JAMB UTME - Christian Religious Studies - 1980

Question 1 Report

Which of the Gospels relates the death of Judas?

Mark

Matthew

Luke

Mark and Matthew

Matthew and Luke

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Question 2 Report

Which of the following defends the Apostles?

Bartholomew

Caiaphas

Gamaliel

Pilate

Nicodemus

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Question 3 Report

Saul was rejected by God because of his

disobedience

laziness

pride

rudeness

violence

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Consequences Of Saul’s Disobedience

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Question 4 Report

The one who added to make up the twelve was

Paul

Thaddaeus

Matthew

Matthias

Barabbas

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Question 5 Report

Joshua's first victory was over the people

Gibeon

Gilgal

Jericho

Megiddo

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Question 6 Report

David was brought to Saul's palace at the initial stage

to help the king plan against the seven years of famine

as a slave boy sold to the Egyptian traders

as a musician to play his harp to soothe saul's sickness

to predict the fall of Israel

as a reward for his victory against Goliath

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Question 7 Report

The promise of sending the Holy Spirit was fulfilled in

Bethany

Bethlehem

Capernaum

Jerusalem

Rome

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Question 8 Report

Joab murdered Abner because

he wanted to avenge the death of his brother

he was jealous of Abner

Abner want to take his office from him

Abner visited David in Joaab's absence

Abner was the supporter of Ishbosheth,the son saul and enemy of David

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Question 9 Report

The meaning of Ephphatha is said to be

be open

be still

little girl, arise

be silent

come out of him

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Question 10 Report

Which of the following parable is peculiar to Luke?

the labouers in the vineyard

the man with out a wedding garment

the lost ship

the foolish rich man

the mustard seed and the leaven

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Question 11 Report

Abraham and his nephew lot decided to separate into two different camps

for fear of complete annihilation by the enemies

to enable them to capture more votes from the two camps

to keep chedor-laomer from capturing Sodom and Gomorrah

to avoid further trouble between their rivals herdsmen over pasture and water

because Lot demanded of his independence as he was now of age

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Question 12 Report

This place was called the valley of Eshcol Because

the sons of israerl cut down a cluster of grapes there

the sons of Israel stop there on theirway canaan

the spies used the valley as their hideout

grapes grew in the valley

two spies carried away grapes from the valley

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Question 13 Report

The council of Jerusalem decided that Gentiles should abstain from pollution of idols and unchastity and from?

murder

unclean food

eating what is strangled

eating the uncircumcised

adultery

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Question 14 Report

According to St.Marks Gospel, Herod said that Jesus was

Jeremiah

Elijah

John the Batist, risen from dead

one of the prophets

the Messiah

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Question 15 Report

At the bank of river Jabbok the name of ...was changed to Isreal

Isaac

nebuchadnezzar

Jacob

Judah

Esau

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Question 16 Report

But let justice roll down like waters and ...like an overflowing stream'. which of the following words completes the quotations?

faith

hope

salvation

rightousness

mercy

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Question 17 Report

A prophet of hope in Babylon was

Amos

Ezekiel

Hosea

Joel

Obadiah

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Question 18 Report

Why did Jesus heal the leper at Galilee

The leper said' if you want to, you can cure me'

Jesus wanted to cure him

Jesus felt sorry for him

Jesus stretched out his hands and touch him

Jesus want to demonstrate his power over all diseases

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Miracles

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Question 19 Report

Elijah was a prophet during the reign of

Absalom

Ahab

Gideon

Rehoboam

Solomon

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Question 20 Report

Which of the following parables could be said to teach about God's love for sinners

The wicked husbandmen

The good samaritan

The ten talent

The sower

The prodigal son

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Question 21 Report

The statement' oh man of little faith' why did you doubt' was uttered by Jesus Christ to

the crowd at the marriage in cana of Galilee where he turned water to wine

Judas after betraying him

Peter while sinking into the sea

Nicodemus when he visited him at night

The phariees who challenged his lordship over sabbath

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Question 22 Report

The statement' truly this man was the son f God' was made by

the centurion

Stephen

Mary mother of John

John the Baptist

Festus

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Question 23 Report

The division of the kingdom of Israel took place during the reign of

Rehoboam

Samuel

Josiah

Jehu

Sennacherib

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Question 24 Report

The teaching of Jesus about swearing was that one should not swear

by heaven

by the earth

by jerusalem

by one's head

at all

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Question 25 Report

Before Jacob died he ask his children to bury him in

the cave of machpelah at hebron

the fertile region of goshen in egypt

the temple of Jerusalem

the holy city of medina

mount sinai

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Question 26 Report

The laws given by Moses to the children of Israel in Sinai have striking similarities with the

