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GCSE
RELIGIOUS STUDIES B
Paper 1 Catholic Christianity
AQA GCSE RELIGIOUS STUDIES B PAPER 1 QUESTIONS MAY 2025
Tuesday 13 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
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Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 2
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 3
Answer all questions.
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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). SPaG
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not TOTAL
want to be marked.
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 96 plus 3 marks for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.
The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) will be assessed in the 12-mark questions. The marks
for SPaG are shown below the mark allocation for each question. The best of these marks will be
included in your total for the paper.
Advice
You are advised to spend 25 minutes on each question.
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0 1 Creation
0 1 . 1 Which one of the following explains the meaning of the word ‘transcendent’?
[1 mark]
Put a tick () in the box next to the correct answer.
A Beyond the universe
B Loving towards all people
C Present in life on earth
D Willing to forgive sins
0 1 . 2 Give two ways in which Christians can show stewardship of the created world.
[2 marks]
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0 1 . 3 Explain two ways in which Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam may influence Catholics.
[4 marks]
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0 1 . 4 Explain two Christian beliefs about creation found in Genesis 1 and 2.
Refer to scripture or another source of Christian belief and teaching in your answer.
[5 marks]
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