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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Prayer & meditation

How often Prayer & meditation comes up on the Religious Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Prayer & meditation, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Prayer & meditation.

(a)How many times a day are Muslims asked to pray Salat?
  1. Three
  2. Five
  3. Seven
(b)Before Salat, Muslims wash hands, face, arms and feet in a set order. This washing is called…
  1. Sawm
  2. Zakat
  3. Wudu
(c)The Kaddish is a Jewish prayer that mourners say after a death. What does it mainly do?
  1. Praises God's name and greatness
  2. Describes the afterlife in detail
  3. Asks God to punish those at fault
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(a) Five

(b) Wudu

(c) Praises God's name and greatness

Your turn: Common Level questions on Prayer & meditation.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q8
2025Q9
2024Q9, Q10
2023Not asked
2022Q10

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

More Prayer & meditation questions

Prayer & meditation, 2 marks

When praying, many Jewish men wear a tallit. What is a tallit?

  1. A small cap worn on the head
  2. A leather box tied to the arm
  3. A prayer shawl with fringes
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A prayer shawl with fringes

The fringes (tzitzit) on the tallit's corners remind the wearer of God's commandments. The cap is a kippah; the small leather boxes holding scripture are tefillin.

Prayer & meditation, 3 marks

Which prayer is correctly matched to its religion?

  1. Gayatri Mantra: Islam
  2. Refuge Prayer: Buddhism
  3. Prayer of Light: Judaism
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Refuge Prayer: Buddhism

Buddhists take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. The Prayer of Light is an Islamic prayer and the Gayatri Mantra is Hindu. Learn these pairings for matching questions.

Other Religious Education topics

All of Junior Cycle Religious Education