Rosetta

Septuagint

Code of hammurabi

Siloam Inscription

Roman laws

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Question 27 Report

after the exile, the rebuilding of the temple was completed in the reign of

Cyrus

Nebuchadnezzar

Artaxesrxes

Ahasuerus

Darius

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Question 28 Report

The exiles return to Jerusalem in the reign of

Cyrus

Hilkiah

Huldah

Nebuchadnezzar

Zerubbabel

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Question 29 Report

...was born at the time when Pharaoh ordered that all Hebrew male children be killed

Miriam

Aaron

Joseph

Moses

Jesus

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Question 30 Report

Which of these do not believe in the Resurrection?

Assyrians

Publicans

Levites

Pharisees

Sadducees

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Question 31 Report

the period of bondage of the children of Israel in Egypt was characterized by

an oil boom

the drafting of their new constitution

regilious syncritism

freedom of trade

the revival of their art and culture

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Question 32 Report

After the conquest of Canaan by Joshua,the ark was first house at

Jerusalem

Shechem

Shiloh

Gilgal

Gibeon

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Question 33 Report

The statement 'beware of piety before men in order to be seen by them for then you will have no reward from your father whom is in heaven,'teaches that

a good deed should not be done if it wil attract the attention of others

a good deed should not be done simply to attract the attention of others

we should not mind what people say

we should always reflect before we undertake any good deed

we should pray before undertaking any work

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Question 34 Report

Jesus was presented in the temple of the Lord because

he was already twelve years old

his parents wanted to offer a sacrifice

his parents wanted to do for him what the law required

his parents wanted simeon to bless him

his parents should offer two young pigeons

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Question 35 Report

The Acts of Apostle was written by

the Apostle, Paul

Peter, the Apostle

St. Luke

Theophilus

Clement of Alexandria

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Question 36 Report

Who ran to prophet Isaiah for prayers when the Assyrians threatened

Ahab

Hezekiah

Josiah

Manasseh

Rabshakeh

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Question 37 Report

The name Abraham means

Son of haran

A remnant shall return

Thy will be done oh Lord

Father of a mutitude

Ask of God

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Question 38 Report

The birth of Jesus Christ took place in Bethlehem during the reign of

Pontius Pilate

Herod the Great

Herod Agrippa

Herod Antipas

King Zedekiah

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Question 39 Report

The canticle which begins' blessed be the lord of Israel'(the Benedictus)was uttered by

Mary Magdalene

Zechariah

Simeon

Mary mother of Jesus

Joseph

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Question 40 Report

The last temptation of Jesus by the devil was to ask him to

change stone to bread

jump from the pinnacle of the temple

bow down and worship him on a mountain

refuse to heal the blind man

support Peter in the use of the sword.

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Question 41 Report

One of the experiences of Jacob with Laban in Haran was that he worked for seven years

to pay for his sins

to save enough money for his own personal business

to develop his muscles

to show his loyaltyto his kind uncle Laban

to enable him marry Rachel

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Question 42 Report

Who baptist the Ethiopian Eunuch

Paul

Peter

Philip

Rufus

Thomas

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Question 43 Report

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake

for the shall obtain mercy

for they share see God

for they shall be called the sons of God

for they shal be comforted

for theirs is kingdom of Heaven

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Question 44 Report

Why did Jesus refer to the story of Jonah in his discussion with scribes and Pharisees?

It was a reference to the Jesus death and resurrection

It was a reference to the judgement day when the men of Nineveh would condemn the Jews

It shows thst the Queenof the South would condemn this generation on the judgement day

It portrayed Jesus as greater than Jonah

It shows that only an evil and unfaithful generation could ask for sign

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Question 45 Report

Joshia's reign was popular because of his

allies

victory

violence

reforms

youth

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Question 46 Report

God promised Abraham in a covenant that

he would conquered Goliath

he would build the Jerusalem temple

his descendant would be a blessing to all mankind

neither death nor principalities would separate him from Lot his beloved nephew

the exiles would return

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Question 47 Report

Th statement 'But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgement; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council and whoever says' You fool' shall be liable to hell fire' is part of

Christ's Sermon on the Mount

Christ's warning to the Pharisees

Christ's warning to the Sadducees

Christ's warning to his aposties

Christ's sermon during the Last Supper

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Question 48 Report

In the parable of the ten virgins, the foolish ones are blamed because they

arrived late