Family and Religious Studies Paper 1 Specimen B 2026

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1. Aattend the funeral of a relative on his mother's side.
2. Bgreet a person who belongs to a different clan totem.
3. Ceat the meat of the lion, which is his own clan animal.
4. Dtake part in the rain making ceremony held by his village.

1. Aallows a man to marry any woman he chooses in his village.
2. Brequires each clan to keep its own herd of the totem animal.
3. Cforbids marriage between two people who share one totem.
4. Dobliges every clan member to hunt the totem animal yearly.

1. Aleave the country and never return to his home village.
2. Bpay a fine directly to the police at the nearest station.
3. Crepeat the act in public so that other villagers may learn from it.
4. Dundergo a cleansing ritual arranged and paid for by the family.

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1. Aworking beside her mother and imitating what she does.
2. Battending evening classes held at the village school.
3. Creading a set of instructions written by the village head.
4. Dbeing tested each season by an examiner from the chief.

1. AEnrolling learners only after the fees have been paid in full.
2. BPreparing the young for marriage and for adult responsibility.
3. CSetting written examinations in order to grade each learner.
4. DIssuing certificates that admit a learner to the next class.

1. Asitting written lessons prepared by the chief's council.
2. Bworking alongside their fathers and the older boys.
3. Clistening to one lecture given each year at the dare.
4. Dreceiving a printed manual from an older brother.

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1. AThe herding of village cattle in turns by different households.
2. BThe naming of a newborn baby after a departed grandparent.
3. CThe brewing of beer before a rain making ceremony is held.
4. DA quarrel between brothers over the cattle their father left.

1. Aa stranger passing through the village, chosen at random.
2. Bthe village head, and if necessary to the chief's court.
3. Cthe nearest mission station, for the missionary to decide.
4. Dthe children of the household, who choose between the parties.

1. Atoo few resources have to be shared among many dependants.
2. Bthe ancestors refuse to accept beer offered by a poor family.
3. Cpoor families are not permitted to attend the village dare.
4. Dthe chief removes poor households from his area of authority.

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1. Aten men who have reached the age of bar mitzvah.
2. Bten children of the congregation who attend the synagogue school.
3. Cany ten worshippers, whether or not they are Jewish by birth.
4. Dten women of the congregation who light the Sabbath candles.

1. Areads the weekly portion aloud from the Torah scroll in the synagogue.
2. Bblows the shofar at the doorway of the family house.
3. Clights the Sabbath candles just before sunset on Friday.
4. Dleads the congregation in the Friday evening service.

1. Athe father, from whom the tribal name is also taken.
2. Bthe grandfather on the father's side of the family.
3. Cthe rabbi who conducted the parents' marriage service.
4. Dthe mother, so a child of a Jewish mother is Jewish.

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1. Arefuses to give a tithe of his produce to the Levites.
2. Bmisleads a blind person on the road he is walking.
3. Cworks in his field on the seventh day of the week.
4. Deats the meat of an animal that was torn by beasts.

1. Abarred from offering at the altar but still ate the holy food.
2. Bgiven charge of the Temple treasury in place of his duties.
3. Cexpelled from the tribe of Levi and from the nation.
4. Drequired to pay a fine to the High Priest at the start of each year.

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1. Arequiring each of them to leave the town during a famine.
2. Bmaintaining a communal charity fund out of members' giving.
3. Cselling their property and dividing it among the town elders.
4. Dexcluding them from the synagogue until they had recovered.

1. AKeeping sheep and goats, and trading in wool and milk.
2. BCharging interest to poor Israelites who needed a loan.
3. CSelling produce in the Temple on the Day of Atonement.
4. DCasting lots in the market to fix the price of grain.

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1. Aonce in a lifetime, when a man inherited his father's land.
2. Bevery seventh year, and burnt as an offering on the altar.
3. Cevery third year, for the Levite, stranger, orphan and widow.
4. Devery year, and paid directly to the king's treasury officials.

1. Atraders give a tenth of all their profit to the Temple treasury.
2. Bthe poor are employed as paid labourers during the harvest.
3. Cthe corners of the field and fallen grapes are left for them.
4. Da share of every animal slaughtered is sent to the priests.

