JAMB 2015

2015 JAMB Christian Religious Studies Past Questions

The 2015 JAMB Christian Religious Studies past questions with answers: 72 objective questions from the 2015 paper in the DeeepSolve question bank, each with its answer behind "Show answer". Try each question before you check, then practise the paper as a timed JAMB-style CBT.

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  1. 1.

    The first record of the fall of Jerusalem was recorded in the book of _______

    1. A.1 chronicles 1:1-end
    2. B.2 king 24:25:1-17
    3. C.2 Samuel 7: 3, 8: 1 end
    4. D.none of the above
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    Answer: B. 2 king 24:25:1-17

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  2. 2.

    For he said unto him” come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him what in thy name? And he answered, saying _______ for we are many.

    1. A.my name in Regon
    2. B.my name in Lucifer
    3. C.my name Legion
    4. D.my name is Plenty
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    Answer: C. my name Legion

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  3. 3.

    The first miracle performed in the book of Act happened at the _______

    1. A.The fish gale
    2. B.the beautiful gate
    3. C.at the gate of the temple called beautiful
    4. D.at Solomon poet
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    Answer: C. at the gate of the temple called beautiful

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  4. 4.

    Do not blaspheme that worthy name by which ye are called. What in that worthy name?

    1. A.Christian
    2. B.new creature
    3. C.Jesus
    4. D.friend
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    Answer: C. Jesus

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  5. 5.

    And I heard a great voice out of heavens saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God. Who heard the great voice behind him?

    1. A.James
    2. B.Jesus
    3. C.John the beloved
    4. D.The Jesus
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    Answer: C. John the beloved

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  6. 6.

    The first atonement for sin through sacrifice was done where?

    1. A.In the bible
    2. B.in the garden of Gethsemane
    3. C.in the garden of Eden
    4. D.in obasamfis farm
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    Answer: C. in the garden of Eden

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  7. 7.

    Paul record in the book of cession that Christians are scared by ______ through______

    1. A.Faith, grace
    2. B.grace, faith
    3. C.convention, believing
    4. D.agreement, understating
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    Answer: B. grace, faith

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  8. 8.

    So the ship master came to him and said to him, “what meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not”. Who did the ship master say this to?

    1. A.Jesus
    2. B.Janus
    3. C.Jonah
    4. D.Judah
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    Answer: C. Jonah

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  9. 9.

    How many generations are there each between Abraham to David, David to the generation that was exiled to Babylon, and from the exiled generation to Jesus?

    1. A.42
    2. B.14
    3. C.uncountable
    4. D.12
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    Answer: B. 14

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  10. 10.

    The mustard seed, in the parable of Jesus is said to be the ______ seed but when sown and it grown it become the greatest tree.

    1. A.Best
    2. B.most production
    3. C.least
    4. D.latest hybrid
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    Answer: C. least

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  11. 11.

    The almighty God is being interpreted in Hebrew to mean________?

    1. A.The Nisei God
    2. B.the Yahweh God
    3. C.the el-sheddai God
    4. D.the shammah God
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    Answer: C. the el-sheddai God

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  12. 12.

    What is the significance of Jesus giving thanks to God and blessing the fish and the bread’, wife which he fed the 5000?

    1. A.He need to show off to the people
    2. B.he show we’ll have more when we give thanks to God for what we have
    3. C.to encourage the boy who brought the breed and the fish
    4. D.he needs to buy time
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    Answer: B. he show we’ll have more when we give thanks to God for what we have

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  13. 13.

    How old was Noah where the rain of the great flood started?

    1. A.A youth of 30years
    2. B.450years
    3. C.600years
    4. D.650years
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    Answer: C. 600years

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  14. 14.

    Who among the disciple of Jesus was a doctor (physician)?

    1. A.Nathaniel
    2. B.Judah
    3. C.Luke
    4. D.none
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    Answer: D. none

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  15. 15.

    Israel was defeated by a very small country because

    1. A.It was their destiny
    2. B.Ai had more weapons
    3. C.someone stole an accursed thing
    4. D.someone sold them secretly
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    Answer: C. someone stole an accursed thing

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  16. 16.

    “For her sins have reached up to heaven, and God hath remembered her indignities.” Who is the statement talking about?

    1. A.Jezebel
    2. B.Babylon
    3. C.Nigeria
    4. D.USA
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    Answer: B. Babylon

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  17. 17.

    Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. What do you understand by the statement without the word”

    1. A.We should do evangelism by closing or mouth
    2. B.that those who would not listen to our preaching may be won to God by our godly actions
    3. C.that it in the dispensation of dropping the bible
    4. D.that that in what is reigning now
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    Answer: B. that those who would not listen to our preaching may be won to God by our godly actions

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  18. 18.

    How many well did Isaac dig before he stopped digging because the philistine strove with him?

