Islamic Religious Knowledge questions and answers

Islamic Religious Knowledge Questions and Answers

Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) past questions and answers to prepare you for JAMB, WAEC, NECO and Post UTME examinations.

This aptitude test assesses your understanding of the Koran.

1,056.

According to Qur'ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded

A.

half measure

B.

ten-fold

C.

twenty-fold

D.

uncountable fold

Correct answer is B

Qur'an 6:160
"Whoever will come to Allah with a good deed shall have ten times as much, and whoever will come to Allah with an evil deed, shall be requited with no more than the like of it. They shall not be wronged..."

1,057.

Qur'ān 2:193 enjoins believers to fight unbelievers in the course of Allah if it takes that to

A.

be recognized by the unbelievers

B.

get rid of the unbelievers

C.

defend themselves against transgression

D.

strengthen the Muslims

Correct answer is C

"And fight (against) them until not (there) is oppression, and becomes the religion for Allah. Then if they cease then (let there be) no hostility except against the oppressors."

1,058.

A woman in her menstrual period.

A.

is not exempted from all forms of 'ibādah

B.

is exempted from all forms of 'ibādah

C.

has options to do 'ibādah .

D.

can only perform the obligatory prayers

Correct answer is A

The ḥaiḍ (حيض menses) is the religious state of menstruation in Islam. Menstruation relates to various purity related restrictions in Islamic sexual jurisprudence.
Muslim women that are going through menstrual bleeding are exempt from fasting during the Ramadan.

1,059.

According to Qur'ān 4:48, to set up partners with Allah is a great offense which Allah will not forgive

A.

Except the prophet (S.A.W) intercedes

B.

until He has forgiven all other sins

C.

except the offender repents

D.

even if He forgives all other sins

Correct answer is D

English Transliteration:
Innallaaha laa yaaghfiru an yushraaka bihee wa yaagfiru maa doona zaalika li man yasha' wa man yushrik billaahi fa qadiftaraa isman aazeema.

Verily, Allah does not forgive to be associated partners with Him. And forgives what is besides that for whomsoever He wills; and whoever associates anything with Allah, he has indeed slandered with a tremendous sin.

1,060.

The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was

A.

Shu'aib

B.

Yusuf

C.

Musa

D.

Lut

Correct answer is D

While at Sodom and Gomorrah, they also told him that they had been sent by God to the "guilty people" of Lot to destroy them with "a shower of stones of clay." Lot and those who believed in him, were to be spared, but his wife was to die in the destruction, with the angels stating that "she is of those who lag behind." The Quran also draws upon Lot's wife as an "example for the unbelievers" as she was married to a righteous man but refused to believe in his message and was thus condemned to Hell.