Practice waec model questions vol1 christian_religious_studies 2017 Past Questions

Question 1 View Details

According to Genesis, the sun was created on the fourth day of creation. If the total number of creation days is multiplied by the day number on which the sun was created, what is the product?

A. 21

Correct B. 28

C. 35

D. 24

Correct Answer: B

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Question 2 View Details

Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to love God and the second is to love your neighbour. In the Ten Commandments, the commandment "You shall not bear false witness" is the ninth. Adding the ordinal numbers of the two greatest commandments to the ordinal number of the ninth commandment, what total is obtained?

Correct A. 12

B. 11

C. 13

D. 14

Correct Answer: A

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Question 3 View Details

At the Council of Jerusalem, 12 apostles attended, of whom 5 also served as elders. The remaining apostles each wrote one epistle to a distinct early church, while each elder wrote two epistles, each to a different church (no overlap between the churches addressed by apostles and elders). If the total number of distinct churches that received an epistle is 17, how many churches received epistles from the elders?

A. 7

B. 12

Correct C. 10

D. 14

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4 View Details

The Old Testament lists 5 major prophets and 12 minor prophets. If each major prophet authored an average of 3 books and each minor prophet authored an average of 1 book, what is the total number of books written by all the prophets?

A. 30

B. 20

C. 17

Correct D. 27

Correct Answer: D

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Question 5 View Details

Genesis records that Abraham was 75 years old when his son Isaac was born and that Isaac was 60 years old when his son Jacob was born. How many years after Abraham's birth did Jacob arrive?

A. 115

B. 165

Correct C. 135

D. 150

Correct Answer: C

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Question 6 View Details

According to the four Gospels, the number of miracles performed by Jesus recorded in each Gospel is: Matthew \(7\), Mark \(8\), Luke \(9\), and John \(5\). A scholar states that the total number of distinct miracles recorded across the four Gospels is \(20\), counting any miracle that appears in more than one Gospel only once. What is the minimum possible number of miracles that must appear in at least two Gospels?

A. 4

Correct B. 3

C. 5

D. 2

Correct Answer: B

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Question 7 View Details

In the New Testament the numbers of verses that explicitly contain the word "love" (L) and the word "service" (S) in each book are as follows: Matthew (\(12\) L, \(5\) S), Mark (\(8\) L, \(6\) S), Luke (\(10\) L, \(9\) S), John (\(25\) L, \(4\) S), Acts (\(5\) L, \(12\) S), Romans (\(15\) L, \(8\) S), 1 Corinthians (\(20\) L, \(10\) S), 2 Corinthians (\(7\) L, \(5\) S), Galatians (\(4\) L, \(3\) S), Ephesians (\(6\) L, \(4\) S), Philippians (\(5\) L, \(6\) S), Colossians (\(3\) L, \(2\) S), 1 Thessalonians (\(2\) L, \(3\) S), 2 Thessalonians (\(1\) L, \(2\) S), 1 Timothy (\(2\) L, \(1\) S), 2 Timothy (\(1\) L, \(2\) S), Titus (\(1\) L, \(2\) S), Philemon (\(0\) L, \(1\) S), Hebrews (\(2\) L, \(3\) S), James (\(3\) L, \(4\) S), 1 Peter (\(2\) L, \(3\) S), 2 Peter (\(1\) L, \(2\) S), 1 John (\(6\) L, \(1\) S), 2 John (\(0\) L, \(0\) S), 3 John (\(0\) L, \(0\) S), Jude (\(0\) L, \(0\) S), Revelation (\(4\) L, \(2\) S). First compute the ratio of total "love" verses to total "service" verses in simplest integer form. Then exclude any book where the number of "love" verses is less than the number of "service" verses and recompute the ratio for the remaining books. What is the final simplified ratio?

A. 121:60

B. 120:58

Correct C. 120:59

D. 119:59

Correct Answer: C

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Question 8 View Details

Using the following chronological data from the biblical narrative: Abraham was \(100\) years old when Isaac was born; Isaac was \(60\) years old when Jacob was born; Jacob was \(130\) years old when Joseph was born; Joseph was \(30\) years old when he rose to power in Egypt; seven years later Joseph's family moved to Egypt; from the time Jacob's family entered Egypt to the Exodus was \(210\) years; Moses was \(80\) years old at the Exodus and the Israelites wandered in the desert for \(40\) years before entering Canaan. Calculate the total number of years from Abraham's birth to the Israelites' entry into Canaan. Then, if the \(210\)-year period is considered to be overestimated by \(10\) years, what is the corrected total number of years?

