ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

FAMILY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES 6074/1

PAPER 1 INDIGENOUS RELIGION AND JUDAISM

SPECIMEN PAPER 3 hours

Additional materials:
Answer paper

TIME 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.
Answer four questions.
Answer at least one question from each of the sections A and B.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

All questions in this paper carry 25 marks.

You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.

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Section A

Indigenous Religion

1 Discuss the attributes of the Supreme Being in Indigenous Religion. [25]

2 Assess the role played by family members in fostering Unhu/Ubuntu/Vumunhu in

Indigenous Religion. [25]

3 Examine the role of chieftainship in Indigenous societies. [25]

4 Examine the functions of shavi spirits in promoting enterprise. [25]

5 Discuss ways through which Indigenous Religion preserves the environment. [25]

Section B

Judaism

6 Identify the different types of covenants in Judaism. [25]

7 Discuss the evidence that prophecy in Israel was a borrowed phenomenon.

What is your society borrowing from other countries? [25]

8 Examine the role played by women in Israel. Show how women participate in
nation building today. [25]

9 Analyse the importance of miracles in Ancient Israel and Zimbabwe. [25]

10 Discuss the importance of Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles. Show how

Zimbabweans in the diaspora contribute to the development of their society. [25]

6074/1 SPECIMEN PAPER