    1. A.6
    2. B.3
    3. C.Plenty
    4. D.1
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    Answer: B. 3

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  19. 19.

    “For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the lord God wherefore turn yourselves and live ye.” which prophet did God tell this statement?

    1. A.Samuel
    2. B.Ezekiel
    3. C.Jeremiah
    4. D.Daniel
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    Answer: B. Ezekiel

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  20. 20.

    Likewise the spirit also helped our infirmities for we know not what we should pray fro as we ought: but the spirit it self market intercession for us with groaning which on not be uttered.

    1. A.Our inabilities and what we can do as human
    2. B.our physical sickness
    3. C.a viral disease
    4. D.whooping cough that affects the thing
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    Answer: A. Our inabilities and what we can do as human

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  21. 21.

    The book of Acts of the Apostles contains the following except one.

    1. A.How the early church started
    2. B.The story of Jesus birth
    3. C.The thing the Holy Spirit helped the Apostle to do in their life time
    4. D.The storied of those that left faith because of love for the thing of the meld
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    Answer: B. The story of Jesus birth

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  22. 22.

    The first miracle of Jesus was?

    1. A.Stilling the storm
    2. B.reading the scripture
    3. C.turning water to write
    4. D.heading the woman with the issue of blood.
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    Answer: C. turning water to write

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  23. 23.

    One striking attribute of the children of Israel in the time of Hosea was that ______?

    1. A.They loved God with all their hearts
    2. B.They willfully sinned against God
    3. C.They asked too many questions
    4. D.They were lukewarm and cold
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    Answer: B. They willfully sinned against God

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  24. 24.

    “Ye do err, not knowing the scripture, nor the power of God”. Jesus implies what with this statement?

    1. A.Abusing the Pharisees became they are fool
    2. B.that we make mistake and do not judge right scriptural thing because we do not know the scripture and what the power of god can do
    3. C.he wants in to be filled with the Holy Ghost
    4. D.We are like idiots
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    Answer: B. that we make mistake and do not judge right scriptural thing because we do not know the scripture and what the power of god can do

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  25. 25.

    How many Jews of the 12 tribes of Israel were sealed?

    1. A.12
    2. B.144
    3. C.144000
    4. D.12, 000
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    Answer: C. 144000

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  26. 26.

    What is the name of the first lead of the river that parted in the Garden of Eden?

    1. A.Bison
    2. B.Gijon
    3. C.Pison
    4. D.Euphrates
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    Answer: C. Pison

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  27. 27.

    Now the sons of Eli were sons of _______ they knew not the Lord.

    1. A.Lucifer
    2. B.The prophet
    3. C.Nature
    4. D.Belial
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    Answer: D. Belial

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  28. 28.

    Josiah the king _______ when he heard the word of the book of the law.

    1. A.Smiled and praised God
    2. B.danced for joy
    3. C.rent his cloths
    4. D.cried for joy
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    Answer: C. rent his cloths

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  29. 29.

    And behold, I come quickly and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be. And behold in the statement above means?

    1. A.To get denned
    2. B.to pay attention
    3. C.to shout
    4. D.to live carefree
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    Answer: B. to pay attention

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  30. 30.

    Which of there 3 sinners did God course first after the eating of the forbidden fruit ?

    1. A.Ground
    2. B.Adam
    3. C.Serpent
    4. D.Eve
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    Answer: C. Serpent

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  31. 31.

    Peter in the book of Act was totally different from the peter in the four Gospels. What made the difference in him?

    1. A.The presence of the other brethren in the upper room
    2. B.The wine he drank in the early hours
    3. C.The Holy Ghost in his life
    4. D.He was just putting up bold face
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    Answer: C. The Holy Ghost in his life

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  32. 32.

    “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garment, lest the walk naked and they see his shame: Why did Jesus say he will come as a thief?

    1. A.because he in a thief
    2. B.the likened it to the way thriven come because no one knows when thieves come
    3. C.he wants to play hide and seek
    4. D.God instructed him to
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    Answer: B. the likened it to the way thriven come because no one knows when thieves come

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  33. 33.

    Who ordered that Naboth be killed?

    1. A.Ahab
    2. B.David
    3. C.Jezebel
    4. D.Joab
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    Answer: C. Jezebel

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  34. 34.

    "There are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit, but all these worked that one and the same spirit, dividing to every man severally as he wills. The words "as he wills” mean

    1. A.the spirit is partial
    2. B.the spirit knows who to give the gift to for maximum use
    3. C.he does not love enough gift
    4. D.the spirit is hoarding the gifts.
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    Answer: B. the spirit knows who to give the gift to for maximum use

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  35. 35.

    ________ was the token of the covenant which God made between Noah and him, and every living creature that were in the Noah and also for perpetual generations.

