2020 JAMB Islamic Religious Studies Past Questions
Browse the 2020 JAMB Islamic Religious Studies past questions with answers and step-by-step explanations. IRS covers the Qur'an, Hadith, Seerah and Fiqh. Memorising the prescribed surahs and the contexts of revelation pays off, and past-question practice surfaces the standard examiner framings. Use the year archive below to time yourself the way the actual exam does — most candidates need to work questions across multiple years before the patterns become obvious.
Sample JAMB Islamic Religious Studies questions
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- Q12024MEDIUMEnglish
Select the option that fills the gap labelled 6
- A.deviations✓ Correct
- B.aberrations
- C.criticisms
- D.deviants
- Q22023MEDIUMHistory
What contributed significantly to the rise of early states in Nigeria?
- A.A. Industrial revolution✓ Correct
- B.B. Arab trade routes
- C.C. European colonization
- D.D. Agricultural advancements
- Q32015MEDIUMBiology
One of the following causes Ebola fever
- A.Bacteria
- B.Fungi✓ Correct
- C.Protozoa
- D.Viruses
- Q42022MEDIUMEnglish
From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word. Bankole is upset as his wife does not understand his predicament .
- A.sadness
- B.dilemma
- C.deadlock✓ Correct
- D.happiness
- Q52024MEDIUMEconomics
A market situation with few sellers and many buyers is called
- A.duopoly
- B.Omonopoly✓ Correct
- C.perfect competition
- D.oligopoly
- Q62017MEDIUMBiology
The flame cells are used for excretion in
- A.Fluke
- B.Nematode
- C.Bacteria
- D.Volvox✓ Correct
- Q72012MEDIUMPhysics
A newly charged 12V accumulator can easily start a car whereas eight new dry cells in series with a effective e.m.f. of 12V cannot start the same car because
- A.The current capacity is high
- B.The current capacity is low✓ Correct
- C.it cannot be re-charged
- D.it cannot easily be connected to a car
- Q82018MEDIUMPhysics
The critical angle for light traveling from a transparent medium to air s measured as 34º. The refractive index of the medium is
- A.0.56
- B.1.50
- C.1.79
- D.2.02✓ Correct
- Q92012MEDIUMBiology
Use the diagram above to answer this question. The part labelled IV is the
- A.mitochondrion✓ Correct
- B.cell wall
- C.endoplasmic reticulum
- D.nucleus
- Q102024MEDIUMGeography
On June 21st, when the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer,places in the Northern Hemisphere experience
- A.shorter day and longer night✓ Correct
- B.longer day and night
- C.longer day and shorter night
- D.twilight
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