TONGABEZI TRUST SCHOOL

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – MOCK EXAMINATION.

GRADE 9

2024

TIME: 5 MINUTES FOR READING MARKS: 110

2 HOURS WRITING

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A B C D

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This question paper consists of 9 printed pages

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SECTION A (20 MARKS)
Answer all questions
1 The morals deal with the relationship between man and God, man and other
people, man and other elements and creatures of the universe, man and his inner most self.
Which religion has these moral dimensions?
A African Tradition
B Christianity

C Hinduism
D Islam
2 What are values?
A Accomplishments of life
B Beliefs that are meaningful
C Ideas about God
D Stories about famous people
3 By being with other people a person learns to give, receive and share. At what stage of life
does a person only receive?
A Adolescence
B Adult
C Baby
D Late adolescence
4 There is great variety of life on earth, for example plants, animals and human. What are the
similarities between plant and animals? They both .........
A breathe, grow and feel.
B breathe, grow and reproduce.
C grow, breathe and move.
D reproduce, breathe and move.
5 Religion is...................................................... ?
A fellowshipping with people of the same faith.
B making decisions on what is right or wrong.
C people’s behaviour towards one another.
D people’s belief about God and purpose of life.
6 Why should the translations of the Bible in any language have to be revised
and rewritten?
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 A Few people understand Hebrew and Aramaic
B Languages develop and change
C Many languages should be included
D People in the world can hear or read
7 Each person has a special ability to do something well that one has chosen and
developed. This is the definition for ?
A aim.
B goals.
C hope.
D talent.
8 In which of the following situations is trust not needed?
A buyer and a seller
B Eating food prepared at the market
C Passing Grade 9 examination
D Playing netball
9 What does competition help us to fulfil?
A Ambitions
B Harmony
C Responsibility
D Unit
10 Who were regarded as unclean sinners during the time of Jesus in Palestine?
A jews who did not obey all the laws.
B did not worship at Jerusalem Temple.
C helped the Romans to collect taxes.
D were suffering from the skin diseases.
11 Why do Christians say God is true? God is true because he is .....
A faithful and created human beings.
B faithful and his love does not change.
C powerful and he loves the world.
D the creator of heaven and earth.
12 Which religion believes that freedom is a divine gift given to us by God?

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 A Christianity
B Hinduism
C Islam
D Zambian Tradition
13 “Kashi Kalapya no mwine kasha apilemo,” Bemba proverb, „The village was burnt and the
headman was burnt in it.‟ What does this proverb teach about leadership?
A A leader must be faithful to the people, even to die for them.
B A leader must be intelligent to lead the people.
C A leader must lead by example, not by threatening the people with punishment.
D Leadership brings a lot of work and worries to the leader.
14 Which one of the following factor determines ambition?
A Curious mind
B Reflection
C Retreat
D Trust
15 Mr Akelo is a drunkard and whenever he gets drunk, he beats his wife. What term is used
to describe this action nowadays?
A Crime Against Women
B Gender Based Violence
C Man‟s Behaviour Pattern
D Victim Support Unit
16 “You have become a protector of your friends against the curse of men.” At what occasion
are these words spoken to a Hindu boy?
A Birthday
B Marriage
C Month of Ramadan
D Non of the above
17 Who were regarded as unclean sinners during the time Of Jesu Palestine?
A Jews who did not obey all the laws.
B did not worship at Jerusalem Temple.
C helped the Romans to collect taxes.
D were suffering from the skin diseases.

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18 Which of the following is the earliest missionary society that entered the present-day
Zambia in 1883?
A London Missionary Society.
B Paris Evangelical Mission.
C Primitive Methodist Mission Society.
D Seventh Day Adventist.
19 Tabitha wakes up early every morning to pray and read the scripture. She hopes to
grow……………….
A emotionally.
B intellectually.
C physically
D spiritual
20 “We meditate on the glorious splendor of the divine life-giver. May he himself
give light to our minds.” What is the name of this prayer which the Hindu may say
at sunrise or sunset?
A Diwali
B Gayati
C Om
D Ramakrishha

