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 981:

  The pre-Islamic period is known as?

  Options:
  A) Sunnat
  B) Jahillyyah
  C) Mujahidun
  D) Al-Bait
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 982: The earliest written records of West African history were written in Arabic because Options:
  A) West Africa was colonized by the Arabs
  B) Arabic was the first written language which West Africans came in contact with
  C) several Arabic schools existed in West African shortly after the advent of Islam
  D) all rulers of West Africa had embraced Islam
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 983: Allah’s pleasure in this world and the hereafter can be obtained through Options:
  A) physical exercises
  B) writing Qur’an on a slate
  C) Shari’a
  D) oratory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 984: The Hadīth above Teaches that a Muslim Options:
  A) must obey the commands of the Prophet (S.A.W)
  B) must confine himself to the established teachings of Islam
  C) can contribute in developing and increasing the teaching of Islam
  D) should always command what is good.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 985: The doctrine of trinity is regarded in Islam as a form of Options:
  A) shirk
  B) kufr
  C) nifāq
  D) zulm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 986:

  Hadith means _______ of the prophet (SAW)

  Options:
  A) actions and silent approvals
  B) only the actions
  C) sayings, actions and silent approvals
  D) sayings and actions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 987:

  A pilgrim circumnutates around the Haabah _____

  Options:
  A) Three times
  B) Six times
  C) Seven times
  D) Eight times
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 988:

  The social reforms witnessed by Arabia

  During the life time of the Prophet (S.A.W)

  Included the

  Options:
  A) abolition of slave ownership
  B) improvement in slave/master relations
  C) modification of the practice of infanticide
  D) universal recognition of the Arabs as the superior race
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 989:

  The attributes of Allah as contained in Q.59:23 are

  Options:
  A) 5
  B) 6
  C) 7
  D) 8
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 990:

  The Glorious Qur'ǻn takes precedence over the Hadith in that

  Options:
  A) it can be used for prayers
  B) the former is recited in prayers
  C) the latter can be invoked against evil
  D) the latter can be invoked against evil
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  The correct answer is C .