2023 WAEC (WASSCE) Islamic Religious Studies Past Questions
Browse the 2023 WAEC (WASSCE) 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 WAEC (WASSCE) Islamic Religious Studies questions
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- Q12020MEDIUMEnglish
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences. We enjoyed ourselves________much at the party.
- A.too✓ Correct
- B.that
- C.as
- D.very
- Q22025MEDIUMEnglish
The accused stated ..........that he was innocent of the crime.
- A.unequivocally
- B.feebly✓ Correct
- C.ashamedly
- D.excitedly
- Q32025MEDIUMEnglish
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences. The defendant was charged with ................ because he caused his neighbour's death.
- A.homicide
- B.fatricide
- C.patricide
- D.genocide✓ Correct
- Q42025MEDIUMPhysics
The movement of fluid up or down a narrow tube is
- A.osmosis
- B.brownian motion
- C.capillarity✓ Correct
- D.diffusion
- Q52025MEDIUMEnglish
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences: Sule has been trying hard to live.............to his parent's expectations
- A.up
- B.over✓ Correct
- C.on
- D.in
- Q62025MEDIUMEnglish
From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences. ........travelled together for holidays
- A.themselves and their friends
- B.they and their friends
- C.their friends and them✓ Correct
- D.their friends and themselves
- Q72025MEDIUMEnglish
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [....77.....] above
- A.permit✓ Correct
- B.clearance
- C.authority
- D.order
- Q82025MEDIUMMathematics
If $\sqrt{72} + \sqrt{32} - 3 \sqrt{18} = x \sqrt{8}$, Find the value of x
- A.1✓ Correct
- B.$\frac{3}{4}$
- C.$\frac{1}{2}$
- D.$\frac{1}{4}$
- Q92012MEDIUMEnglish
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences. We enjoy real stories not those that are.........
- A.imaginary
- B.practical
- C.vague
- D.undefined
- Q102016MEDIUMGovernment
The Commonwealth of Nations was originally made up of
- A.A. former Portuguese colonies in Africa
- B.B. former Spanish colonies in Africa
- C.C. independent nations formerly under British Empire✓ Correct
- D.D. France and her former colonies in West Africa
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