Correct A. 577

B. 567

C. 587

D. 597

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9 View Details

The prophetic books of the Old Testament consist of the five major prophets—Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel—and the twelve minor prophets. Their chapter counts are: Major prophets: Isaiah \(66\), Jeremiah \(52\), Ezekiel \(48\), Daniel \(12\). Minor prophets: Hosea \(14\), Joel \(3\), Amos \(9\), Obadiah \(1\), Jonah \(4\), Micah \(7\), Nahum \(3\), Habakkuk \(3\), Zephaniah \(3\), Haggai \(2\), Zechariah \(14\), Malachi \(4\). If a reader studies all chapters of the major prophets and exactly half of the chapters of each minor prophet (rounding down any fraction), how many chapters in total will the reader study?

A. 215

B. 207

Correct C. 208

D. 210

Correct Answer: C

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Question 10 View Details

Paul undertook three missionary journeys. First journey: visited \(5\) cities and founded churches in \(4\) of them. Second journey: visited \(7\) cities and founded churches in \(6\) of them, but later one of these churches merged with an existing church. Third journey: visited \(8\) cities and founded churches in all \(8\), but two of these churches were later destroyed. Paul wrote a total of \(13\) letters, of which \(7\) are regarded as authentic Pauline epistles. Each authentic letter was addressed to a distinct church founded during his journeys, while the remaining letters were addressed to multiple churches. What is the minimum possible number of churches that existed at the end of Paul's ministry?

A. 18

Correct B. 15

C. 14

D. 16

Correct Answer: B

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Question 11 View Details

In the Parable of the Lost Sheep a shepherd has a flock of \(N\) sheep. He leaves ninety percent of his flock to search for the one lost sheep. In the Parable of the Lost Coin a woman has \(M\) silver coins and searches seventy‑five percent of them before finding the lost coin. If the number of sheep the shepherd leaves behind is exactly twice the number of coins the woman has already searched, find the value of \(N+M\).

A. 34

Correct B. 32

C. 30

D. 36

Correct Answer: B

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Question 12 View Details

According to the Parable of the Talents a master entrusts three servants with 5, 10 and 15 talents respectively. The first servant doubles his amount, the second triples it, and the third returns the talent unchanged. In the Parable of the Ten Minas each of ten servants receives 1 mina; after the period five servants double their mina, three triple it and two return it unchanged. If one talent equals two minas, calculate the total amount (in minas) that the master and the noble receive combined from all servants.

A. 129

Correct B. 131

C. 140

D. 133

Correct Answer: B

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Question 13 View Details

In the Gospel of John there are seven "I am" statements made by Jesus. A theology student classifies them as follows: three statements refer to physical sustenance, two refer to relational identity, and the remaining statements refer to spiritual truth. The student prepares a written summary in which each physical‑sustenance statement is allocated 1 page, and each spiritual‑truth statement is allocated twice as many pages as a physical‑sustenance statement. Relational‑identity statements are omitted from the summary. How many pages does the summary contain in total?

A. 9

B. 8

Correct C. 7

D. 6

Correct Answer: C

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Question 14 View Details

According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus performed miracles in three regions: Galilee, Judea and Samaria. He performed twice as many miracles in Galilee as in Samaria, and five more miracles in Judea than in Samaria. If the total number of recorded miracles is twenty‑nine, how many miracles did he perform in each region? Give your answer as three numbers in the order Galilee, Judea, Samaria.

Correct A. 12, 11, 6

B. 12, 10, 7

C. 13, 10, 6

D. 11, 12, 6

Correct Answer: A

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Question 15 View Details

Elijah performed a certain number of miracles, each witnessed by six people. Jesus performed three times as many miracles as Elijah, and each of Jesus' miracles was witnessed by the same number of people as the number of letters in the word "faith" (five). If the total number of witnesses for all the miracles together is one hundred and forty‑seven, how many miracles did Elijah perform?

