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JAMB Arabic past questions and answers

Checked by the Skolra question team · Last updated 15 October 2026

JAMB Arabic: 80 past questions from the 2025 paper, each with the answer and an explanation. In the UTME you answer 40 Arabic questions, with Use of English and two other subjects, in 2 hours. Here are ten.

  1. 1.

    :اختر الجملة الفعلية

    1. A
      الطالبُ مجتهدٌ
    2. B
      الكتابُ مفيدٌ
    3. C
      كتبَ الطالبُ الواجبَ
      Correct
    4. D
      الجوُّ معتدلٌ
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    Answer: C

    "كتبَ الطالبُ الواجبَ" is a جملة فعلية (verbal sentence) because it begins with the verb كتبَ, unlike the other options which are nominal sentences beginning with a noun.
  2. 2.إنَّ الصدقَ منجاةً - ما موقع الصدق؟
    1. A
      خبر إنّ
    2. B
      مبتدأ
    3. C
      اسم إنّ منصوب
      Correct
    4. D
      فاعل
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    Answer: C

    In "إنَّ الصدقَ منجاةً", الصدقَ is the noun of إنّ (اسم إنّ) and takes the accusative case ending (الفتحة).
  3. 3.

    ما نوع الفعل "تدرُسُ"؟

    1. A
      فعل ماضٍ
    2. B
      اسم فعل
    3. C
      فعل مضارع
      Correct
    4. D
      فعل أمر
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    Answer: C

    "تدرُسُ" is a present-tense verb (فعل مضارع), identifiable by the prefix ت indicating an ongoing or habitual action, unlike past tense, imperative, or verbal-noun forms.
  4. 4.

    ". I will travel tomorrow ":ترجم إلى العربية

    1. A
      سوف يسافر غدًا هو
    2. B
      سأسافر غدًا
      Correct
    3. C
      سافرت أمس
    4. D
      أنا أسافر الآن
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    Answer: B

    "I will travel tomorrow" translates to سأسافر غدًا, using the future prefix سَـ with the first-person verb أسافر and غدًا (tomorrow).
  5. 5.

    من خصائص أدب المهجر؟

    1. A
      الالتزام الصارم بعمود الشعر التقليدي
    2. B
      الاهتمام بالموشحات الأندلسية فقط
    3. C
      المديح للخلفاء والسلاطين
    4. D
      الحنين إلى الوطن والتأمل في الكون
      Correct
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    Answer: D

    أدب المهجر (emigrant literature) is marked by الحنين إلى الوطن (longing for the homeland) and contemplation of existence, unlike classical court poetry praising rulers or strict adherence to traditional poetic form.
  6. 6.

    من أول من آمن من الصبيان؟

    1. A
      أسامة بن زيد
    2. B
      عبد الله بن عباس
    3. C
      علي بن أبي طالب
      Correct
    4. D
      زيد بن حارثة
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    Answer: C

    Classical Islamic history records علي بن أبي طالب as the first among children/boys to accept Islam, while أبو بكر was first among men and خديجة first among women.
  7. 7.ما هي اللغة الرسمية للقرآن الكريم؟
    1. A
      اللغة الأردية
    2. B
      اللغة التركية
    3. C
      اللغة العربية
      Correct
    4. D
      اللغة الفارسية
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    Answer: C

    The Qur'an was revealed in اللغة العربية (Classical Arabic), which is its official and liturgical language.
  8. 8.

    من هو أول خليفة في الإسلام؟

    1. A
      أبو بكر الصديق
      Correct
    2. B
      علي بن أبي طالب
    3. C
      عثمان بن عفان
    4. D
      عمر بن الخطاب
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    Answer: A

    أبو بكر الصديق was elected as the first caliph (الخليفة) after the death of Prophet Muhammad, preceding Umar, Uthman and Ali.
  9. 9.

    ما نوع النص الأدبي "رسالة الغفران"؟

    1. A
      شعر غنائي
    2. B
      رواية واقعية
    3. C
      نثر أدبي خيالي (رسالة أدبية)
      Correct
    4. D
      مسرحية شعرية
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    Answer: C

    رسالة الغفران by al-Ma'arri is a work of imaginative literary prose (نثر أدبي خيالي) structured as an epistle, not poetry, a play, or a realistic novel.
  10. 10.

    كم عدد سور القرآن الكريم؟

    1. A
      113
    2. B
      120
    3. C
      99
    4. D
      114
      Correct
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    Answer: D

    The Quran (القرآن الكريم) is composed of 114 surahs (سورة), from al-Fatiha to an-Nas.

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