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 711:

  What are the characteristics common to most Makkan Suwar?

  Options:
  A) They are short and poetic.
  B) They are long and rhythmic
  C) They are easy and rhythmic
  D) They are stylistic and summative
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 712: Prophet Mūsā(A.S.) went to the sacred valley where he Options:
  A) received divine directives
  B) destroyed the golden calf
  C) reared sheep and goats
  D) killed the Egyptian.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 713: Hadith 18 of an-Nwawai enjoins believers to Options:
  A) Be firm abravend
  B) Be strong-minded and clean
  C) Have piety and work righteously
  D) Acquire knowledge and be polite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 714: Kaffāraℎ (major expiation) is compulsory upon a husband who revokes Options:
  A) Li 'ān
  B) zihār
  C) īlā
  D) Khul'
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 715: Mutilation which is stipulated in Q. 5:38 for theft is described as Options:
  A) an exemplary punishment
  B) a retaliatory sanction
  C) a punitive measure
  D) an incontrovertible disgrace.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 716:

  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 717: Zihar occurs when a husband compares his Options:
  A) Wife with himself
  B) Wife with his daughter
  C) Daughter with her friend
  D) Wife with the back of his mother
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 718: The people described as sharrul-bariyyah in Sūratul-Bayyinah are the Options:
  A) Jews and Christian
  B) ahlul-kitāb and mushrikūn Qur`an chapter 98 vs 6.
  C) Makkan unbelievers and polytheists
  D) kuffār and the munāfiqūn.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 719:

  Which of the following prophets is not among the Ulul-Azm?

  Options:
  A) Dawud (AS)
  B) Isa (AS)
  C) Muhammad (SAW)
  D) Musa (AS)
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 720: The Caliph who appointed the shūrā Council to produce a successor after his death was Options:
  A) Abū Bakr as-Siddīq
  B) ‘Umar b. Khattāb
  C) ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
  D) ‘Alī b. Ab ī Tālib
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  The correct answer is B .