    1. A.Dim sun
    2. B.Ozone layer
    3. C.Rainbow
    4. D.Bright cloud
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    Answer: C. Rainbow

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  36. 36.

    The beatitude was a sermon by Jesus and it was recorded in which book?

    1. A.Revelation
    2. B.John
    3. C.Acts
    4. D.Matthew
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    Answer: D. Matthew

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  37. 37.

    The miracles of James and peter and their preaching led to their arrest but ______ people believed God through them.

    1. A.3000
    2. B.5000
    3. C.4000
    4. D.millions
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    Answer: B. 5000

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  38. 38.

    Be it unto me according to thy words, this statement by Mary was a statement of

    1. A.Doubt
    2. B.Gest
    3. C.Faith
    4. D.do quick and go
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    Answer: C. Faith

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  39. 39.

    They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they laid him, was the statement Mary Magdalene told Jesus at his sepulcher. This statement shows.

    1. A.She alone owns Jesus
    2. B.She had a very strong and deep fellowship and relationship with Jesus
    3. C.She very selfish and has personal interest
    4. D.She is the sister of Jesus
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    Answer: B. She had a very strong and deep fellowship and relationship with Jesus

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  40. 40.

    Whose donkey spoke in the bible?

    1. A.Balikis
    2. B.Balak
    3. C.Balaam
    4. D.Moses
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    Answer: C. Balaam

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  41. 41.

    Daniel by faith and confidence in God requested that the lead of the Eunuch give him and his friend _____ and ______ instead of the king’s meat

    1. A.Fruits and wine
    2. B.pulse and coke
    3. C.pulse and water
    4. D.boiled yam and water
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    Answer: C. pulse and water

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  42. 42.

    Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God”. This was a response by Jesus to the _______ temptation by the devil?

    1. A.Pre-temptation
    2. B.Second
    3. C.First
    4. D.Fourth
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    Answer: C. First

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  43. 43.

    To whom did God reveal himself to as the almighty God?

    1. A.The children of lsreal
    2. B.Abram
    3. C.Abraham
    4. D.Moses
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    Answer: B. Abram

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  44. 44.

    And God said let there be a _______ in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

    1. A.Cloud
    2. B.mist
    3. C.Firmament
    4. D.Fog
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    Answer: C. Firmament

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  45. 45.

    Which comes first:- Power, then the Holy Ghost or Holy Ghost then power?

    1. A.Power, then Holy Ghost
    2. B.Both comes together
    3. C.Holy Ghost then power
    4. D.The power of salvation
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    Answer: C. Holy Ghost then power

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  46. 46.

    What does Jesus have in mind when he told the parable of the good Samaritan?

    1. A.To teach the lawyer who is neighbor is and to illustrate to him act that can make him enter the kingdom of God
    2. B.to shows the lawyer he can also tell stories like the lawyer
    3. C.to praise the Samaritans
    4. D.he has nothing to jutting his repent
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    Answer: A. To teach the lawyer who is neighbor is and to illustrate to him act that can make him enter the kingdom of God

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  47. 47.

    For God hath not appointed us to wrath but to _______ salvation through our lord Jesus Christ

    1. A.Grab
    2. B.obtain
    3. C.jump at
    4. D.eye
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    Answer: B. obtain

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  48. 48.

    Jesus compared or likened the faith we need to do the impossible to a mustard seed. Why did he use the mustard seed?

    1. A.That was what he saw beside him
    2. B.we only need a small spark of faith to do or achieve thing that seem too great to achieve
    3. C.because faith was nit something sign
    4. D.it was the best-selling seed then.
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    Answer: B. we only need a small spark of faith to do or achieve thing that seem too great to achieve

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  49. 49.

    The book of Revelation was written by ______ on the _______.

    1. A.john the Baptist island of Everest
    2. B.john the beloved, island of piton
    3. C.john the Baptist island of patrons
    4. D.john the beloved, island of Patmos.
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    Answer: D. john the beloved, island of Patmos.

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  50. 50.

    Maranatha means?

    1. A.Mary and Martha
    2. B.come, Lord Jesus
    3. C.oh how l love your coming
    4. D.it is well
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    Answer: B. come, Lord Jesus

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  51. 51.

    Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? After which great occasion did the composer of the song above, sing the song?

    1. A.After the Passover
    2. B.after the crossing of the red sea
    3. C.after the killing of the first child of the Egyptians
    4. D.after the first plague
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    Answer: B. after the crossing of the red sea

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  52. 52.

    How many altars did balaam ask balak to bind for him?

    1. A.5
    2. B.3
    3. C.7
    4. D.9
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    Answer: C. 7

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  53. 53.

    Isaac first saw his wife to be in the ________

    1. A.Dream
    2. B.enema compound
    3. C.Field
    4. D.Street
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    Answer: C. Field

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  54. 54.