A. 6

B. 8

Correct C. 7

D. 9

Correct Answer: C

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Question 16 View Details

King A reigned for \(20\) years. The prophet Elijah foretold that a drought would begin in the \(5^{\text{th}}\) year of the king's reign and would last for a period equal to twice the number of letters in the prophet's name in years. In which year of the king's reign will the drought end?

Correct A. 16

B. 20

C. 10

D. 15

Correct Answer: A

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Question 17 View Details

Abraham was \(75\) years old when his son Isaac was born. If Abraham lived to be \(175\) years old, how many years after Isaac's birth did Abraham die?

Correct A. 100

B. 125

C. 150

D. 75

Correct Answer: A

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Question 18 View Details

In the early church, the number of churches in a region grew according to the rule: each year the number of churches became twice the previous year's number plus five new churches. After four years there were \(115\) churches. How many churches were there at the beginning of the first year?

A. 15

B. 5

Correct C. 10

D. 20

Correct Answer: C

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Question 19 View Details

A church community allocates its monthly volunteer service hours among three ministries: feeding the poor, teaching children, and caring for the elderly. The ratio of hours allocated to feeding to teaching is \(3:2\). The ratio of teaching to caring is \(4:5\). If the total volunteer hours per month are \(720\), how many hours are allocated to caring for the elderly?

A. 200

Correct B. 240

C. 300

D. 256

Correct Answer: B

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Question 20 View Details

Paul made three missionary journeys. The distances he traveled were \(1{,}200\) miles, \(1{,}800\) miles and \(2{,}400\) miles respectively. After each journey he wrote a letter whose length in verses was proportional to the distance traveled, with a constant of \(0.05\) verses per mile, rounded to the nearest whole verse. He also added a preface of \(12\) verses to each letter. What is the total number of verses in all three letters combined?

A. 294

B. 300

Correct C. 306

D. 312

Correct Answer: C

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Question 21 View Details

According to a scholarly reconstruction, Jesus performed miracles over a continuous period of \(40\) days. During the first \(\frac{1}{5}\) of this period he performed \(4\) miracles. During the next \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the period he performed twice as many miracles as in the first part. During the remaining days he performed the same number of miracles as in the first part. How many miracles did He perform in total?

A. 12

B. 18

C. 14

Correct D. 16

Correct Answer: D

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Question 22 View Details

Historical tradition records that Jesus' public ministry lasted three years, during which He visited five major towns. He stayed a whole number of weeks in each town, and the total number of weeks spent in all towns was \(30\). If the number of weeks He stayed in Jerusalem was twice the number of weeks He stayed in each of the other towns, how many weeks did He spend in Jerusalem?

Correct A. 10

B. 12

C. 8

D. 15

Correct Answer: A

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Question 23 View Details

A doctor learns that a terminally ill patient's family has decided to withhold the diagnosis from the patient to spare them distress. According to Christian ethical teaching, the commandment ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness' conflicts with the principle ‘Love your neighbour as yourself'. Which principle provides the primary guidance, and what is the ethically appropriate course of action for the doctor?

A. Principle of non‑maleficence; the doctor should respect the family's decision and not disclose the diagnosis.

B. Principle of truthfulness; the doctor should withhold the diagnosis to avoid causing distress.

Correct C. Principle of love (agape); the doctor should truthfully inform the patient, doing so compassionately.

D. Principle of autonomy; the doctor should ask the patient if they wish to know the diagnosis and honor their preference.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 24 View Details

In a discipleship program, each act of faith (such as personal prayer) is credited with \(2\) points, and each work of charity (such as feeding the hungry) with \(3\) points. A member's total score is \(70\) points, and the number of acts of faith is twice the number of charitable works performed. How many acts of faith and how many works of charity has the member completed?

A. 30 acts of faith and 10 works of charity

Correct B. 20 acts of faith and 10 works of charity

C. 25 acts of faith and 5 works of charity

D. 15 acts of faith and 15 works of charity

Correct Answer: B

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Question 25 View Details

A Sunday school class studies the Sermon on the Mount, which contains \(120\) verses, over four weeks. In the first week they cover one‑quarter of the verses. In the second week they cover one‑third of the verses that remain after the first week. In the third week they cover one‑half of the verses that remain after the second week. How many verses are studied in the fourth week?

A. 20

Correct B. 30

C. 45

D. 40

Correct Answer: B

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