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SECTION B
Answer all the fifteen questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided in the Answer Booklet
21 State two sources of moral codes. [2]
22 Why are personal values important? Give two points. [2]
23 Describe, in two ways, how growing up in a religion means? [2]
24 State two things that St. Augustine is remembered for. [2]
25 Explain briefly the two kinds of books found in the New Testament. [2]
26 What is the difference between formal competition and informal
competition? [2]
27 Religions teach that sin needs forgiveness. State two steps needed for the person
to be forgiven. [2]
28 State the first two questions a person should ask if he wants to find out
the truth of what he reads or hears. [2]
29 State two common things that communities and groups of people need
from leaders and laws and rules. [2]
30 Contrast and compare between Laws and Rules

Laws Rules

(a) (a)

(b (b)
)

31 Give two reasons why people in authority find it difficult to use properly
the authority they have been given. [2]
32 Each person’s character has different parts. Mention two of them. [2]
33 According to Hinduism, state two reasons why people suffer and get

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disappointed. [2]
34 State two concepts of life after death in Islam. [2]
35 Give two occasions in Traditional Zambian life when prayer was directed
to God only.
SECTION C (20 MARKS)
Answer all the questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided
in the Answer Booklet
36 “… left that place and went back to his home town, followed by his disciples.”
(Mark 6:1).
(a) Who went to his home town? [1]
(b) What did he do on the Sabbath? [1]
(c) What was the name of the place of worship for the Hebrews? [1]
(d) What was the reaction of the many people who heard him? [1]
(e) State the first two questions the people asked themselves. [2]
(f) What did he say when he was rejected by the people? [1]
(g) What was his reaction to their rejection? [1]
(h) Suppose, you are the one who has been rejected in your own community, state one
value that will help you build a positive relationship with your
community. [1]
(i) What is the attitude of modern society towards its own people in the
community? State one point with an example.
37 “Make sure that the man you choose to be king is the one whom …”
(Deuteronomy 17:15).
(a) State two conditions that God gave the Israelites on how to
choose who should be a king. [2]
(b) State three things that the king is not supposed to have in
abundance. [3]
(c) What type of book was he supposed to have when he becomes
king? [1]
(d) Why was the king supposed to keep this book close to him and
read from it all his life? Give two reasons. [2]

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(e) As a good citizen of this country what value have you learnt from
the above passage? Give one value. [1]
(f) Why do modern society today asks the president of the country to
swear to defend the constitution of the country? Give one point. [1]

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SECTION D (40 MARKS)
Answer both questions in this section. Each question carries 20
marks. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the Answer
Booklet
38 LEARNING AND TRUTH
In those days, a young man went on an expedition looking for a suitable young woman to
marry. He walked for a long distance, from one village to the next he could not find one.
It was almost at the end of his journey that he found a young woman of his heart‟s desire. He
decided to visit her parents to discuss his marriage proposal.
When he met his prospective in-laws, he was told, “Here where you have come, our son, people
never tell lies. Every person here speaks the truth.” The young man was amazed and wondered
whether there was a village or community where people never told lies. He kept everything in
his heart.
After he stayed with his in-laws for a week, he went into the forest and the river to set up traps
for animals and fish. In the forest he set up the trap and later, he went to the river, where he set
up “umono” (the fishing basket) and went back home.
The following day, the young man asked his father-in-law if he could escort him to inspect his
traps. When they reached the river, they found the basket full of mice and the trap in the forest;
they found only one bubble fish. The father-in-law was very surprised and said to himself, “How
can they catch the fish in the forest and the mice in the river?” He never said a word to any
person. The next day, again, the father-in-law accompanied his son-in-law and everything
happened exactly as the previous day. A bubble fish caught in the trap in the forest and mice
caught in the fish basket in the river. On the third day, the two went to check on the traps and
the same thing had happened as exactly as on the two previous days.
After they came back to the village, the father-in-law went to see the village headman and
explained everything that had transpired for the past three days. The headman was shocked
and surprised. He said, “Such a thing has never happened before. Perhaps, I will make an effort
tomorrow to escort you and your son-in-law, so that I can see for myself these strange
happenings.
And indeed, the following day, the headman and together with his men accompanied the duo. In
the river, they caught a basket full of bubble fish and in the forest, they only found a mouse in
the trap. The headman was very angry and he put the young man‟s father-in-law in prison. The
father-in-law cried foul that the young man tricked him. The young man told the headman that
when he got married in this family, his father-in-law told him, “No one tell lies in this land.
Everyone speaks the truth.”

