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 41:

  The number of Muslims who participated in the battle of Badr are _____ hundred.

  Options:
  A) three
  B) four
  C) six
  D) seven
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 42:

  The first young person to accept Islam was?

  Options:
  A) Muawiyah
  B) Umar Bn Khattab
  C) Ali Bn Abi Talib
  D) Uthman
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 43:

  Which of the following is not a quality of the Prophet (SAW)

  Options:
  A) Forgetfulness
  B) Kindness
  C) Patience
  D) Forgiveness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 44:

  The complete Glorious was Qur'ān taken from Lawn al-mahfuz to the lowest of the heavens known as

  Options:
  A) Bait al- Izzah
  B) Bait al- Maqdis
  C) Bait al-Haram
  D) Bait al-Hikmah
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 45: Hajj is one of the avenues for Islamic brotherhood and Options:
  A) kindness
  B) fairness
  C) Trust
  D) unity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 46:

  The Muslim soldier who introduced Islam into Tripoli was

  Options:
  A) Sa'ād b. Abi Waqās
  B) 'Uqbah b. Nāfī
  C) 'Uqbah b. Sacad
  D) 'Amar b. al ās
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 47: The similarity between the Jihad of Uthman b. Fodio and the Prophet’s hijrah in 622 C. E was the Options:
  A) strength of their followers
  B) inspiration from Allah
  C) display of bid’ah
  D) envy of non-believers.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 48: Which of the following led away a section of the Muslims army when preparations were on for the battle of Uhud? Options:
  A) Abū Lahb
  B) Abū Jahl
  C) 'Abdullah b. Ubayy
  D) 'Abdullah b. Awwām
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 49:

  The people described as sharrul-bariyyah in Sūratul-Bayyinah are the

  Options:
  A) Jews and Christian
  B) Kuffār and the munāfiqūn
  C) Makkan unbelievers and polytheists
  D) Ahlul-kitāb and mushrikūn
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 50: Hadith is important to Muslims because it is Options:
  A) miracle of Islam
  B) the most reliable sayings of the prophet (SAW)
  C) the only linkage between the prophet (SAW) and the Muslim
  D) the means through which the prophet’s message is known
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  The correct answer is D .