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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Religious festivals

How often Religious festivals 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 2023.

Religious festivals, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Religious festivals.

(a)Which of these is a Hindu festival of lights?
  1. Hanukkah
  2. Diwali
  3. Vesak
(b)The Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover) recalls…
  1. The giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
  2. The creation of the world in six days
  3. The Israelites' escape from Egypt
(c)Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim festival that marks…
  1. The end of the month of fasting
  2. The start of the Islamic new year
  3. The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad
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(a) Diwali

(b) The Israelites' escape from Egypt

(c) The end of the month of fasting

Your turn: Common Level questions on Religious festivals.

Common Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q15
2022Q5

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

More Religious festivals questions

Religious festivals, 2 marks

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, is…

  1. The Jewish New Year
  2. The festival of lights
  3. The Day of Atonement
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The Day of Atonement

Jews fast for about 25 hours and spend the day in prayer, asking God's forgiveness. It ends ten days of repentance that begin at Rosh Hashanah, the New Year.

Other Religious Education topics

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