Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1

Sadāq is the exclusive property of the

  • A. husband
  • B. wife
  • C. bride’s family
  • D. husband and wife
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2

A father or guardian can give out his daughter or ward in marriage under the principle of Ijbār provided that the

  • 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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3

Apart from the cleanliness of the body and clothes, the devotee who intends to pray must also ensure the cleanliness of the

  • A. soul
  • B. place
  • C. qiblah
  • D. water
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4

Of all the special prayer salat ālāˆ’Janaā„Ž is unique because it lacks

  • A. takbÄ«r
  • B. taslÄ«m
  • C. rukÅ«
  • D. wudÅ«
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5

The ′Iddaā„Ž period of a pregnant woman terminates at the

  • A. time of delivery
  • B. end of the third month of delivery
  • C. end of the mourning period
  • D. end of the third menstruation.
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6

A worshiper who remembers that he missed an obligatory step of ablution after he had finished praying will have to repeat

  • A. only the ablution
  • B. only the obligatory step
  • C. nothing after all D. the ablution and the
  • D. the ablution and the prayer.
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7

Having met all the conditions for the payment of Zakāh,Mallam Ibrāhim has five hundred Naira. How much should he pay as Zakāh from this amount?

  • A. N50.10k
  • B. N16.50k
  • C. N15.50k
  • D. N12.50k
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8

If instead of four raka′āt a devotee observes five raka’āt in salat az-Zuhr he should perform

  • A. Ba'diyyaā„Ž
  • B. Qabliyyaā„Ž
  • C. Ibādiyyaā„Ž
  • D. SanÅ«siyyaā„Ž
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9

The first tawāf which a pilgrim makes when he arrives at Makkah is called tawāf

  • A. alāˆ’ ifādaā„Ž
  • B. al āˆ’ qudÅ«m
  • C. ar āˆ’ rukn
  • D. al āˆ’ widā
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10

One of the conditions of Sunni talāq is that it must be pronounced

  • A. three times consecutively
  • B. by the mother-in-law
  • C. when the wife is free from menstruation
  • D. with the free consent of the wife.
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11

The verse means that divorce may be pronounced twice and
then the woman must

  • A. go after the third time
  • B. be retained in honour or allowed to go with kindness
  • C. forfeit her wealth and go with kindness
  • D. be retained in honour unless she has no children
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12

In order to make Tawāf, you are required to keep the ka’abah to your

  • A. left and go round it in an anticlockwise direction
  • B. right and go round it in a clockwise direction
  • C. left and go round it in a clockwise direction
  • D. right and move round it in an anticlockwise direction
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13

Sawn is the abstinence from eating, drinking and sexual urge

  • A. from dawn to dusk without intention of worship
  • B. from morning to evening in times of distress
  • C. with or without the intention of worship
  • D. from dawn to dusk with the intention of worship
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14

Performing Tayammum is justified when one

  • A. does not like to touch water
  • B. is on a journey
  • C. is sick
  • D. is in a hurry.
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15

Iddah, the waiting period after a divorce, is

  • A. forty days
  • B. three months
  • C. five months
  • D. three years
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16

Which of the following Prophets was an ancestor of both Arabs and Jews?

  • A. Ä«sā
  • B. Dāwd
  • C. AyyÅ«b
  • D. IbrāhÄ«m
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17

Which of the following Prophets,according to the Qur’an, lived for not less than nine hundred and fifty years?

  • A. ādam
  • B. NÅ«ā„Ž
  • C. IbrāhÄ«m
  • D. MÅ«sā
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18

The five most important prophets in Islam were

  • A. Yahyā, Zakariyyā, DāwÅ«d, Sulayman, Adam
  • B. Muhammad, NÅ«h, IbrāhÄ«m, MÅ«sā, Ä«sā
  • C. Muhammad, NÅ«h, Dhul-kifl, IdrÄ«s, HārÅ«n
  • D. IbrāhÄ«m, MÅ«sā,Ä«sā, ādam, AyyÅ«b.
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19

Prophet ā€˜Ä«sā spoke in the cradle and

  • A. cleared the conscience of the people
  • B. exonerated his mother
  • C. performed other miracles
  • D. silenced the people.
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20

The main function of Angel Azrāil is

  • A. carrying messages to the Prophets
  • B. causing rain to fall
  • C. keeping the gate of Hell
  • D. taking the lives of people
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21

The Prophet described as rÅ«hullāh in the Qur’ān is

  • A. MÅ«sā
  • B. Ä«sa
  • C. IbrāhÄ«m
  • D. Ismāil
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