Family and Religious Studies Paper 2 Specimen C 2026

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Athe war should be fought only during the dry season each year.
2. Bevery combatant had to pay a fee before joining the struggle.
3. Cthe ancestors demanded the recovery of land taken by the settlers.
4. Dthe guerrillas should abandon their clan totems while on operations.

1. Arefusing to attend to any person who was carrying a weapon.
2. Bclosing their practices for the whole duration of the war.
3. Csupplying the security forces with the names of all the fighters.
4. Dtreating the wounded with herbs and giving protective medicines.

1. Aa requirement to pay roora in full before joining an operational unit.
2. Ba ban on fighting or working on chisi, the ancestors' rest day.
3. Ca rule that no fighter might eat any cooked food at all.
4. Da rule that every operation must be led by a chief in person.

1. Ano traditional practitioner played any part in the war at all.
2. Bthe mediums took command of every military operation themselves.
3. Csome chiefs sided with the Rhodesian administration instead.
4. Dall chiefs and headmen supported the guerrillas without exception.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. AZimbabwe has the largest land area of any country in southern Africa.
2. BZimbabwean identity is fixed at birth and can never change.
3. Cmorals are the same in every country, so they mark us out.
4. Dunhu or ubuntu is what Zimbabweans name as their own character.

1. Amorals are never taught in Zimbabwean homes or in the schools.
2. Bidentity is decided entirely by the government of the day.
3. Chistory, language, land and culture also shape who we are.
4. Dno Zimbabwean holds any moral values that are worth speaking of.

1. AThe continued attendance of whole villages at a funeral.
2. BThe continued sharing of food with a visitor who arrives unexpectedly.
3. CThe continued respect shown to elders in greeting them.
4. DThe rejection of child marriage, which is now against the law.

1. Amorals shape identity greatly, alongside history, language and culture.
2. Bmorals have no bearing at all on identity in modern Zimbabwe.
3. Cmorals alone decide identity, and nothing else contributes to it.
4. Didentity is determined only by the religion that a person happens to follow.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Afollows a prescribed curriculum set by a national authority.
2. Bis taught only by the relatives of the learner within his own home.
3. Chas no fixed timetable, terms or school calendar at all.
4. Dends whenever a learner decides that he has learned enough.

1. Alearners are given a uniform to wear during the school hours.
2. Blearners are graded and awarded certificates and diplomas.
3. Cteachers are paid a monthly salary by their own employer.
4. Dschools are inspected by officers sent from the ministry.

1. AIt transmits values and attitudes to the young learner.
2. BIt teaches practical skills the learner can use at home.
3. CIt is delivered by trained teachers in a formal institution.
4. DIt corrects a learner who has done something that is clearly wrong.

1. Ait costs money, so that fees can exclude poor learners.
2. Bit is taught in classrooms by qualified professional teachers.
3. Cit produces qualifications that employers will recognise.
4. Dit is delivered according to a planned and written syllabus.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Areport every grievance to the priest at the Temple in Jerusalem.
2. Bleave the community until his anger has entirely passed away.
3. Cavoid speaking at all to anyone who has wronged him.
4. Drebuke his neighbour openly rather than hate him in his heart.

1. Athe mikveh, the ritual bath used for purification.
2. Bthe shiva, the seven days of mourning kept after a death.
3. Cthe beth din, a court made up of rabbinic judges.
4. Dthe minyan, the quorum of ten required for public prayer.

1. Athe offender has appeased the person he wronged and asked pardon.
2. Ba full year has passed since the wrong was first committed.
3. Cthe offender has fasted for a second full day in that year.
4. Dthe offender has made a sin offering at the Temple in Jerusalem.

1. Asettling the boundaries between the twelve tribes of Israel.
2. Bprotecting a person who had killed accidentally until his trial.
3. Cproviding a place to which anyone in debt could escape.
4. Dhousing all the priests and the Levites who served in the Temple.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Athe five books of Moses, from Genesis to Deuteronomy.
2. Bthe books of the prophets, from Isaiah through to Malachi.
3. Cthe psalms, proverbs and other writings of the wise men.
4. Dthe discussions of the rabbis collected in the Talmud.

1. Awritten by hand by a trained scribe on parchment.
2. Brecited from memory, since no written copy is allowed.
3. Ckept in the home of the rabbi rather than the synagogue.
4. Dprinted in a factory and bound as an ordinary book.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Athe Talmud, the written record of the oral Torah.
2. Bthe Haggadah, the text that is read at the Passover Seder.
3. Cthe Tanakh, which Jews describe as their written scripture.
4. Dthe Siddur, the prayer book used in the synagogue services.

1. Ais spent walking long distances between one village and another.
2. Bobliges every worshipper to bathe in a river each Friday.
3. Cgives a full day of rest each week to the whole household.
4. Drequires a fast from all food and drink for the entire day.

1. Aa smooth blade, a swift cut and inspection of the carcass.
2. Bthe meat to be eaten within one hour of the slaughter.
3. Cthe animal to be slaughtered by the head of the household.
4. Dthe animal to be killed with a blunt and heavy instrument.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aface the door of the house towards the city of Jerusalem.
2. Bleave one wall unfinished in memory of the ruined Temple.
3. Cmake a parapet for the roof so that no one falls from it.
4. Dconsult a priest before the foundation stone has been laid.

1. AThe pilgrimage to Jerusalem made three times in each and every year.
2. BThe wearing of tefillin at prayer on a weekday morning.
3. CThe blowing of the shofar at the New Year festival.
4. DBikkur cholim, the obligation to visit a person who is sick.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Athey were required to do so by the chiefs of the areas.
2. Bthe schools were more profitable than the churches were.
3. Cthe colonial government paid them a grant for each pupil enrolled.
4. Dconverts needed to be able to read the Bible for themselves.

