2023 AQA GCSE RELIGIOUS STUDIES (SHORT COURSE) 8061/1 Section 1: Buddhism
Question Paper & Mark scheme (Merged) June 2023 [VERIFIED]
GCSE
RELIGIOUS
... [Show More] STUDIES (SHORT COURSE)
Section 1: Buddhism
Tuesday 23 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
Before you open this book, you must ensure you also have:
• the Question Paper/Answer Book for the other religion
section you are entered for (Christianity, Islam or Judaism)
• the Question Paper/Answer Book for Section 5 (Themes).
You will have 1 hour 45 minutes to complete all three
Question Paper/Answer Books.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page and on your other two books.
• Answer all questions.
For Examiner’s Use
Question Mark
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• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book.
Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided.
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
Information
• The maximum mark for this section is 27.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) will be assessed in the 12-mark question.
Advice
You are advised to spend 50 minutes on the religion sections and 50 minutes on Section 5 (Themes).
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Which one of the following is the Buddhist concept of ‘dependent arising’?
[1 mark]
Put a tick (
✓
) in the box next to the correct answer.
A Skandha
B Paticcasamuppada
C Sunyata
D Bodhisattva
Give two examples of how the Buddha lived during his ascetic life.
[2 marks]
1
2
Do not write
outside the
box
1
2
*02*
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0 1 . 3Explain two ways in which belief in rebirth influences Buddhists today.
[4 marks]
0 1 . 4 Explain two beliefs of Pure Land Buddhism.
Refer to sacred writings or another source of Buddhist belief and teaching in
your answer.
[5 marks]
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*03*
Do not write
outside the
box
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5
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0 1 . 5 ‘The Four Noble Truths are the most important teaching for Buddhists.’
Evaluate this statement.
In your answer you should:
• refer to Buddhist teaching
• give reasoned arguments to support this statement
• give reasoned arguments to support a different point of view
• reach a justified conclusion [Show Less]