JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions

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All topics Hadith · 46 Islam in West Africa and Nigeria · 48 Islamic economic teachings and trade · 44 Islamic moral teachings (Akhlaq) · 51 Marriage, divorce and inheritance · 49 Selected suras and Qur'anic sciences · 55 Taharah and salat · 58 Tawhid and the articles of faith · 47 The life of the Prophet (Sirah) · 61 The Qur'an: revelation and compilation · 46 The rightly guided caliphs · 44 Zakat, sawm and hajj · 57

Question 521· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Umar set up the diwan to
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Answer: B. register soldiers and pay stipends
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Question 522· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Abu Bakr fought the Riddah wars against
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Answer: D. tribes that apostatised or refused to pay zakat
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Question 523· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The caliph during whose reign a navy was first built was
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Answer: A. Uthman
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Question 524· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Ali ibn Abi Talib was killed in 661 CE by
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Answer: A. a Kharijite
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Question 525· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The Battle of Siffin was fought between Ali and
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Answer: B. Mu'awiyah
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Question 526· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The Persian empire was decisively defeated at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah during the caliphate of
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Answer: A. Umar
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Question 527· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The first caliph after the death of the Prophet was
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Answer: B. Abu Bakr
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Question 528· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The Islamic calendar was introduced by
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Answer: C. Umar
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Question 529· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The caliph who nominated a council of six to choose his successor was
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Answer: B. Umar
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Question 530· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The wars Abubakr fought against tribes that broke away and refused zakat are the
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Answer: D. Riddah wars
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Question 531· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The caliph who introduced the Islamic (Hijrah) calendar was
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Answer: B. Umar
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Question 532· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Abu Bakr fought the wars of
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Answer: C. apostasy (Riddah)
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Question 533· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The arbitration after Siffin was conducted by
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Answer: C. Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and Amr ibn al-As
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Question 534· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Ali moved the capital of the caliphate to
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Answer: C. Kufah
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Question 535· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The caliph known by the title al-Faruq was
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Answer: C. Umar
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Question 536· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Abu Bakr was chosen as the first caliph at a meeting held at
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Answer: A. Saqifah Banu Sa'idah
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Question 537· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Umar ibn al-Khattab was given the title
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Answer: C. al-Faruq
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Question 538· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The first caliph after the Prophet was
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Answer: B. Abubakr as-Siddiq
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Question 539· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Abubakr was given the title as-Siddiq because he
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Answer: D. immediately believed the Prophet's account of the Night Journey
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Question 540· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Ali ibn Abi Talib moved the seat of the caliphate to
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Answer: B. Kufa
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JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions

Umar set up the diwan to

Abu Bakr fought the Riddah wars against

The caliph during whose reign a navy was first built was

Ali ibn Abi Talib was killed in 661 CE by

The Battle of Siffin was fought between Ali and

The Persian empire was decisively defeated at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah during the caliphate of

The first caliph after the death of the Prophet was

The Islamic calendar was introduced by

The caliph who nominated a council of six to choose his successor was

The wars Abubakr fought against tribes that broke away and refused zakat are the

The caliph who introduced the Islamic (Hijrah) calendar was

Abu Bakr fought the wars of

The arbitration after Siffin was conducted by

Ali moved the capital of the caliphate to

The caliph known by the title al-Faruq was

Abu Bakr was chosen as the first caliph at a meeting held at

Umar ibn al-Khattab was given the title

The first caliph after the Prophet was

Abubakr was given the title as-Siddiq because he

Ali ibn Abi Talib moved the seat of the caliphate to