1. Athe founding of the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council.
2. Bthe reduction of Shona and Ndebele to writing, with dictionaries.
3. Cthe introduction of the mbira into the national school music syllabus.
4. Dthe building of the country's main road and railway network.

1. Aeducated the leaders who later led the nationalist movement.
2. Bcondemned Indigenous Religion and culture as heathen.
3. Cprovided secondary schooling in the rural areas of the country.
4. Dproduced the first African teachers, nurses and ordained clergy.

1. Amany mission schools are state aided, with the church as responsible authority.
2. Ball the mission schools were closed down and replaced by state schools run entirely by the ministry.
3. Cchurches were forbidden to run universities in the country.
4. Dreligious education was removed entirely from the curriculum.

1. Aobey only those rulers who belong to the Christian faith.
2. Bwithhold taxes until a government has proved itself to be just.
3. Cbe subject to the governing authorities and to pay their taxes.
4. Drefuse to take part in the government of any earthly nation.

1. Arefuse the coin because it carried the image of a ruler.
2. Bpay the tax only in the years when the harvest was good.
3. Cgive to the poor whatever amount the tax collector had demanded.
4. Drender to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Aa duty owed only to members of one's own congregation.
2. Ba task reserved for the ordained clergy of the church.
3. Can optional work for those with spare time and money.
4. Dservice rendered to Christ himself by the believer.

1. Aevery ruler is appointed by God and must always be obeyed.
2. Bbelievers should keep silent about the wrongs of a government.
3. Cthe church should take no interest in politics at all.
4. Done must obey God rather than men.

1. Awhether baptism should be of infants or of believers only.
2. Bthe language in which the church notices are written out each week.
3. Cthe colour of the cloth used on the communion table.
4. Dthe time at which the church bell is rung on a Sunday.

1. Aa dispute over succession after the death of the founder.
2. Ba requirement that all members live in the same district.
3. Ca decision to hold services in the open air rather than indoors.
4. Dthe refusal of a founder to allow any singing during services.

1. Athe seating arrangement of the congregation in the building.
2. Bthe control of offerings, church property and bank accounts.
3. Cthe day on which the weekly Bible study is to be held.
4. Dthe number of hymns that may be sung at any one service.

1. Athe price of Bibles sold at the mission bookshops.
2. Bhow far Zimbabwean cultural practices could be accommodated.
3. Cthe use of the English language rather than Latin in the Sunday service.
4. Dthe refusal of mission churches to build any rural schools.

1. Athe churches are obliged to merge into one single denomination.
2. Bthe witness of the church is weakened and members are confused.
3. Cthe church's income increases because more buildings are used.
4. Dmembers are prevented by law from joining another church.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Athe collection of taxes on behalf of the rulers of Makkah.
2. Bthe keeping of the shrine's records as a paid scribe.
3. Cfarming a plot of land on the outskirts of the city of Makkah.
4. Dtrade, working with the caravans of the merchant Khadijah.

1. Athe borrower repays double whatever amount he received.
2. Bthe profit is taken entirely by the partner with the capital.
3. Cone partner provides the capital and the other the labour.
4. Dthe lender charges a fixed rate of interest on the money.

1. Agive a fifth part of every profit to the treasury of the state.
2. Bwrite down a debt, with a scribe present and with witnesses.
3. Cavoid all business dealings during the month of Ramadan.
4. Dtrade only with the members of their own family and clan.

1. Amaysir, the gambling forbidden alongside strong drink.
2. Bisraf, the wastefulness that Allah is said not to love.
3. Cihtikar, the hoarding of goods to raise the market price.
4. Dgharar, the excessive uncertainty that makes a contract void.

1. Abecause the earth is not able to feed all of its people.
2. Bbecause animals have been allowed to graze without control.
3. Cbecause of what the hands of people have earned.
4. Dbecause the rain has been withheld for many seasons.

1. Arequired every household to store enough water for one year.
2. Bcondemned waste in ablution even at a freely flowing river.
3. Cpermitted washing only once in every seven days of the week.
4. Dforbade the drinking of water taken from any flowing river.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Atravel through farmland on the way to a place of battle.
2. Btake any food at all from the land through which it passes.
3. Ccamp beside a river or a well during the course of a campaign.
4. Dcut down fruit trees, burn crops or poison the wells.

1. Athe sweeping of a house only on the day before the Eid.
2. Bthe wearing of white clothing at the Friday congregational prayer.
3. Cthe washing of the hands before a person enters the market.
4. Dkeeping streets, water and public places free of filth.

1. Athe whole of a Muslim's obligations towards his own family.
2. Bhalf of a person's religion, the rest to be kept with care.
3. Cthe fifth pillar, which is otherwise the pilgrimage to Makkah.
4. Dthe payment of the zakat owed by a Muslim for that year.

1. Agarments for one another, covering and protecting each other.
2. Bservants of one another, bound to obey without any question.
3. Cstrangers who share a house but not their own possessions.
4. Dpartners in trade who divide their profits between them equally.

Answer this when you sit the paper.

1. Arequires that each child be given a name taken directly from the Qur'an.
2. Bprevents a child from inheriting anything from his own mother.
3. Cestablishes their lineage, their name and rights of maintenance.
4. Dobliges the father to send every one of his children abroad.

1. Agranted automatically once a marriage has lasted for ten full years.
2. Blawful, but described as the most disliked of permitted things.
3. Cforbidden absolutely, so that no marriage may ever be ended.
4. Dencouraged whenever a couple face any difficulty at all.