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

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Muhammed Bello justified Jihād against the Islamic state of Borno because of the people’s tendency towards

  • A. Formalism
  • B. Syncretism
  • C. Asceticism
  • D. Extremism
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23

The forms of revelations are explained in

  • A. Q. 42:51
  • B. Q. 43:50
  • C. Q. 41:50
  • D. Q. 40:51
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24

Mutilation which is stipulated in Q. 5:38 for theft is described as

  • A. a retaliatory sanction
  • B. a punitive measure
  • C. an exemplary punishment
  • D. an incontrovertible disgrace
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25

The man who established the Muslim city of Qairawān was

  • A. Mūsa b. Naufāi
  • B. 'Ubaidah b. Sa'ad
  • C. 'Uqbah b. Nāfi'
  • D. Irshād b. Waqās
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26

Sūratul-Fātihah is also referred to as

  • A. Sūratud-du'ā'
  • B. Sūratul-Hidāyah
  • C. Ummul-kitāb
  • D. Kitābul-mathāni
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27

In the early part of Islam in West Africa, the ribāt was primarily a centre for

  • A. Social reform
  • B. religious propagation
  • C. Sūfi indoctrination
  • D. fraternal movement
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28

The forbidden types of food listed in sūrah 2:173 include carrion, blood, swine flesh and that which is

  • A. killed through beating
  • B. killed by goring
  • C. devoured by wild beasts
  • D. dedicated to other gods
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29

The prophet who assisted Prophet Ibrahīm (A.S.) in the reconstruction of the Ka’abah the

  • A. Yacqūb (A.S)
  • B. Ishaq (A.S)
  • C. Ismāil (A.S)
  • D. Nūℎ (A.S)
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30

The people described as sharrul-bariyyah in Sūratul-Bayyinah are the

  • A. Jews and Christian
  • B. Kuffār and the munāfiqūn
  • C. Makkan unbelievers and polytheists
  • D. Ahlul-kitāb and mushrikūn
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31

By the year 1110 C.E., Andalusia had fallen under the control of

  • A. Muhājirūn
  • B. Al Murābitūn
  • C. Mujāhidūn
  • D. Ansār
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32

The art of witchcraft is disapproved of in Sūra

  • A. al-Ikhlās
  • B. al-falaq
  • C. an-Nās
  • D. ash-shams
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33

Hadīth 34 of an-Nawawi teaches that a good Muslim should

  • A. speak against wrongdoing
  • B. repent of wrongdoing
  • C. always pray against any wrongdoing
  • D. keep away from wrongdoing
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34

The type of Tafstr which uses the Qur’ān to explain the Qur’ān began during the time of the

  • A. Tābi' ūn
  • B. Sahābah
  • C. Prophet (S.A.W)
  • D. Tābi' u-Tābi'ūn
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35

Q.2:219 prohibits wine and gambling for the Muslims because

  • A. they lead one to ignore one's religion
  • B. the sins in them are greater than the profits
  • C. one becomes impoverished overnight
  • D. they lead to extravagance and intoxication
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36

Sūratul-Kawthar was revealed because of the Makkans’

  • A. insinuation
  • B. persecution
  • C. Resistance
  • D. Tolerance
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37

The word Hāfizī n in Q.82:10 refers to

  • A. man
  • B. Angels
  • C. Jinns
  • D. prophets
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38

The initial idea to preserve the Glorious Qur’ān was mooted by

  • A. Zaid b. Thābit
  • B. 'Umar b.Khattāb
  • C. 'Uthmān b. 'Affān
  • D. 'Abū Bakr As-Saddiq
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39

The author of the Muwatta was the Imām of

  • A. Dārul-Hijrah
  • B. Dārus-Salām
  • C. Damascus
  • D. Makkah
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