Jamb Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) 2015 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• JAMB 2015

While polygamy is permitted in Sūraℎ 4:3, Sūraℎ 4:129

A. Limits the practice to Imams
B. Modifies it
C. Highlights problems inherent in it
D. Promises reward for its practice

Question 37:

• JAMB 2015

The practice of comparing the back of one's wife to that of one's mother as a method of divorce was known as

A. Faskh
B. Lian
C. Zihar
D. Ila

Question 38:

• JAMB 2015

In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the

A. Father
B. Mother
C. Aunt
D. Grandmother

Question 39:

• JAMB 2015

In Islamic law of inheritance, the brother of a deceased person who had a son is to

A. Take a larger share of the inheritance
B. Take half of the share of the son
C. Get equal share with the son
D. Be excluded from inheritance

Question 40:

• JAMB 2015

The pre-Islamic practice of shigār which was abolished by Islam meant

A. Trade by barter
B. Exchange of female slaves
C. Exchange of sisters in wedlock
D. Gambling