# Junior Cert Religious Education: Questions & Faith questions > Every Junior Cert Religious Education exam question on Questions & Faith, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie. Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/questions-faith Questions about the meaning of life, how faith develops and changes, non-religious worldviews, and how religion is expressed in art, film, music and literature. 18 past Religious Education questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme. ## Common Level ### 2026 - Q6 (23 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=16) - Q9 (24 marks): rites of passage - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=14) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=23) - Q10 (22 marks): ritual, rites of passage - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=15) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=25) - Q12 (32 marks): morally good life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=20) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=28) - Q15 (33 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=23) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=33) ### 2025 - Q1 (22 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q2 (27 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) - Q3 (24 marks): belief in daily life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) - Q8 (19 marks): rites of passage, ritual - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=19) - Q12 (15 marks): morally good life, moral codes - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=20) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=30) ### 2024 - Q1 (8 marks): creation stories - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q6 (24 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) - Q10 (36 marks): prayer - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=15) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=17) ### 2023 - Q3 (27 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=8) - Q4 (15 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) - Q5 (20 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) - Q13 (23 marks): wellbeing of others - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=18) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=25) ### 2022 - Q6 (30 marks): morally good life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) ## Related - [Founders, Texts & Beliefs](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/founders-texts-beliefs) - [Prayer, Ritual & Worship](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/prayer-ritual-worship) - [Communities of Faith](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/communities-of-faith) - [Moral Living](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/moral-living) - [Values in Action](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/values-in-action) - [All Religious Education past papers](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re)