GCSE

RELIGIOUS STUDIES B

Paper 2X Perspectives on faith (Islam)

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 themes or textual studies option you 

are entered for.

Instructions

• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.

• Fill in the boxes at both the top of this page and the top of the Question 

Paper/Answer Book for the themes or textual studies option.

• Answer all questions.

• 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 paper is 54.

• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.

• Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) will be assessed in Question 

01.5 in the Beliefs section and Question 02.5 in the Practices section.

Advice

For Examiner’s Use

Question Mark

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

TOTAL

You will have 1 hour 45 minutes to complete both Question Paper/Answer Books. You are advised to 

spend 50 minutes on this paper and 50 minutes on your themes or textual studies option.

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