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2026 Statistics
Key Facts: BY Abitur Orthodox Religion (gA) Exam
1 of 4 tasks
Candidate's choice in the written Abitur in Religionslehre (constructed-response)
GSO Anlage 8, Religionslehre (GVBl 2023)
210 min gA / 270 min eA
Working time for written Religionslehre at grundlegendes / erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau
GSO Anlage 8, Religionslehre
11.05.2026
Written date for 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau' in Abitur 2026
KM Bayern, Aktuelles zur Abiturprüfung 2026
LehrplanPLUS Jgst. 12/13
Curriculum basis of the first G9 Abitur 2026 (Orthodoxe Religionslehre, grundlegend)
lehrplanplus.bayern.de, Gymnasium Orthodoxe Religionslehre 12/13 (grundlegend)
300 / 900
Maximum Abitur points from the five Prüfungsfächer; at least 300 of 900 points required for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife
KM Bayern, Aktuelles zur Abiturprüfung 2026
Not IQB
Religionslehre (including Orthodox) is outside Bavaria's common IQB pools; tasks are Bavaria-specific
KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026
100
Original English MCQ study items in this bank (not official format)
OpenExamPrep
Bavaria Abitur Orthodoxe Religionslehre (gA) is a 210-minute constructed-response exam: one task chosen from four (GSO Anlage 8) — not MCQ. Content follows LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium Jgst. 12/13: religion/plurality, church–state, marriage/monasticism, theosis, eucharistic church structure, conciliarity, Trinity, and Christology. This free English MCQ bank is a study adaptation only.
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1According to the Bavarian exam timetable for 2026 (KMS Allgemeine Bestimmungen Abiturprüfung 2026), on which date did the written Abitur for 'all further Prüfungsfächer' at grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau — including Religionslehre (römisch-katholisch, evangelisch, israelitisch, orthodox) and Ethik — take place?
A.Monday, 11 May 2026
B.Tuesday, 28 April 2026
C.Wednesday, 6 May 2026
D.Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Explanation: The 2026 Bavarian timetable placed all remaining subjects at grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau, among them all forms of Religionslehre and Ethik, on Monday, 11 May 2026. The 28 April date was Deutsch, 6 May was Mathematik, and 13 May was the corresponding day for subjects at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau.
2How long was the scheduled working time for the 2026 written gA exam in Religionslehre (including Orthodoxe Religionslehre) and Ethik in Bavaria, given the published 9:00–12:30 exam block?
A.150 minutes
B.210 minutes
C.255 minutes
D.300 minutes
Explanation: The timetable block 9:00 to 12:30 yields 210 minutes of working time for Religionslehre and Ethik at gA. This matches the 210-minute duration the ISB's illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben for Religionslehre presuppose.
3Which statement correctly describes the official written Abitur examination in Orthodoxe Religionslehre in Bavaria?
A.A standardized multiple-choice test machine-scored by the state
B.A purely oral colloquium replacing all written work
C.Centrally set, German-language constructed-response tasks (essay- and text-based) grounded in the LehrplanPLUS content of the Oberstufe
D.A school-devised practical assessment with no central task setting
Explanation: Bavarian Abitur tasks in Religionslehre are set centrally and require extended written constructed responses in German, based on the LehrplanPLUS curriculum of the Einführungs- and Qualifikationsphase. It is not a multiple-choice exam; this OpenExamPrep bank is a study adaptation for concept practice only.
4How does Orthodoxe Religionslehre relate to the gemeinsame Aufgabenpools der Länder (IQB pools) used in the Bavarian Abitur?
A.All Bavarian Abitur subjects draw on IQB pools, including religion
B.Orthodoxe Religionslehre has been part of the IQB pool since 2025
C.Only science subjects use IQB pools; religion joined in 2017
D.The IQB pools apply in Bavaria only to Deutsch, Mathematik, Englisch, Französisch and Biologie, Chemie, Physik; Orthodoxe Religionslehre tasks are Bavaria-specific
Explanation: In Bavaria the cross-state IQB task pools cover Deutsch, Mathematik, Englisch and Französisch (since 2017) and Biologie, Chemie and Physik (since 2025). Religionslehre subjects, including Orthodoxe Religionslehre, are examined with Bavaria-specific tasks produced within the KM Bayern/ISB framework.
