AQA A-Level Religious Studies Active Recall Guide (7062)
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AQA A-Level Religious Studies Active Recall Guide
Every topic of specification 7062 written as exam-style questions with the answers printed after them. 3,683 questions across 68 topics and 275 subtopics, including all five religions so the guide fits whichever one you study.
- AQA
- A-Level
- Specification 7062
- 3,683 questions
Guide overview All 68 topics Sample questions Papers and weighting Look inside Questions and answers
What the exam asks of you
AQA A-Level Religious Studies is two written papers of 3 hours, 100 marks each, 50 per cent apiece. Component 1 is philosophy of religion and ethics, both compulsory. Component 2 is the study of one religion chosen from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism, together with its dialogues with philosophy of religion and with ethical studies.
The questions are set in two parts, worth 10 and 15 marks, so each one wants an accurate account of a position before it wants an evaluation of it. The accurate account is the part that can be revised directly.
| Paper | Covers | Length | Marks | Weighting |
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Component 1 Philosophy of religion and ethics |
Section A: arguments for God, evil and suffering, religious experience, religious language, miracles, self and life after death Section B: ethical theories, human and animal life and death, meta ethics, free will, conscience, Bentham and Kant Two compulsory two-part questions in each section, worth 10 and 15 marks |
3 hours | 100 marks | 50% |
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Component 2 Study of religion and dialogues |
Section A: one religion from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism Section B: the dialogue between philosophy of religion and that religion Section C: the dialogue between ethical studies and that religion |
3 hours | 100 marks | 50% |
What is in the guide
All 68 topics
Every topic has its own page with its subtopics, what it covers and sample questions.
Sample questions
Taken from the guide. Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Paley's Watch and the Design Argument
What conclusion does Paley draw from the watch's arrangement of parts?
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Such purposeful arrangement implies an intelligent designer, a watchmaker. -
The Problem of Evil
What does the logical problem of evil claim about the relationship between evil and God's existence?
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It argues that the existence of evil is logically incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God. -
Verification, Falsification and Language Games
What is Flew's falsification principle?
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A statement is only meaningful if there is something that could count against it or prove it false. -
Descartes, the Soul and Radical Doubt
What famous conclusion does Descartes reach through his method of radical doubt?
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'I think, therefore I am' (cogito ergo sum), the certainty that he exists as a thinking thing. -
Visions and Otto's Numinous Experience
Why is the intellectual vision considered the highest form in the hierarchy of visions?
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Because it is the most certain and spiritually significant, involving direct intuitive awareness without reliance on sensory imagery. -
Realist and Anti-Realist Views of Miracle
What does the natural event understanding of miracles claim?
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That miracles are not violations of natural law but are ordinary events interpreted as having special religious or spiritual significance. -
Natural Moral Law and Its Precepts
What is the primary precept of living in society in Aquinas's natural moral law?
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It is one of the fundamental goods towards which human nature is inclined, directing humans to live harmoniously with others in community. -
Embryo Research, Cloning and Designer Babies
Why does natural moral law oppose the creation of designer babies?
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Because selecting genetic traits treats children as commodities and violates the precept to reproduce according to natural processes.
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
Look inside
Questions for a subtopic print together and the answers for that section print after them.
- Arguments for the Existence of God65
- Evil and Suffering33
- Religious Language35
- Self and Life After Death23
- Religious Experience65
- Miracles34
- Ethical Theories57
- Issues of Human Life and Death109
- Meta Ethics55
- Free Will and Moral Responsibility56
- Conscience73
- Bentham and Kant45
- and 56 more
- What is the problem of evil in philosophy of religion?
- Define natural evil.
- What is moral evil?
- What does the logical problem of evil claim about the relationship between evil and God's existence?
- How does the evidential problem of evil differ from the logical problem in its conclusion?
- In the logical problem of evil, what follows from God being omnipotent?
- According to the logical problem of evil, what does God's omniscience imply about evil?
- What does God's omnibenevolence entail regarding evil in the logical problem?
- What apparent contradiction arises when combining God's attributes with the reality of evil?
- The challenge of reconciling the existence of evil and suffering with belief in a God who is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent.
- Suffering caused by non-human sources such as earthquakes, diseases, floods, and other natural phenomena.
- Suffering caused by the deliberate actions of human beings, such as murder, theft, cruelty, and war.
- It argues that the existence of evil is logically incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God.
- It argues that while evil may not be logically incompatible with God's existence, the amount and distribution of evil makes God's existence highly improbable.
- God can prevent evil.
- God knows about evil.
- God wants to prevent evil.
- If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, God should prevent evil, yet evil exists, creating a contradiction.
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Questions students ask first
Which religion do I study?
One, chosen by your school, from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. All five are in the guide as separate sets of topics, each named by the religion, so you work yours and skip the rest.
What is in Component 1?
Philosophy of religion in Section A and ethics in Section B, both compulsory. That is thirteen topics and 670 questions covering the arguments for God, evil and suffering, religious experience, religious language, miracles, self and life after death, the ethical theories, issues of human and animal life and death, meta ethics, free will, conscience, and Bentham and Kant.
What are the dialogues?
Sections B and C of Component 2. Section B is the dialogue between your religion and philosophy of religion, Section C the dialogue between your religion and ethical studies. Both are examined as their own sections and both are in the guide as their own topics.
Do I need to know scholars by name?
Yes. The questions ask for specific positions and the people who held them, and the guide asks for them by name with the argument attached.
AQA A-Level Religious Studies Active Recall Guide
Every question paired with its answer, grouped by topic and subtopic, ready to work in three passes.