WAEC Christian Religious Knowledge Past Questions & Answers - Page 227

1,131.

Which of the following people oppose the rebuilding of the temple by Nehemiah?

A.

Artaxeres

B.

Cyrus

C.

Zerubabel

D.

Sanballat

E.

Sheshbazar

Correct answer is D

Nehemiah 4: 1-2 (RSV):

4 [a] Now when Sanbal′lat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brethren and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”

1,132.

The last thing Hezekiah saw before he was blinded was the

A.

Slaughter of all his own children

B.

Feasting of the children of Israel

C.

City of Jerusalem

D.

Prophet of God

E.

Egyptian army

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,133.

Asa , the king of Judah , did what was right in the eyes of the Lord because he

A.

Completed the building of the temple

B.

Removed the high places

C.

Built the city fortress

D.

Built the city gates

E.

Put away the male cult prostitutes

Correct answer is E

Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made. 1 kings 15

1,134.

The three sons of Saul who lost their lives on Mount Gilboa were

A.

Abinadab, Jonathan and Malchishua

B.

Jonathan, Ishbosheth and Malchishua

C.

Jonathan, Ishbosheth and Malchishua

D.

Jonathan Abinadab and Ishbosheth

E.

Ishbosheth, Malchishua and Abinadab

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,135.

David was ordered to play the lyre for Saul because

A.

There was no other competent player

B.

David was a specialist in music

C.

Music was believed to relieve insanity

D.

David was to be the chief musician

E.

Saul wanted to learn

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.