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 241: An Imam leading prayer, forgetfully rises when he is to sit, he is alerted by saying Options:
  A) astaghfirullah
  B) Allahu Akba
  C) subhānallah
  D) subhāna rabbial Azim.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 242:

  The initial idea to preserve the Glorious Qur'an was mooted by

  Options:
  A) Abu-Bakr As-Saddiq
  B) Umar b. Khattab
  C) Zaid b. Thabit
  D) Uthman b. Affan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 243:

  The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was

  Options:
  A) Mūsa
  B) Lūt
  C) Yūsuf
  D) Shu'aib
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 244: Where the father is the only heir who survives his son, he will inherit Options:
  A) one sixth of his property
  B) one third of his property
  C) half of his property
  D) the whole of his property
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 245:

  A father or guardian can give out his daughter or ward in marriage under the principle of Ijbar provided that the

  Options:
  A) girl has attained the age of maturity
  B) mother is properly informed
  C) girl is a minor
  D) groom does not have any physical disability
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 246: 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 247:

  Who among the four rightly guided caliphs introduced the systems of Bayr at māl?

  Options:
  A) 'Umar b. al-Khattāb
  B) 'Ali b. ' Abī Tālib.
  C) 'Uthmān b. 'Affān
  D) Abū Bakr as Siddīq
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 248: 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 249:

  Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim means the

  Options:
  A) Beneficient, Merciful
  B) Living, Everlasting
  C) Omnipotent
  D) the Wise, All-knowing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 250:

  Where the husband and wife mutually agree to termite their marriage contract without anything against each other, such a dissolution is termed

  Options:
  A) mubāra'ah
  B) ilā'
  C) Khul
  D) Faskh
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  The correct answer is A .