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: In Sharīah, makrūh is an action which is Options:
  A) encouraged and rewarded
  B) allowed but not rewarded
  C) disallowed and punished
  D) discourage but not punished.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 22: The Sahāba were the first embark on the interpretation of the Glorious Qur’ān in order to Options:
  A) be known as teachers of Tafsīr
  B) bring out the treasures in the Glorious Qur’ān
  C) excel above other scholars
  D) get used to the language of the Glorious Qur’ān
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23:

  Jinns were created out of

  Options:
  A) Clay
  B) Dust
  C) Fire
  D) Sand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 24:

  Which one of the following actions may be regarded as Mubāℎ?

  Options:
  A) Acquisition of knowledge
  B) smoking
  C) Salāt ash-shaf
  D) Shaking hands while greeting37
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 25:

  Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) answer to Angel Jibril when he was asked to recite was

  Options:
  A) 'I am not a scholar'
  B) 'I am not a jugde'
  C) 'I cannot read'
  D) 'I cannot preach'
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 26:

  The first Mu'adh-Dhin in Islam is

  Options:
  A) Amr
  B) Bilal
  C) Hamzah
  D) Maysarah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27:

  One of the two compilers of Hadith that deals with legal traditions of permissions and prohibitions is

  Options:
  A) Abu Daud
  B) Bukhari
  C) Ibn Maja
  D) Muslim
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 28: The next place for a Muslim to spend the night after ‘Arafat is Options:
  A) Mīna
  B) Makkah
  C) Madīnah
  D) Muzdalifah.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 29: The jurist who made Tasawwuf compatible with the Shari'ah was Options:
  A) ibn Sina
  B) ibn Khaldūn
  C) Ar-Rāzi
  D) al-Ghazālī
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 30: The scholar who adopted Tafsīr bil Ma’athūr in his commentary was Options:
  A) Abu Abdullahi Shaddād B. Aws
  B) As-Sassās Abū Bakr Ahmed b. Ali
  C) At-Tabari Abū Jāfar Muhammed b. Jarir
  D) Al-Qutubi Muhammad Abū Abdullahi
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  The correct answer is C .