Year : 
2015
Title : 
Christian Religious Knowledge/Education/Studies (CRS/CRK/CRE)
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

Which of the following people destroyed Shiloh and captured the Ark? The

A. Ammonites

B. Amalekites

C. Palestinians

D. Philistines

Detailed Solution

The tent sanctuary remained at Shiloh for 369 years until the Ark of the Covenant was taken into the battle camp at Eben-Ezer (1 Samuel 4:3–5) and captured by the Philistines at Aphek
12.

Samuel said that rebellion was as the sin of divination just as stubbornness was as

A. iniquity and adultery

B. sinful as disobedience

C. iniquity and murder

D. sinful as adultery

Detailed Solution

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
REF: 1 sam 15:23
13.

''Does the Lord have great delight in burnt offerings and sacrfices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? These words were directed to king

A. Ahab

B. Saul

C. Agag

D. David

Detailed Solution

The question was directed to King Saul from Samuel.
1 sam 15:21-22
14.

After Saul's death on Mount Gilboa, the Philistines

A. burnt his body near the tamarisk tree

B. sent his head to Dagon their god

C. made a sport of him at Bethshan

D. buried his sons in a mass grave

Detailed Solution

Saul, Israel's first king, led a charge against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 28:4). The battle ends with the king falling on his own sword and Saul's sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Melchishua being killed in battle (1 Samuel 31:1-12). The philistines cut off his head and put his corpse on the wall of Bethshan
15.

Although David was regarded as a man after God's heart, he acted badly before God when he

A. refused to slay Saul in the wilderness of Kish

B. remained at home while his troops were on the battle field

C. imprisoned Nathan for condermning him

D. committed sins of adultery and murder

Detailed Solution

David sinned against God when he murdered Uriah in order to have his wife Bathsheba, thereby committing adultery as well (2 Sam. 12:13) 2 Samuel 11:1–12:23
16.

The Hebrew kingdom broke up because of

A. prophet Ahijah's curse against Solomon

B. Solomon's marriage to foreign women

C. Rehoboam's efforts to rule Shechem

D. Rehoboam's refusal to grant the Northerners' petition

Detailed Solution

When Solomon's successor Rehoboam dealt tactlessly with economic complaints of the northern tribes, the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah split into two kingdoms: the northern Kingdom of Israel, which included the cities of Shechem and Samaria and the southern Kingdom of Judah, which contained Jerusalem, with most of the non-Israelite provinces achieving independence.
17.

Josiah sent the ashes of the burnt vessels of Baal to Bethel in order to

A. desecrate the golden calf being worshipped

B. desecrate the place for child sacrifice

C. despoil the high places of Asherah

D. consecrate that place for Yahweh worship

Detailed Solution

2 kings 23
18.

King Nebuchadnezzar mounted his golden image on / at

A. the plain of Dura

B. the plain of Jericho

C. the sea of Arabab

D. susa of Babylon

Detailed Solution

REF:
Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
19.

Daniel disobeyed King Darius by

A. refusing to honour the Persian gods

B. refusing to be made president of the Satraps

C. celebrating Jewish festival in a foreign land

D. praying three times daily for thirty days

Detailed Solution

By Praying
REF: Daniel 6:1-28
20.

The Judean King who revolted against Babylon after serving her for three years was

A. Jehoahaz

B. Jehoiakim

C. Jehoiachin

D. Zedekiah

Detailed Solution

Zedekiah was the king of Judah whose reign ended in the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the deportation of most of the Jews to Babylon.
11.

Which of the following people destroyed Shiloh and captured the Ark? The

A. Ammonites

B. Amalekites

C. Palestinians

D. Philistines

Detailed Solution

The tent sanctuary remained at Shiloh for 369 years until the Ark of the Covenant was taken into the battle camp at Eben-Ezer (1 Samuel 4:3–5) and captured by the Philistines at Aphek
12.

Samuel said that rebellion was as the sin of divination just as stubbornness was as

A. iniquity and adultery

B. sinful as disobedience

C. iniquity and murder

D. sinful as adultery

Detailed Solution

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
REF: 1 sam 15:23
13.

''Does the Lord have great delight in burnt offerings and sacrfices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? These words were directed to king

A. Ahab

B. Saul

C. Agag

D. David

Detailed Solution

The question was directed to King Saul from Samuel.
1 sam 15:21-22
14.

After Saul's death on Mount Gilboa, the Philistines

A. burnt his body near the tamarisk tree

B. sent his head to Dagon their god

C. made a sport of him at Bethshan

D. buried his sons in a mass grave

Detailed Solution

Saul, Israel's first king, led a charge against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 28:4). The battle ends with the king falling on his own sword and Saul's sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Melchishua being killed in battle (1 Samuel 31:1-12). The philistines cut off his head and put his corpse on the wall of Bethshan
15.

Although David was regarded as a man after God's heart, he acted badly before God when he

A. refused to slay Saul in the wilderness of Kish

B. remained at home while his troops were on the battle field

C. imprisoned Nathan for condermning him

D. committed sins of adultery and murder

Detailed Solution

David sinned against God when he murdered Uriah in order to have his wife Bathsheba, thereby committing adultery as well (2 Sam. 12:13) 2 Samuel 11:1–12:23
16.

The Hebrew kingdom broke up because of

A. prophet Ahijah's curse against Solomon

B. Solomon's marriage to foreign women

C. Rehoboam's efforts to rule Shechem

D. Rehoboam's refusal to grant the Northerners' petition

Detailed Solution

When Solomon's successor Rehoboam dealt tactlessly with economic complaints of the northern tribes, the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah split into two kingdoms: the northern Kingdom of Israel, which included the cities of Shechem and Samaria and the southern Kingdom of Judah, which contained Jerusalem, with most of the non-Israelite provinces achieving independence.
17.

Josiah sent the ashes of the burnt vessels of Baal to Bethel in order to

A. desecrate the golden calf being worshipped

B. desecrate the place for child sacrifice

C. despoil the high places of Asherah

D. consecrate that place for Yahweh worship

Detailed Solution

2 kings 23
18.

King Nebuchadnezzar mounted his golden image on / at

A. the plain of Dura

B. the plain of Jericho

C. the sea of Arabab

D. susa of Babylon

Detailed Solution

REF:
Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
19.

Daniel disobeyed King Darius by

A. refusing to honour the Persian gods

B. refusing to be made president of the Satraps

C. celebrating Jewish festival in a foreign land

D. praying three times daily for thirty days

Detailed Solution

By Praying
REF: Daniel 6:1-28
20.

The Judean King who revolted against Babylon after serving her for three years was

A. Jehoahaz

B. Jehoiakim

C. Jehoiachin

D. Zedekiah

Detailed Solution

Zedekiah was the king of Judah whose reign ended in the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the deportation of most of the Jews to Babylon.