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RELIGIOUS STUDIES B ACTUAL 2025 PAPER
MERGED WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 2A Perspectives on faith (themes)
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES B Question
1.1
Mark
Paper 2A Perspectives on faith (themes) 1.2
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour
1.3 45 minutes
1.4
Materials
1.5
Before you open this book, you must ensure you also have the
Question Paper/Answer Book for the religion option you are entered for (either 2.1
Islam or Judaism).
2.2
Instructions 2.3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
2.4
• Fill in the boxes at both the top of this page and the top of the Question
Paper/Answer Book for the religion option. 2.5
• Choose two themes and answer all questions for those themes.
3.1
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 3.2
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
3.3
marked.
3.4
3.5
TOTAL
, 2
Do not write
outside the
box
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each
page or on blank pages.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 48.
• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
Advice
You will have 1 hour 45 minutes to complete both Question Paper/Answer Books. You are advised to
spend 50 minutes on this paper and 50 minutes on your
religion option.
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Only answer the questions from
all the questions from your
0 1 Theme A: Religion, relationships and families
.1 Which one of the following commands from God shows that
humans are sexual beings?
0 1 [1 mark]
1
0 1
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A Be fruitful and multiply
2
B Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat
C Have dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth
D Till the earth and keep it
.2 Give two ways in which gender discrimination might take place in daily life.
1
2
*02*
4
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, 4
Do not write
outside the
box
.3 Explain two contrasting views in contemporary British society about same-sex
0 1 marriage.
• You must refer to a Christian view.
• Your contrasting view may come from Christianity or from another religious or non-
religious tradition.
[4 marks]
Question 1 continues on the next page
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES B ACTUAL 2025 PAPER
MERGED WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 2A Perspectives on faith (themes)
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Candidate number
Centre number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE For Examiner’s Use
RELIGIOUS STUDIES B Question
1.1
Mark
Paper 2A Perspectives on faith (themes) 1.2
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour
1.3 45 minutes
1.4
Materials
1.5
Before you open this book, you must ensure you also have the
Question Paper/Answer Book for the religion option you are entered for (either 2.1
Islam or Judaism).
2.2
Instructions 2.3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
2.4
• Fill in the boxes at both the top of this page and the top of the Question
Paper/Answer Book for the religion option. 2.5
• Choose two themes and answer all questions for those themes.
3.1
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 3.2
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
3.3
marked.
3.4
3.5
TOTAL
, 2
Do not write
outside the
box
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each
page or on blank pages.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 48.
• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
Advice
You will have 1 hour 45 minutes to complete both Question Paper/Answer Books. You are advised to
spend 50 minutes on this paper and 50 minutes on your
religion option.
*jun2580632A01* 8063/2A
IB/G/Jun25/G4005/V10
Only answer the questions from
all the questions from your
0 1 Theme A: Religion, relationships and families
.1 Which one of the following commands from God shows that
humans are sexual beings?
0 1 [1 mark]
1
0 1
IB/G/Jun25/8063/2A
, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
A Be fruitful and multiply
2
B Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat
C Have dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth
D Till the earth and keep it
.2 Give two ways in which gender discrimination might take place in daily life.
1
2
*02*
4
Turn over ►
IB/G/Jun25/8063/2A
, 4
Do not write
outside the
box
.3 Explain two contrasting views in contemporary British society about same-sex
0 1 marriage.
• You must refer to a Christian view.
• Your contrasting view may come from Christianity or from another religious or non-
religious tradition.
[4 marks]
Question 1 continues on the next page
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