1. Athe Day of Atonement, kept on the tenth day of Tishri.
2. Bthe Feast of Weeks, kept fifty days after the Passover.
3. Cthe Passover, kept in the first month of the Jewish year.
4. Dthe Jubilee, proclaimed at the end of seven sabbaticals.

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1. AThat the ancestors act as intermediaries at the family shrine at home.
2. BThat Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose on the third day.
3. CThat the Messiah has not yet come and is still being awaited.
4. DThat God gave the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad in Arabic.

1. Athat suffering can be avoided by offering the correct sacrifice.
2. Bthat suffering always follows directly from a person's own sin.
3. Cthat a righteous person may suffer without being given a reason.
4. Dthat God removes all suffering from those who pray sincerely.

1. Athe failure of the church to hold services on every day.
2. Bthe misuse of the free will that God gave to human beings.
3. Cthe movement of the stars, which governs human behaviour.
4. Dthe decision of God to create a world with no goodness in it.

1. Arunning hospitals, orphanages and food relief programmes.
2. Bteaching that the sufferer must have offended the ancestors.
3. Cavoiding the sick so that the illness does not spread further.
4. Drequiring the sufferer to leave the congregation until healed.

1. Ahold, practise, change or leave a religion without persecution.
2. Breceive money from the state in order to support his congregation.
3. Ccompel other people to join the religion he has chosen.
4. Dignore any law of the country that he personally dislikes.

1. AThe right to decide which religion a neighbour may follow.
2. BThe right to take another person's property in an emergency.
3. CThe right to a fair trial before an impartial court of law.
4. DThe right to be exempted from paying any form of tax.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. AKeeping the noise of a night service within reasonable limits.
2. BTeaching that people of other faiths should not be greeted at all.
3. CRefusing to allow members to seek treatment at a clinic.
4. DHolding services in a building that has been declared unsafe.

1. Aobliges every congregation to pay a fee before it may meet.
2. Bbans a practice that endangers the health or safety of children.
3. Cprevents the religion from meeting anywhere at all in the country.
4. Drequires all worshippers to belong to the majority faith.

1. Ashirk, the associating of partners with Allah in worship.
2. Biman, the faith held in the heart of the true believer.
3. Cihsan, the doing of what is good and beautiful in life.
4. Dmizan, the balance described in Surah Ar-Rahman.

1. Aowes a payment to the owner of the land where it stands.
2. Bshould keep all of its fruit for the use of his own household alone.
3. Cmust cut it down again before the next harvest season.
4. Dhas given a charity for which he continues to be rewarded.

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1. AThe rules of trade agreed between two merchants.
2. BThe calendar used to fix the dates of the festivals.
3. CWater sources such as rivers, wells and rainfall.
4. DThe languages spoken by different Muslim peoples.

1. Amarked by branding on the face before it is taken to be slaughtered.
2. Bkept without food and water for a full day beforehand.
3. Cgiven a sharpened blade and a swift death, out of sight of others.
4. Dkilled in the presence of the other animals of the herd.

1. Arefusing to lead the congregational prayer at the mosque.
2. Beating a meal before the sun had set during Ramadan.
3. Ctravelling towards Makkah without entering the state of ihram.
4. Dturning away from a blind man in favour of a rich listener.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Adisability is not a sign of sin and carries no disgrace at all.
2. Bpeople with disabilities are exempt from every moral duty.
3. Cdisability is a punishment sent for the wrongs of a parent.
4. Dpeople with disabilities should worship in a separate building.

1. Aforbidding him to attend the Eid prayer at the mosque with others.
2. Bexcusing him and requiring fidyah, the feeding of a poor person.
3. Crequiring him to fast twice as long in the following year.
4. Dremoving him from the community until he has fully recovered.

1. AThey are required to pay a higher rate of alms than others each year.
2. BA separate mosque is built for them outside the town.
3. CThey are excluded from inheriting property from relatives.
4. DZakat, the compulsory alms, is distributed to those in need.