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 451:

  In the verse Yā ayyuhal - ladhīna āmanū

  Lā taqrabus-salāta wa antum sukārā (Q.

  4.43) Allāh is asking the Muslims not to

  Attempt to

  Options:
  A) sleep when it is prayer time
  B) pray when they are in a drunken state
  C) eat when they are in prayer
  D) pray when at war
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 452:

  According to Islamic teachings, angels are

  Options:
  A) like human beings
  B) of divine nature
  C) a class of jinns
  D) loyal servants of Allah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 453: The Muslim scholar who championed the rights and education of women in West Africa was Options:
  A) Askia the Great
  B) Mansa Musa
  C) Ibn Battūta
  D) Usman dan-fodio.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 454:

  The last verse of Suratut-Tin describes Allah as the

  Options:
  A) King
  B) Lord
  C) Creator
  D) Judge
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 455: Sahīh al − Bukhāri is regarded as the most authentic collection of Hadīth because its collector was Options:
  A) older than any other collector of Hadīth
  B) alive during the time of the Prophet (S.A.W)
  C) the most critical of the collectors
  D) a founder of a school law
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 456: After the Prophet (S.A.W) had migrated to al-madīnah, the first two major wars he fought against the Makkans were Options:
  A) Badr and Hudabiyyah
  B) Uhud and Khaybar
  C) Khandaq and Mu’tah
  D) Badr and Uhud.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 457: One of the importance of the first revelation was the Options:
  A) description of the Arabian peninsula to the Prophet (SAW)
  B) dissemination of knowledge
  C) explanation of knowledge
  D) description of the steps of acquiring knowledge.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 458:

  In Hadith 6 of an-Nawawi's collection, the Prophet(SAW) said the lawful and unlawful are all clear, but between them are

  Options:
  A) things prohibited
  B) things permitted
  C) ambiguous matters
  D) lump of flesh.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 459:

  One of the following is not part of the names of the Qu'ran.

  Options:
  A) Al-Bayyinah
  B) An-Nur
  C) Al-Huda
  D) Ar-Rahman
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 460:

  The type of Tafstr which uses the Qur'ān to explain the Qur'ān began during the time of the

  Options:
  A) Tābi' ūn
  B) Sahābah
  C) Prophet (S.A.W)
  D) Tābi' u-Tābi'ūn
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  The correct answer is C .