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 61:

  The categories of women prohibited in marriage due to blood relations are

  Options:
  A) 14
  B) 11
  C) 10
  D) 73
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 62: Islam decreed against begging through encouraging Options:
  A) collective bargaining
  B) labour association
  C) trade bargaining
  D) dignity of labour.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 63:

  Magic is originated from _____

  Options:
  A) Nas
  B) Shaytan
  C) Allah
  D) Angel
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 64:

  The revelation of the Quran took a period of ____years.

  Options:
  A) 43
  B) 32
  C) 21
  D) 23
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 65: The sources of the Sharī ‘ah include Options:
  A) Qur'ān, Hadīth and common law
  B) Hadīth, Qiyās and parliamentary proceedings
  C) Qiyās, Ta'wīl and Falsafah
  D) Qur'ān, Ijmā and Qiyās
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 66:

  An adult Muslim travels 300km by road during the month of Ramadān and arrives at his destination on the same day. He spends three days and returns on the fifth

  Day.He is allowed to defer his fasting of the

  Options:
  A) first day
  B) last day
  C) first and last days
  D) first to the last days
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 67: An aspect of the Nigerian culture which may be regarded as shirk is Options:
  A) excessive spending at burial ceremonies
  B) worship of ancestors
  C) signing and dancing in public
  D) ceremonies involving social interaction between boys and girls
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 68: The initial spread of Islam in West Africa can be described as generally Options:
  A) rapid and systematic
  B) rapid and thorough
  C) slow but peaceful
  D) peaceful and systematic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 69:

  The permission to marry up to four wives in Islam is aimed at

  Options:
  A) bearing more children
  B) treating them equally
  C) reducing the number of unmarried women
  D) preventing adultery
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 70: In sūrah 17:23 ‘Allāh decrees that Options:
  A) none should be worshipped but Him
  B) believers should not say what they will not do
  C) prayers should be observed at their appointed times
  D) no distinction should be made between the properties
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  The correct answer is A .