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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Places of worship

How often Places of worship comes up on the Religious Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Places of worship, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Places of worship.

(a)A vihara is a place of worship and a home for monks in which religion?
  1. Hinduism
  2. Buddhism
  3. Islam
(b)In a mosque, what is the mihrab?
  1. The fountain where worshippers wash
  2. The tall tower used for the call to prayer
  3. A niche showing the direction of Mecca
(c)In a synagogue, the Torah scrolls are kept in the…
  1. Ark
  2. Font
  3. Bimah
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(a) Buddhism

(b) A niche showing the direction of Mecca

(c) Ark

Your turn: Common Level questions on Places of worship.

Common Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Q13
2023Not asked
2022Q8

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Other Religious Education topics

All of Junior Cycle Religious Education