Neco 2020 Christian Religious Studies Question 3

Practice objective / multiple choice question 3 from the 2020 Neco Christian Religious Studies examination.

Neco 2020 Christian Religious Studies Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 3 NECO • 2020 • CHRISTIAN_RELIGIOUS_STUDIES • objective

The Council of Jerusalem is traditionally dated to AD\,49, while the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple occurred in AD\,70. A historian claims that the interval between the council and the temple's destruction is exactly three‑quarters of the interval between the birth of Christ (traditionally placed at 4\,BC) and the council. Is the historian's claim correct? Show your calculations.

Answer Options

A. No; the interval is 26 years, which is about 50 % of the 52‑year interval, not 75 %.
B. No; the interval is 21 years, which is about 30 % of the 52‑year interval, not 75 %.
Correct Answer C. No; the interval is 21 years, which is about 40 % of the 52‑year interval, not 75 %.
D. Yes; the interval is 21 years, which is about 40 % of the 52‑year interval, matching the claim.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
No; the interval is 21 years, which is about 40 % of the 52‑year interval, not 75 %.

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This is Neco 2020 Christian Religious Studies Question 3. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Christian Religious Studies examination.

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