CXC CSEC Religious Education — Paper 1 (Multiple Choice)
Total marks: 60 · Duration: 75 minutes
Instructions to candidates
- This paper consists of 60 multiple-choice questions. Answer ALL questions.
- Each question has four options, (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the one best answer.
- This paper is based on the Compulsory Core: Essentials of Religion, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Caribbean Indigenous Religions.
Paper (sample of 20 representative questions)
1. Belief in only one God is called (1 mark) (A) polytheism (B) monotheism (C) atheism (D) agnosticism
2. Ceremonies marking key stages of life such as birth and marriage are called rites of (1 mark) (A) worship (B) passage (C) prayer (D) sacrifice
3. The Christian doctrine that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit is the (1 mark) (A) Trinity (B) Incarnation (C) Resurrection (D) Covenant
4. Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus at (1 mark) (A) Christmas (B) Easter (C) Lent (D) Pentecost
5. The Hindu term for the cycle of birth, death and rebirth is (1 mark) (A) moksha (B) karma (C) samsara (D) puja
6. Liberation from the cycle of rebirth in Hinduism is called (1 mark) (A) karma (B) moksha (C) dharma (D) samsara
7. The Hindu festival of lights is (1 mark) (A) Holi (B) Diwali (C) Eid (D) Passover
8. How many Pillars of Islam are there? (1 mark) (A) three (B) four (C) five (D) six
9. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is the Pillar called (1 mark) (A) Zakah (B) Sawm (C) Hajj (D) Salah
10. The pilgrimage to Makkah is the Pillar called (1 mark) (A) Hajj (B) Zakah (C) Salah (D) Sawm
11. The most important sacred writing of Judaism is the (1 mark) (A) Qur'an (B) Torah (C) Vedas (D) New Testament
12. The Jewish day of rest is the (1 mark) (A) Friday (B) Sabbath (Shabbat) (C) Sunday (D) Ramadan
13. Rastafari commonly refer to God as (1 mark) (A) Allah (B) Jah (C) Brahman (D) Yahweh
14. In Rastafari thought, the term for corrupt, oppressive society is (1 mark) (A) Zion (B) Babylon (C) Eden (D) Canaan
15. Orisha worship has its roots in the traditions of (1 mark) (A) India (B) West Africa (Yoruba) (C) China (D) Europe
16. Vodun (Vodou) is most associated with (1 mark) (A) Haiti (B) Barbados (C) Jamaica (D) Guyana
17. The blending of African and Christian beliefs into new Caribbean religions is called (1 mark) (A) syncretism (B) monotheism (C) atheism (D) secularism
18. The Muslim place of worship is the (1 mark) (A) church (B) mosque (C) temple (D) synagogue
19. A well-known symbol of Judaism is the (1 mark) (A) crescent (B) Star of David (C) Om (D) lotus
20. Indentured labourers from India brought to the Caribbean the religions of (1 mark) (A) Hinduism and Islam (B) Christianity and Judaism (C) Rastafari and Orisha (D) Vodun and Revival
(Questions 21–60 continue across the Core content at a similar spread.)