  C) sa'ad
  D) iddah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 232:

  Which of the following was not part of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah?

  Options:
  A) Muhammad (SAW) should not enter Makkah that year
  B) There should be no war for ten years
  C) If anybody wanted to join Muammad (SAW), he should send him back.
  D) Muhammad(SAW) should not be recognized as leader
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 233: The famous Islamic scholar who was called the father of the science of history was Options:
  A) Ibn Battūta
  B) Ibn Khaldūn
  C) Ibn Rushd
  D) Ibn Taym īyah.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 234: The author of the Muwatta was the Imām of Options:
  A) Dārus-Salām
  B) Dārul-Hijrah
  C) Makkah
  D) Damascus.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 235:

  'Still less can their knowledge comprehend the hereafter ...' Q. 27:66).This verse above of the Qur'ān implies that

  Options:
  A) man's comprehension of the expectations in the Hereafter is a always on the decrease
  B) most men do not believe in the Hereafter
  C) man's knowledge of the Hereafter can only be partial
  D) it is difficult to deceive in the Hereafter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 236:

  Reference is made to the migration of 622 C.E. in an-Nawawi's Hadith

  Options:
  A) 9
  B) 1
  C) 7
  D) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 237: Performing Tayammum is justified when one Options:
  A) does not like to touch water
  B) is on a journey
  C) is sick
  D) is in a hurry.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 238: ‘Say: I am but a man like yourselves, (but) The inspiration has come to me …’ (Q.18:110) In relation to Kalimat sh-shahādah, the verse quoted above Options:
  A) traces the origin of the expression
  B) is a summary of the content
  C) emphasizes a part of the content
  D) proves that any other prophet could take the place of Muhammed (S.A.W)
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 239: A Muslim who joins the Imām while he is rising from the last rukū’ of the last rak’ah has to Options:
  A) repeat the rak’ah as if he did not join in it
  B) complete the remaining except the last rak’ah
  C) continue the prayer and thereafter observe all the rak’āt
  D) end up the prayer with the Imām.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 240: In congregational Salah, a person who comes late is expected to Options:
  A) pronounce the taslim to indicate his arrival
  B) say subhanallah so that the Imam can note his presence
  C) recite the iqama before joining the congregation
  D) make takbiratul ihram and join the Imam
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  The correct answer is D .