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CHRISTIAN
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
Paper 1
July/Aug. 2017
2½ hours

Uganda Certificate of Education

MOCK EXAMINATIONS

CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Paper 1
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Answer five questions in all, taking one from each of the sections: A, B, C, D and E.
All questions carry equal marks.
Any additional question (s) answered will not be marked.

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 SECTION A:
MAN IN A CHANGING SOCIETY

1. (a) How did the Apostles’ lives change after receiving the Holy Spirit?(10 marks)
(b) Explain the changes that have caused increased immorality in Uganda today.
(10 marks)

2. (a) How was work understood in the African Traditional Society? (10 marks)
(b) How have the patterns of work changed today? (10 marks)

3. (a) Explain the leisure activities enjoyed by Christians in the early church.
(10 marks)
(b) Using your bible knowledge, suggest ways through which a friend can spend
his / her leisure time. (10 marks)

SECTION B:
ORDER AND FREEDOM IN SOCIETY

4. (a) Why was slavery taken to be an act of injustice? (10 marks)

(b) Explain some injustices that existed among the Israelites in the Old Testament.
(10 marks)

5. (a) “Politics is a dirty game.” Explain why people consider it to be so. (10 marks)
(b) What should be the characteristics of Christian leadership? (10 marks)

6. (a) Explain eight cases of conflicting loyalties among senior four class in your
school. (08 marks)
(b) As a CRE student, how can one overcome conflicting loyalties? (12 marks)

SECTION C:
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 LIFE

7. (a) Explain the traditional African ideas about happiness. (10 marks)
(b) What according to the New Testament teaching is the source of true happiness?
(10 marks)

8. (a) How did the traditional Africans encounter death? (08 marks)
(b) Why is death of a Christian less threatening to the church? (12 marks)

9. (a) Explain the evils that have come up as a result of people’s search for success.
(10 marks)
(b) Give the differences between the present situation and the Christian teaching
about success. (10 marks)

SECTION D:
MAN AND WOMAN

10. (a) Explain the problems that the church still finds in the African family system
today. (10 marks)
(b) Explain the measures taken by the church to minimize such problems.
(10 marks)

11. (a) How are women oppressed in Uganda today? (10 marks)
(b) How does the Old Testament teaching show that both sexes are equal?
(10 marks)

12. (a) Why do we have more marriage break ups today than in the past? (10 marks)
(b) How has the church brought about marriage stability in your society?
(10 marks)

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 SECTION E:
MAN’S RESPONSE TO GOD THROUGH FAITH AND LOVE

13. (a) In what ways do people in Uganda today show their quest for God?
(10 marks)
(b) How did Jesus reveal himself to the people during his ministry? (10 marks)

14. (a) How do people run away from God today? (10 marks)
(b) How did the Israelites evade God in the Old Testament? (10 marks)

15. (a) Why should church leaders participate in politics? (10 marks)
(b) How has the church involved itself in developing Africa? (10 marks)

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