    Demolishing of the temple and rebinding it in three days was to seamy the death of Jesus for hour many days

    1. A.Eternal day
    2. B.7 days
    3. C.3 days
    4. D.a day
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    Answer: C. 3 days

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  55. 55.

    Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned _______ in Jerusalem

    1. A.25 yrs
    2. B.31 yrs
    3. C.40 yrs
    4. D.15 yrs
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    Answer: B. 31 yrs

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  56. 56.

    The cost of being a disciple of Jesus is that?

    1. A.We have to be fighting the devil always
    2. B.we don’t follow our will but the will of Jesus our mater
    3. C.we won’t have a place to lay our heads like Jesus
    4. D.the foxes will late us.
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    Answer: B. we don’t follow our will but the will of Jesus our mater

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  57. 57.

    King Solomon acted greedily by levying the Canaanites that lived among the children of Israel, because he wanted to _______ his house and the house of the lord.

    1. A.Rebuild
    2. B.build
    3. C.rent
    4. D.I don't know
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    Answer: B. build

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  58. 58.

    Which prophet is popular with this statement in the Bible “can two walk together, except they be agreed”?

    1. A.Ahaz
    2. B.Amos
    3. C.Famous
    4. D.Hosea
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    Answer: B. Amos

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  59. 59.

    Paul said” but covet earnestly the best gift and yet I show you a more excellent way”. What is the excellent want to covet the gift?

    1. A.Stealing the gift
    2. B.showing love
    3. C.praying for the gift
    4. D.by being greedy
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    Answer: B. showing love

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  60. 60.

    Whose sudden death of brought a turnaround in the life of obed-edom the Gittite?

    1. A.Uzzaiah
    2. B.Goliath
    3. C.Uzzah
    4. D.Elisha
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    Answer: C. Uzzah

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  61. 61.

    Which of these is not true about Stephen?

    1. A.how was the first martyr
    2. B.he was stoned for telling lies
    3. C.he was full of the holy ghost
    4. D.he prayed for the people that stoned him
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    Answer: B. he was stoned for telling lies

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  62. 62.

    How many dukes are there from the lineage of Edom?

    1. A.eleven
    2. B.nine
    3. C.five
    4. D.ten
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    Answer: A. eleven

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  63. 63.

    Which prophet in the Old Testament recorded a famine of the word of God?

    1. A.Jeremiah
    2. B.Amos
    3. C.Isaiah
    4. D.Joel
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    Answer: B. Amos

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  64. 64.

    And _____ was more honorable than his brethren.

    1. A.Josiah
    2. B.Jabez
    3. C.Jesse
    4. D.David
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    Answer: B. Jabez

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  65. 65.

    And they heard the ________ of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

    1. A.Rumours
    2. B.Footsteps
    3. C.Voice
    4. D.Wind
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    Answer: C. Voice

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  66. 66.

    Hanniah, Mishael and ______ were the 3 special friends of Daniel in the Bible.

    1. A.Gedaliah
    2. B.Azariah
    3. C.Nataliah
    4. D.Jonathan
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    Answer: B. Azariah

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  67. 67.

    _________ The Son of Jesse, of the tribe of Benjamin in Judah, replaced King Saul as king.

    1. A.Eliab
    2. B.Absalom
    3. C.David
    4. D.Shammah
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    Answer: C. David

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  68. 68.

    But we have this treasure in earthen vessel that the Excellency of the power may be of God, and not of ourselves: an earthen vessel in the sentence above represents what?

    1. A.Our flyover vase
    2. B.the temple in Jerusalem
    3. C.our human body housing the spirit
    4. D.our brain
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    Answer: C. our human body housing the spirit

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  69. 69.

    Letter was distributed to the church addressed in the Book of Revelation. How much church in all?

    1. A.15
    2. B.9
    3. C.7
    4. D.6
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    Answer: C. 7

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  70. 70.

    If any man love not the lord, let him be Anathemas:- anathema in the above sentence means

    1. A.Repent
    2. B.cursed
    3. C.imprisoned
    4. D.stoned
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    Answer: B. cursed

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  71. 71.

    ............ was the first man who has no record of beginning or end, or any record of his parents or his place of descent.

    1. A.Enoch
    2. B.Melchizedek
    3. C.Adam
    4. D.Abimelech
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    Answer: B. Melchizedek

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  72. 72.

    The very first and second miracle of Jesus can be found in which book and chapter of the bible?

    1. A.Matthew 5 : 1 - 3 and John 2 : 1 - 10
    2. B.John 4 : 41 - 54 and John 3 : 16
    3. C.ohn 2 : 1 - 10 and John 4 : 46 - 54
    4. D.John 5:1-10 and John 4 : 46 - 54
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    Answer: C. ohn 2 : 1 - 10 and John 4 : 46 - 54

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