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 21: The collections regarded as the most authentic in Hadītℎ literature are those of Options:
  A) Bukhārī and Muslim
  B) Bukhārī and Abū Dāwūd
  C) Ibn Mājah and at-Tirmidhī
  D) Imām Mālik and Ibn Hanbal.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 22:

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

  Options:
  A) There should be no war for ten years
  B) Muhammad (SAW) should not enter Makkah that year
  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 23: The first major written work of a hadith was Options:
  A) Sahih Muslim
  B) Sunan Ibn Majah
  C) Muwata Malik
  D) Musnad Ahmad
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 24:

  

  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 25:

  Voluntary fasting is encouraged on

  Options:
  A) Id days
  B) Fridays
  C) a day before Ramadan
  D) Mondays
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 26:

  

  ‘wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad’

  This verse of the Qur’ān (112:4) says that Allah

  Options:
  A) is childless
  B) is unique
  C) has no parents
  D) has no favourites.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27:

  One of the ways by which Islamic civilization was manifested in West Africa was

  Options:
  A) recruitment of Muslim medical personnel to man health institutions
  B) construction of palaces based on Arab technology
  C) the employment of scholars of Arabic as envoys by kings and emperors
  D) establishment of universities to train scientists
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 28: One of the conditions for performing the Hajj is the Options:
  A) ability to read the Qur’an and write the Qur’ānic verses
  B) religiousness of the person
  C) ability to finance the journey
  D) ability to travel by air.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 29:

  Compared with the situation in Makkah before Hijrad, the da'wah in al-Madina was more

  Options:
  A) persecution oriented
  B) of an internal affair of believers
  C) far-reaching
  D) intensive but less successful
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 30:

  Khalaqal insana min alaq(Q. 96:2) is followed by

  Options:
  A) iqra warabbukal Akram
  B) Kalla innal insana layatgha
  C) Alladhi allama bilqalam
  D) Inna ila rabbika-Ruj'a
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  The correct answer is A .