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(a) Why did the young man go on the journey? [1]
(b) What was the reaction of the young man when his father-in-law
told him that people never told lies there? [1]
(c) Mention two survival skills that this young man had. [2]
(d) State the sentence in the story which shows how surprised
the father-in-law was. [1]
(e) What was caught in the traps on the third day?
(i) In the river: ......................................................................... [1]
(ii) In the forest: ......................................................................... [1]
(f) Why did the headman put the young man‟s father in-law in prison? [2]
(g) What was the standard of truth for the young man‟s father-in-law? [1]
(h) State two ways in which a statement can be true. [2]
(i) Why was the truth in Zambian Tradition known by the elders?
Give two points. [2]
(j) Give two reasons why Hinduism teaches that all the things we see
and touch are not truly real? [2]
(k) What is the standard of truth according to Islam? [1]
(l) State two ways how we can find out the truth, according to modern
scientific education. [2]
(m) Which value was lacking in the story above in order to build a positive
relationship with each other? [1]
39 PRAYER
Long, long time ago, in the far west of the land, a boy named Kanu was living with
his grandparents. He was a very intelligent and disciplined boy. Kanu‟s parents
lived in another village three days walk from his grandparent‟s village. He loved to
live with his grandparents, who actually adored him as he was a good boy and a
quick learner. Above all, he, himself, loved them very much as he learnt a lot from
them.

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Kanu‟s grandfather was the best hunter in the village. Whenever he prepared for a
hunting trip, he would instruct Kanu to prepare the spears, traps and the dogs to
be fed well a day before the hunting trip.
Prayers were the pivot of the lives of the people in this village. The entire
household of Kanu‟s grandfather would wake up early in the morning to offer
prayers to the Great Being and to the departed ancestors. The grandfather and
Kanu knelt down while his grandmother sat behind them. The grandfather would
lead the prayer as follows:
“We humble ourselves before you, the Great Being, the Almighty, Creator of all
things and Protector of all those who work hard and honestly. Be with us on this
hunting trip. You, our great ancestors, humble yourselves before the Great Being
and ask for us the protection we need. The ancestor Kanga Kanga the great
hunter-be with us on this trip.”
After this prayer, the grandmother would rise up with a white substance on the
plate called “inkula”. She would smear the substance on their foreheads and arms,
starting with Kanu‟s grandfather. She would do this with a short phrase of prayer.
“May the Greater Being protect you from all harm. “Smearing the “inkula” was a
symbol of purity and brightness to the one it had been smeared onto.
Praying for protection and success never ended. Kanu‟s grandfather always
uttered few words to the Greater Being or the ancestors in order to acknowledge
their providence and generosity.
Kanu always learnt by heart all the different symbols, gestures and prayers said on
different occasions and situations. One day, he hoped, he would be like his
grandfather.
In the evening, after they had returned from hunting, the grandmother would
lead the prayers to thank the Greater Being and the ancestors for the safe return
of her husband and the grandson from the hunting trip.
(a) State two qualities attributed to Kanu. [2]
(b) How far was the village of Kanu‟s parents from his grandfather‟s village? [1]
(c) What occupation did Kanu‟s grandfather have? [1]

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(d) State two things that Kanu‟s grandfather instructed him to prepare before
the hunting trip. [2]
(e) What was the pivot in the lives of this people in the village? [1]
(f) What type of religion was this family practising? [1]
(g) What did the smearing of “inkula” on the forehead and arm symbolise? [1]
(h) “Kanu always learnt by heart all the ” What term is used when a
religion is handed down in this way? [1]
(i) Mention three activities involved in prayer. [3]
(j) Before prayers, mention two parts of the body that a Muslim must wash. [2]
(k) Why do Hindus use images or idols or objects during the time of
prayer? [1]
(l) State three teachings about prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. [3]
(m) State one value that the family of Kanu‟s grandparents had in
respect of their celebrations of their faith. [1]

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