Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 2: Area of Study 2 - Study of Second Religion Option 2E – Hinduism Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications

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Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 2: Area of Study 2 - Study of Second Religion Option 2E – Hinduism Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications ... Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus. Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk Summer 2022 Question Paper Log Number P71241A Publications Code 1RA0_2E_2206_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2022 General Marking Guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response. Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(a) AO1 3 marks Award one mark for each point identified up to a maximum of three. • Hindus believe that the divine is everywhere (1) • Some Hindus believe that the divine is within the heart (1) • Many Hindus believe that the divine is a personal God (1) • Some Hindus believe the divine is beyond (1) • Many Hindus believe that the divine is a loving God (1). Accept any other valid response. • Lists (maximum of one mark) (3) Question number Answer Reject Marks 1(b) AO1 4 marks Award one mark for providing a belief. Award a second mark for development of the belief. Up to a maximum of four. • Shakti is the creative energy of the universe (1), that is usually associated with feminine aspects of the divine (1) • Shakti is the energy that sustains the universe (1) but is also the energy that destroys it (1) • Some Hindus regard Shakti as the Supreme Brahman (1) who manifests herself in many forms (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated belief/ development • Development that does not relate both to the belief given and to the question. (4) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(c) AO1 5 marks Award one mark for each characteristic. Award further marks for each development of the characteristic up to a maximum of four marks. Award one further mark for any relevant source of wisdom or authority. • Hindus believe that Brahman is eternal (1) and is the Supreme Being (1) ‘I will tell thee of this secret and eternal Brahman’ (Katha Upanishad 2.2.6) (1) • Brahman is a Creator God, (1) the maker of the universe (1) ‘in Him are all the worlds established’ (Katha Upanishad 2.2.8) (1) • Many Hindus believe that Brahman is infinite (1) and impersonal (1) ‘Brahman is truth, knowledge and infinite’ (Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.1) (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated characteristic/ development • Development that does not relate both to the characteristic and to the question • Reference to a source of wisdom that does not relate to the characteristic given. (5) Question number Indicative content Mark 1(d) AO2 12 marks, SPaG 3 marks Candidates must underpin their analysis and evaluation with knowledge and understanding. Candidates will be required to demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding as well as accuracy of religion and belief when responding to the question and in meeting AO2 descriptors. AO2 Arguments for the statement: • All crimes that cause suffering are committed by other humans, and that is why the Mahabharata (5.39) tells people not to do to other people, something that they wouldn’t want done to them • Suffering may be a karmic consequence and so is a response to a personal human action, either in this lifetime, or in a previous one • Some Hindus would argue that even things that people would describe as natural disasters can be a consequence of human actions; e.g. bad farming practices leading to flooding. Arguments against the statement: • Many Hindus believe that suffering is built into the universe as part of the cycle of destruction and creation and so are a natural feature of the current Kali Yuga that humans can’t control • Some Hindus believe that natural disasters come about as a result of the actions of the gods and are part of the interplay between the natural world and cosmic realms • Some Hindus would point out that there are natural disasters that cause suffering, that seem to have no connection at all with human activity, for example volcanoes and earthquakes. Accept any other valid response. Candidates who do not consider different viewpoints within the religious tradition or non-religious viewpoints (as instructed in the question) cannot achieve marks beyond Level 2. (15) Level Mark Descriptor 0 No rewardable response. Level 1 1–3 • Information/issues are identified and make superficial connections among a limited range of elements in the question, underpinned by isolated elements of understanding of religion and belief. • Judgements are supported by generic arguments to produce a conclusion that is not fully justified. Level 2 4–6 • Superficial connections are made among many, but not all, of the elements in the question, underpinned by a limited understanding of religion and belief. • Judgements of a limited range of elements in the question are made. Judgements are s [Show More]

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