cameroon gce A level June 2025 religious studies 1
cameroon gce A level June 2025 religious studies 1
- The people of Ur were called?
A. Canaanites
B. Israelites
C. Chaldeans
D. Egyptians - Who was Lot to Abraham?
A. Cousin
B. Uncle
C. Son
D. Nephew - Abraham and his family moved down to Egypt because:
A. God promised to enrich him there
B. God wanted him out of Canaan
C. Abraham was looking for pasture
D. The famine was severe in Canaan - He is referred to as a ‘silent patriarch’:
A. Abraham
B. Isaac
C. Jacob
D. Joseph - What is the peculiarity of Peniel?
A. Esau reconciled with God
B. Jacob had a theophany
C. Jacob’s name was changed to Israel
D. God appeared and blessed Jacob - What was the cause of Joseph’s imprisonment in Egypt?
A. False accusation
B. Adultery with Potiphar’s wife
C. Fornication with Potiphar’s daughter
D. He dreamt he was to lead his brothers - ‘Fear not, stand firm…the Egyptians you see today, you shall never see again’. What event led to this statement?
A. The Egyptian army was pursuing them
B. The Israelites were trapped
C. They were abandoned in the desert
D. They were unable to cross the Red Sea - The major event at Mount Sinai was:
A. The covenant between God and Israel
B. Moses delayed on the mountain
C. The worship of the golden calf
D. The war against the Amalekites - The activity of the Canaanites that misled the Israelites into idol worship was:
A. Agricultural advancement
B. The fight for supremacy over Palestine
C. Human sacrifices
D. Intermarriage with the Israelites - He exercised the triple function of Priest, prophet and Judge in Israel:
A. Eli
B. Samuel
C. Saul
D. David - King Saul was from the tribe of:
A. Kish
B. Judah
C. Benjamin
D. Levi - King David was guilty of the following three sins:
A. Fornication, Adultery and Murder
B. Adultery, Murder and Theft
C. Covetousness, Adultery and Murder
D. Idolatry, Murder and Adultery - Who was bestowed with wisdom when he was made king?
A. Solomon
B. Saul
C. David
D. Ahab - The sin of Ahab that made Elijah to oppose him was:
A. He abandoned the worship of Baal
B. Ahab had taken too many wives
C. He imposed taxes on the Israelites
D. Abandoned the worship of God for Baal - Who was the prophet who was persecuted and forced to flee from Israel to Egypt?
A. Isaiah
B. Jeremiah
C. Hosea
D. Amos - He is noted for condemning social injustice:
A. Elisha
B. Elijah
C. Amos
D. Isaiah - The peculiarity of the Jerusalem Temple was:
A. Strictly for Jewish worship
B. Women were not allowed into it
C. Sacrifices could only be offered there
D. It was a place of trade - Who interpreted the dreams of King Nebuchadnezzar?
A. Daniel
B. Meshack
C. Abednego
D. Belshazzar - They were noted for the strict observance of the law of Moses:
A. Sadducees
B. Essenes
C. Zealots
D. Pharisees - The Jewish law court responsible for passing death sentences was called?
A. Court of Pilate
B. Sanhedrin
C. Temple court
D. Synagogue - Buddhism is a sect from:
A. Judaism
B. Jainism
C. Hinduism
D. Shintoism - Buddha, the founder of Buddhism was born in:
A. China
B. India
C. Pakistan
D. Egypt - The highest degree of God-consciousness which Buddha reached while in meditation is known as:
A. Nirvana
B. The Four passing sights
C. The Four Noble Truths
D. Lotus Sutra - The First Noble Truth in Buddhism is:
A. Creation is real
B. The world rotates around the sun
C. The veneration of the Buddha
D. The existence of suffering - Two characteristics of Hinduism are:
A. The oldest and most complex religion
B. Easy to understand and practice
C. Very vast but easy to understand
D. The largest but less complex religion
- The Hindu scriptures were written within a period of:
A. 500 years
B. 1000 years
C. 2000 years
D. 4000 years - Why is Hinduism tolerant of other religions?
A. Hindus are created equal
B. Hindus see a sameness in all religions
C. Hindus believe in the same founder
D. They use the same scriptures like others - In Hinduism, the liberation of the soul from the wheel of Karma is known as:
A. Atman
B. Moksha
C. Maya
D. Brahman - The entry point into Islam is:
A. The five daily prayers
B. The profession of faith
C. The institution of Zakat
D. The pilgrimage to Mecca - What is particular of Islam vis-a-vis the other religions?
A. It is the fastest growing religion
B. It is the slowest growing religion
C. It is found only in the Middle East
D. It is a universal religion with few adherents - The Word ‘Islam’ means:
A. To submit
B. To submerge
C. To listen
D. To recite - The birth city of Muhammad is:
A. Medina
B. Jedda
C. Mecca
D. Mina - At what age did Muhammad get married?
A. 35
B. 45
C. 25
D. 20 - Who was Muhammad’s immediate successor?
A. Uthman
B. Abu Bakr
C. Ali
D. Urmar - The city of Medina means:
A. City of refuge
B. City of refugees
C. City of flight
D. City of Islam - What is the importance of the Hijira in Islam?
A. The beginning of all Islamic calendar
B. The event that makes the birth of the prophet
C. Marks the death of the prophet
D. The date the Qur’an was revealed - After Muhammad’s death, his successors were called:
A. Al-Hajis
B. Caliphs
C. Imams
D. Successors - The sacred sayings of Muhammad handed down by tradition are called:
A. Zakat
B. Haddith
C. Shahada
D. Sawn - To which event can the origin of Judaism be traced?
A. The creation of the world
B. The fall of Adam and Eve
C. The call of Abram
D. The destruction of the Temple - After Joshua, the ____ governed the nation of Israel for 350 years:
A. Priests
B. Judges
C. Kings
D. Prophets - What is the year in which the Northern kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians?
A. 721 BCE
B. 606 BCE
C. 821 BCE
D. 921 BCE - The Roman general who destroyed the city of Jerusalem in 70 A.D was:
A. Antiochus IV Epiphanes
B. Moses Maimonides
C. Alexander the Great
D. Sergius Paulus - The factor that makes ATR different from other religions is:
A. Practiced by majority of Africans
B. It is the only religion in Africa
C. The only religion with a Supreme Being
D. It has no written scriptures - To whom do divinities owe their origin in ATR?
A. To Mediums
B. To the living dead
C. To Supreme Beings
D. To Medicine men - Who are the direct link between the physical and the spirit worlds in ATR?
A. Sorcerers
B. Witches and Wizards
C. The living dead
D. Medicine people - Why is celibacy a taboo in ATR?
A. It hinders procreation
B. It is alien
C. It is meant for Priests
D. It is evil - Sacrifices are important in ATR because:
A. They appease the gods
B. They make people less prosperous
C. They unite the living and the unborn
D. They protect the ancestors - It is one of the attributes of God in ATR?
A. He is both male and female
B. He is omnipresent
C. He is male
D. He is female - What is the major role played by ancestors in ATR?
A. They are very vindictive
B. They speak only with the spirit world
C. They know only the language of the gods
D. They intervene in time of crisis - Death is seen in ATR as:
A. The end of life
B. An opportunity for a new child to be born
C. Transition to the hereafter
D. Compensation for a well lived life
