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 51: The Makkan suwar lay emphasis on oneness of ‘Allāh because Options:
  A) it was the only way to call Makkans to Islām
  B) it is the only article of faith
  C) the pre-Islamic Makkans worshipped many gods
  D) it is the basis of īmān and other articles of faith
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 52:

  

  Az-zabāniyah in the verse above refers to the

  Options:
  A) prophets
  B) angels of punishment
  C) spirits
  D) people condemned to hell fire.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 53: Shaykh ‘Abdul-Qādir al-Jīlāni was the founder of Options:
  A) Tijāniyyah
  B) Sanūsiyyah
  C) Jilāniyyah
  D) Qādiriyyah
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 54:

  Who among the six compilers of Hadith became blind before his death?

  Options:
  A) Nasa'I
  B) Abu Da'ud
  C) Ibn Maja
  D) Tirmidhi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 55: The famous Islamic scholar who was called the father of the science of history was Options:
  A) Ibn Battūta
  B) Ibn Khaldūn
  C) Ibn Rushd
  D) Ibn Taym īyah.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 56:

  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 57:

  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 58: Q.33:35 emphasizes the Options:
  A) equality of men and women“Verily the Muslims (those who submit to Allah in Islam) men and women…”
  B) superiority of men over women
  C) superiority of men over animals
  D) equality of mankind before ‘Allāh
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 59:

  According to the Hadith of the Prophet(S.A.W.), learning is obligatory for both the

  Options:
  A) Muslim and non-Muslim
  B) Male and Female
  C) Old and Young
  D) Arab and non- Arab
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 60:

  

  The verse above is in relation to the

  Options:
  A) standardization of the Glorious Qur’an
  B) preservation of the Glorious Qur’an
  C) compilation of the Glorious Qur’an
  D) arrangement of the Glorious Qur’an.
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  The correct answer is B .