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AQA A-Level Religious Studies 7062
Arguments for the Existence of God
Evil and Suffering
Religious Language
Self and Life After Death
Religious Experience
Ethical Theories
Issues of Human Life and Death
Meta Ethics
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Conscience
Bentham and Kant
Issues of Animal Life and Death
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Buddhism: Religion and SecularisationBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and Religious PluralismBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with PhilosophyBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with EthicsBuddhism
Buddhism: God and Ultimate RealityBuddhism
Buddhism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Expression of Religious IdentityBuddhism
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Christianity: Self, Death and the AfterlifeChristianity
Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesChristianity
Christianity: Religion, Gender and SexualityChristianity
Christianity: Religion and ScienceChristianity
Christianity: Religion and SecularisationChristianity
Christianity: Religion and Religious PluralismChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with PhilosophyChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with EthicsChristianity
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Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityChristianity
Christianity: Expression of Religious IdentityChristianity
Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityHinduism
Hinduism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesHinduism
Hinduism: Religion, Gender and SexualityHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and ScienceHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and SecularisationHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and Religious PluralismHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with PhilosophyHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with EthicsHinduism
Hinduism: God and Ultimate RealityHinduism
Hinduism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeHinduism
Hinduism: Expression of Religious IdentityHinduism
Islam: God and Ultimate RealityIslam
Islam: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesIslam
Islam: Religion, Gender and SexualityIslam
Islam: Religion and ScienceIslam
Islam: Religion and SecularisationIslam
Islam: Religion and Religious PluralismIslam
Islam: Dialogue with PhilosophyIslam
Islam: Dialogue with EthicsIslam
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityIslam
Islam: Self, Death and the AfterlifeIslam
Islam: Expression of Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: God and Ultimate RealityJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with PhilosophyJudaism
Judaism: Religion and ScienceJudaism
Judaism: Religion and SecularisationJudaism
Judaism: Religion and Religious PluralismJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with EthicsJudaism
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Judaism: Religion, Gender and SexualityJudaism
Judaism: Expression of Religious IdentityJudaism
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Judaism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeJudaism
Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesJudaism
Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority
- 8 subtopics
- 22 things to know
- Component 2
- Hinduism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority covers
Hinduism: the texts, teachers and institutions that carry authority. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Hinduism as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Hinduism, one faith of five — the study of religion.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 8 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The Devas of the Rig VedaRecall questions on how many devas the Rig Veda speaks of and on the roles of Agni, Indra and the other prominent deities.Open →
- Shruti and the Four VedasRecall questions on what shruti means and contains, why it outranks other writing, what apaurusheya claims and the names of the four Vedas.Open →
- Preserving and Using the VedasRecall questions on oral transmission, why the exact sound matters, how Vedic authority defines orthodoxy and how the Vedas are used in worship.Open →
- The UpanishadsRecall questions on the Upanishads as Vedanta, their literary form and central teaching on the self, the principal Upanishads, the schools that rest on them and why they matter today.Open →
- The Purusha Sukta and CasteRecall questions on where the hymn is found, who Purusha is, how the four classes are said to originate and why the hymn matters in debates about caste.Open →
- The Smrti Texts: Ramayana, Gita and ManusmrtiRecall questions on smrti's authority beside shruti, the Ramayana and its ideals, Arjuna's dilemma and the three routes to liberation in the Gita, and the Manusmrti and the controversy over it.Open →
- The Guru and the ParamparaRecall questions on the meaning of guru, why a living teacher is needed alongside scripture, the guru-disciple relationship and what a parampara is.Open →
- Swami SivanandaRecall questions on his profession before renunciation, how it shaped his teaching, where he settled and the organisation he founded.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What is Varuna's distinctive function?
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Contrast the polytheistic and monistic readings of the Rig Veda.
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What does the term shruti mean, and which writings belong to it?
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Name the four Vedas.
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What does the Rig Veda mainly consist of?
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How were the Vedas preserved for centuries before they were written down?
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Which Vedic mantra do many Hindus recite daily, and to whom is it addressed?
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State the central teaching of the Upanishads about the self.
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Who or what is Purusha in the Purusha Sukta?
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Why is the Purusha Sukta so significant in debates about caste?
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What does the Purusha Sukta imply about sacrifice itself?
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Name three categories of smrti literature.
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Summarise the central story of the Ramayana.
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What is Arjuna's dilemma at the start of the Gita?
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Why do Hindus hold that a living teacher is needed as well as scripture?
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What is a parampara?
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In what sense is a guru sometimes treated as divine?
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How did Sivananda widen access to Hindu teaching, and how is such simplification criticised and defended?
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What was Swami Sivananda's profession before he renounced the world?
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What is meant by Sivananda's yoga of synthesis?
Process
Name three prominent devas and explain the roles of Agni and Indra.
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Commonly confused
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Shruti vs Smriti
Shruti: scripture regarded as heard and eternally revealed, such as the Vedas. Smriti: scripture regarded as remembered and of human authorship, such as the epics.
Vedas vs Upanishads
Vedas: the earliest body of shruti, four collections of hymns and ritual. Upanishads: the philosophical texts concluding them and turning to the self and Brahman.
Bhagavad Gita vs Ramayana
Bhagavad Gita: the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna within the Mahabharata. Ramayana: the epic of Rama's exile and the recovery of Sita.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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How many devas does the Rig Veda traditionally speak of?
Model answer
Thirty-three, although the hymns also hint at a single reality lying behind them.
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Name three devas prominent in the Rig Veda.
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Indra, Agni and Varuna.
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What role does Agni play in Vedic religion?
Model answer
As the fire he receives the offering and carries it to the gods, so he is the priest who links earth and heaven.
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With what is Indra chiefly associated in the hymns?
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He is the warrior king of the gods, wielding the thunderbolt and releasing the waters by slaying the serpent that held them back.
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What is Varuna's distinctive function?
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He guards rita, the moral and cosmic order, and punishes those who break their word.
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Define rita.
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Rita is the ordered pattern of the cosmos and of right conduct that the gods uphold, and it is the forerunner of the later idea of dharma.
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Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority revision questions
- What does Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 8 subtopics: the devas of the rig veda, shruti and the four vedas, preserving and using the vedas, the upanishads, the purusha sukta and caste, the smrti texts: ramayana, gita and manusmrti, the guru and the parampara and swami sivananda. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority organised?
- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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