VCE Religion and Society Past Exam Questions
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 67.5% of available · official reportFull marks: 31% of students · official report
Question 1 (4 marks) Outline two ways in which religious beliefs create meaning for believers.
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Question 2 (4 marks) Outline two ways in which religious symbols relate to religious beliefs. Instructions for Section A Answer all questions in the spaces provided. 3 2016 REL&SOC
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 55% of available · official reportFull marks: 17% of students · official report
Question 3 (4 marks) Explain why adaptation to new circumstances might contribute to the maintenance of continuity of religious beliefs.
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 62.5% of available · official reportFull marks: 22% of students · official report
Question 4 (4 marks) Explain the relationship between significant life experiences and religious beliefs generally. 2016 REL&SOC EXAM 4 END OF SECTION A
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Question 5 (4 marks) Outline two reasons why a vision for society is important to religious traditions generally. 5 2016 REL&SOC EXAM
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 60% of available · official reportFull marks: 20% of students · official report
a. Explain two reasons for the maintenance of continuity of religious beliefs. 4 marks 2016 REL&SOC EXAM 6
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 60% of available · official reportFull marks: 18% of students · official report
b. Define three of the following practices for maintaining continuity of religious beliefs: • new application • reaffirmation • reformulation • reinterpretation 6 marks 1. 2. 3. 7
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 49% of available · official reportFull marks: 7% of students · official report
c. Explain how two aspects of religion, apart from beliefs, have been used to maintain the continuity of a particular religious belief in at least one religious tradition that you
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 61.7% of available · official reportFull marks: 22% of students · official report
a. Identify three different ways in which religious traditions generally respond to challenging contemporary issues. 6 marks For parts b., c. and d. you must choose the same religi
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b. Explain the vision for society of a religious tradition that you have studied. 4 marks 9 2016 REL&SOC EXAM END OF SECTION B TURN OVER
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c. Discuss the impact on the religious tradition of the responses it made to a contemporary issue. 6 marks
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 45% of available · official reportFull marks: 13% of students · official report
d. Discuss the impact on the wider society of the responses made by the religious tradition to the contemporary issue used in part c. 4 marks 2016 REL&SOC EXAM 10
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