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CENTRAL EAST EDUCATION DIVISION
2023 JUNIOR CERTIFICATE MOCK EXAMINATION

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE
(100 marks)
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Friday, 24 March Subject Number: J021
Time Allowed: 2 hours
1:30 – 3:30 pm

Instructions
Question Tick if
1. This paper contains 10 pages. Please Do not write
check. number answered in these
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2. Write your examination number in 1-20
the spaces provided in each page
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3. Answer all questions
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4. This paper contains section A, B and C
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5. Section A should be answered by
encircling the letter representing the 24
correct answer. Section B and C
should be answered in the spaces 25
provided.
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6. Hand in your completed question
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7. In the table provided on this page, tick

against the question number you have answered.
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Section A (20 marks)
Answer all questions in this section by encircling the letter corresponding to the
correct answer
1. Which of the following books A. The members of his
of the Bible is in the group family were pastoralists
called wisdom books? B. The king Pharaoh chose
A. Genesis it for them
B. Daniel C. The land was given to
C. Song of Songs him
D. Ezra D. It was a very big area

2. Why Hagar ran away from 5. When Moses was at Mount

Sarai? Sinai the whole mountain was
A. God told her to leave covered with smoke because
B. Abram told her to leave A. it was set on fire
C. Hagar was ashamed of being B. God had come on it
pregnant C. priests of God were offering
D. Sarai treated her cruelly Sacrifice
D. there was thunder and
3. Which of the following vows lightning
did Jacob make to God at
Bethel? 6. Why did people want to kill
1. to marry one of the Gideon?
daughters of Laban A. He had murdered a fellow
2. to let God be his God Israelite
3. to worship God B. He did not follow worship
4. to give a tenth of everything customs
God gave him. C. He had pulled down an altar
A. 1, 2 and 3 to Baal
B. 1, 2 and 4 D. He was a son of a prostitute
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 2, 3 and 4

7. What does the name “Naomi”

mean?
4. Why did Joseph settle his A. Bitter
family at Goshen in Egypt? B. Funny
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C. Pleasant B. He lacked confidence

D. Happy C. He disobeyed God
D. He married foreign wives
8. Which of the following
promises did Hannah make to 11. Which of the following
God? prophets is associated with the
1. She would dedicate her re-building of the temple?
child to God A. Haggai
2. Her child will never eat B. Hosea
honey C. Ezekiel
3. She will never have her D. Elijah
child’s hair cut
4. Her child will never eat any 12. The following are Amos’
forbidden food prophecies against Amaziah
A. 1 and 2 except?
B. 1 and 3 A. His land would be taken by
C. 2 and 4 other people
D. 3 and 4 B. His children will be killed in
war
9. What did God promise C. His king would die in a
Solomon apart from wisdom? heathen country
A. Wealth, kingdom and long D. His wife would become a
life prostitute in the streets.
B. Wealth, kingdom and
honour 13.Which of the following books
C. Wealth, honour and long life is the example of the
D. Wealth, long life and “Gospels”?
happiness A. Acts of the Apostles
B. Revelation
C. 1Timothy
D. Mark

10. What led to the downfall of 14.What sign did the visitors from
King Saul? the east see that indicated the
A. He was proud birth of a king
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A. The moon C. sinners

B. The star D. Gentiles
C. The sun
D. The clouds 18.To which of the following did
Jesus first appear after
15.Jesus prepared for his ministry resurrection?
by being? A. the eleven apostles
A. tempted in the wilderness B. Mary Magdalene
for 40 days C. the three women
B. baptized in the River Jordan D. the two disciples on the road
by John the Baptist to Emmaus
C. questioned by Jewish
teachers of the Law 19. Which of the following is not
D. taught in temple by Jewish a biblical belief about God?
priests A. Father
B. Spirit
16. How did Jesus cure a blind C. King
man at Bethsaida? D. Priest
A. by praying for him
B. by spitting on his eyes 20.How does Jesus Christ fulfill
C. by pasting soil on his eyes the Old Testament concept of a
D. by telling him to open his Messiah?
eyes 1. He rose from the dead
2. He was born from Mary
17.“it is not right to take children’s who was a virgin
food and throw it to the dogs”. 3. He was born in Bethlehem
(Mark 7:27) 4. He healed many people
Who were referred to as dogs in A. 1, 2 and 3
this case? B. 1, 2 and 4
A. slaves C. 1, 3 and 4
B. Women D. 2, 3 and 4

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Section B (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided

21.In Genesis 12: 1-9, God calls Abram

a. State what God commanded Abram to do? Give any four points
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b. How did Abram respond to God’s call? Give any one point
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c. Describe any two promises that God said to Abram
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22. 1 Kings 18:20-40 is about contest between the Elijah and prophets of Baal
at Mount Carmel.
a. Define the term ‘Prophet’.
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b. Describe any two roles of a prophet
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c. Describe how Elijah mocked prophet of Baal. Give any two points
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23. Mark 6:7-13, Jesus sends out the Twelve Disciples

a. Give any two instructions that Jesus gave to the disciples on the mission
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b. Describe any two tasks that the disciples were asked to do
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c. What does the gesture of shaking dust off their feet signify? Give any
one point.
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24.In Mark 11:1-11 is about Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem

a. State any two instructions Jesus commanded the two disciples to do.
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b. How did people react when Jesus was riding the colt? Give any two
points.
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c. Explain any two significance of Jesus riding the colt.
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25.a. State any two examples of drugs
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b. Explain any two negative effects of drugs to the youth
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d. Describe any two Christian ways of preventing drugs and substance
abuse.
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Section C (30 marks)
26. Narrate the dream of Jacob at Bethel. (Genesis 28: 10- 15)
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27. Describe how Jesus fed the five thousand men. (Mark 6:34- 44)
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