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

925

Fard and Harām in the scope of sharÄ«’ah mean

  • A. tolerable and abominable
  • B. permissible and punishable
  • C. compulsory and disliked
  • D. obligatory and prohibited
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926

In the Islamic law of inheritance, the share of the mother of the deceased who has no children is

  • A. 1/2
  • B. 1/3
  • C. 1/4
  • D. 1/6
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927

The period of custody of a baby girl after her mother has been divorced lasts until she is

  • A. married
  • B. mature
  • C. 10years old
  • D. 5years old.
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928

Where the husband and wife mutually agree to termite their marriage contract without anything against each other, such a dissolution is termed

  • A. ilā'
  • B. faskh
  • C. khul
  • D. mubāra’ah
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929

Men and women are considered equal in Q.16:97 in relation to

  • A. responsibilities
  • B. piety
  • C. intelligence
  • D. discipline.
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930

The message contained in the Glorious Qur’ān 4:34 centres on the

  • A. rights and duties of a couple
  • B. position of a husband and wife
  • C. role of a man in the family
  • D. virtues of an ideal husband
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931

ā€˜ā€¦He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them …’(Q.30:21)

The verse above discusses the

  • A. Need for peace
  • B. reasons for marriage
  • C. need for tranquility
  • D. nature of creation
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932

Jihād against carnal self is a

  • A. minor jihād
  • B. major jihād
  • C. compulsory jihād
  • D. desirable jihād
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933

Zakatul-fitr is not permissible on

  • A. rice
  • B. maize
  • C. millet
  • D. kolanut
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934

A mature Muslim who wakes up only to discover that it was the first day of Ramādān is expected to

  • A. observe imsāk and make up
  • B. start his fasting the next day
  • C. compensate the day with kaffārah
  • D. observe imsāk without making up.
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935

The art of witchcraft is disapproved of in Sūra

  • A. ash-shams
  • B. al-falaq
  • C. al-Ikhlās
  • D. an-Nās.
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936

SÅ«rah 79:24 reveals that Pharaoh’s action is incompatible with the Islamic principle of TawhÄ«d because he

  • A. encouraged the art of magic
  • B. indulged in immoral acts
  • C. worshiped beings other than ā€˜Allāh
  • D. equated himself with ā€˜Allāh.
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937

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

  • A. Ishaq (A.S)
  • B. NÅ«ā„Ž (A.S)
  • C. YacqÅ«b (A.S)
  • D. Ismāil (A.S).
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938

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

  • A. man
  • B. jinns
  • C. Angels
  • D. prophets.
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939

Ar-Rahmān as one of the attributes of Allāh implies that He is

  • A. kind to His servants
  • B. more powerful than His servants
  • C. an overseer of His servant
  • D. closer to His servants
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940

ā€œAllāh doth command you
To render back your Trusts
To those to whom they are due;
And when ye judge
Between man and man
That ye judge with justice…’ (Q.4:58).

Inherent in the Qur’ānic verse above are the virtues of amānah and

  • A. diyāfah
  • B. karāmah
  • C. khusÅ«
  • D. adālah
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941

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

  • A. an exemplary punishment
  • B. a retaliatory sanction
  • C. a punitive measure
  • D. an incontrovertible disgrace.
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942

Sūrah 2:195 above can be interpreted as discouraging

  • A. stealing
  • B. bribery
  • C. gambling
  • D. smoking
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943

ā€˜ā€¦ here are my daughters: they are purer
for you’… (Q.11:78)

The statement above was made by Prophet Lūt to discourage

  • A. homosexuality
  • B. adultery
  • C. fornication
  • D. celibacy
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944

The admonition against arrogance in sūrah 31:18 is directed to the son of

  • A. IbrahÄ«m
  • B. MÅ«sā
  • C. Luqmān
  • D. YÅ«suf.
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945

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

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