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This page hosts StudyVector’s independent 2027 A-Level Religious Studies Paper 1 predicted-practice paper modelled on 7062/1,100 marks over 180 minutes. Predicted focus topics: The problem of evil and soul-making theodicy, Religious language: cognitivism vs non-cognitivism and the via negativa, Cosmological and teleological arguments and their critiques, Natural Law and situation ethics applied to modern issues, Meta-ethics: naturalism, intuitionism and emotivism. It is not an official paper, not a leaked paper and not a guarantee — students should still revise the full specification and verify against official past papers from AQA.
- Qualification
- A-Level Religious Studies
- Exam board model
- AQA
- Paper code
- 7062/1
- Total marks
- 100 marks
- Time allowed
- 180 minutes
- Last reviewed
- 16 May 2026
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Predicted paper
AQA A-Level Religious Studies 2027 Predicted Practice Paper — Paper 1
A-Level Religious Studies · AQA-style · 180 minutes · 100 marks
Modelled component: 7062/1
7062/1 model: 100 marks, 180 minutes.
Prediction type: predicted_paper · Evidence mode: historical · Full-length original StudyVector predicted-practice paper modelled on public exam-board structure. It is not official, leaked or guaranteed.
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- The problem of evil and soul-making theodicy
- Religious language: cognitivism vs non-cognitivism and the via negativa
- Cosmological and teleological arguments and their critiques
- Natural Law and situation ethics applied to modern issues
- Meta-ethics: naturalism, intuitionism and emotivism
- Religious experience and its challenge from naturalistic explanation
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Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided. You must write down all the stages in your working.
Section A
Philosophy of religion - two compulsory two-part questions. Answer all questions.
Question SECTION-A1 (15 marks)
Examine the design argument as presented through analogy and through the appeal to regularity and purpose in the universe. In your answer, distinguish clearly between an argument from analogy (comparing the universe to a designed artefact) and an argument to the best explanation (inference from apparent order to a designing mind). You may refer to the reasoning of thinkers who argue from analogy and to the way this reasoning has been developed into a probability-based inference. This is an original StudyVector prompt; do not reproduce any published exam-board question.
(Total for Question SECTION-A1 is 15 marks)
Question SECTION-A2 (15 marks)
'The existence of unnecessary suffering shows that an omnipotent and wholly good God does not exist.' Assess this claim, considering the logical and the evidential forms of the problem of evil and at least one theodicy in response. This is an original StudyVector prompt.
(Total for Question SECTION-A2 is 15 marks)
Question SECTION-A3 (10 marks)
Explain the via negativa (the apophatic way) as an approach to speaking about God, and explain how it differs from using analogy or symbol to describe God. This is an original StudyVector prompt.
(Total for Question SECTION-A3 is 10 marks)
Question SECTION-A4 (10 marks)
Explain what is meant by an ontological argument for the existence of God, using the idea of God as a being than which no greater can be conceived, and explain why such arguments are described as a priori and deductive. This is an original StudyVector prompt.
(Total for Question SECTION-A4 is 10 marks)
Section B
Ethics and religion - two compulsory two-part questions. Answer all questions.
Question SECTION-B1 (13 marks)
Explain how Natural Law theory, using the primary precepts and the doctrine of double effect, would approach a decision about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from a terminally ill patient. This is an original StudyVector prompt; invent your own illustrative case and do not reproduce any published question.
(Total for Question SECTION-B1 is 13 marks)
Question SECTION-B2 (12 marks)
'Situation ethics gives better moral guidance than any rule-based theory because it puts love above rules.' Evaluate this claim. This is an original StudyVector prompt.
(Total for Question SECTION-B2 is 12 marks)
Question SECTION-B3 (13 marks)
Explain the difference between ethical naturalism, intuitionism and emotivism as meta-ethical theories about the meaning and status of moral statements. This is an original StudyVector prompt.
(Total for Question SECTION-B3 is 13 marks)
Question SECTION-B4 (12 marks)
'Conscience is nothing more than the internalised voice of upbringing and society, not a reliable moral guide.' Assess this claim, drawing on at least one theological and one psychological account of conscience. This is an original StudyVector prompt.
(Total for Question SECTION-B4 is 12 marks)
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