5In LehrplanPLUS (OR 12, Lernbereich 'Was ist Religion?'), what does the expression 'homo religiosus' describe?
A.The ordained minister as the only truly religious person
B.The human being as naturally open to transcendence and religious questioning
C.A person who belongs to an officially registered church
D.The claim that religious people are intellectually superior
Explanation: 'Homo religiosus' names the anthropological thesis that human beings are by nature beings who ask ultimate questions and orient themselves toward transcendence. The curriculum uses it to analyze the significance of religion in culture and society, not to rank persons.
6Which criterion most clearly distinguishes a religion from a secular Weltanschauung (worldview) in the sense intended by the curriculum's Begriffsklärung?
A.Having an ethical code of conduct
B.Reference to a transcendent, divine reality expressed in revelation, worship and prayer
C.Forming a community with shared values
D.Offering explanations about the origin of the world
Explanation: Worldviews can have ethics, communities and origin stories; what marks religion in the strict sense is its relation to a transcendent divine reality, experienced in revelation and responded to in worship and prayer. The other features are shared with secular worldviews and so cannot serve as the distinguishing mark.
7The curriculum pairs Plato's cave allegory with 1 Corinthians 13:9,12 ('we know in part... now we see in a mirror, dimly') when discussing religion. What is the point of this pairing?
A.To prove that all religious knowledge is an illusion
B.To show that only philosophy, not faith, can lead out of ignorance
C.To describe the world as literally a dark cave created by an evil power
D.To reflect on the tension between religious truth claims and the limits of human knowing in this life
Explanation: The cave allegory dramatizes how humans can mistake shadows for reality and how ascent to truth is possible but laborious; Paul likewise confesses that our present knowledge is partial and will only be complete 'face to face'. Together they frame the curriculum's theme of 'Spannung zwischen religiösen Wahrheiten und Grenzen des Erkennens'.
8Why does LehrplanPLUS insist on holding 'Wahrheitsanspruch' (truth claim) and 'Toleranz' together in a plural society?
A.Because tolerance requires every believer to abandon their own truth claims
B.Because the state must decide which religious truth claim is correct
C.Because genuine tolerance means respecting persons and engaging in dialogue without dissolving real differences into relativism
D.Because truth claims make interreligious dialogue impossible
Explanation: Religions make serious truth claims that cannot simply be declared all equally true without denying their substance. Tolerance in the curriculum's sense means esteem for persons and willingness for exchange and cooperation in Ökumene and interreligious dialogue, combined with the ability to distinguish between truth claims.
9Which list correctly names functions of religion in culture and society as discussed in OR 12 Lernbereich 1?
A.Answering ultimate questions of meaning, coping with contingency (e.g. suffering and death), forming community, and orienting ethical action
B.Eliminating suffering from the world, replacing state law, and guaranteeing prosperity
C.Providing scientific explanations of nature, predicting the future, and controlling the weather
D.Producing art, enforcing political uniformity, and suppressing all doubt
Explanation: The curriculum highlights religion's 'sinnstiftendes Potential': it answers Grundfragen of human existence, helps people deal with contingency, creates community and identity, and gives ethical orientation. It does not promise to abolish suffering or to replace science or law.
10A student argues: 'Football fandom is a religion — it has rituals, hymns, sacred shirts and pilgrimage to stadiums.' Which analysis best fits the curriculum's Begriffsklärung (religion vs. Religionsäquivalent)?
A.The student is entirely correct; any community with rituals is by definition a religion
B.The comparison identifies religious-equivalent phenomena (functional similarities such as ritual, community and meaning), but fandom lacks the constitutive reference to a transcendent divine reality, so it is at most a Religionsäquivalent
C.The student is entirely wrong, because sports can never involve ritual or shared symbols
D.Fandom counts as a full religion whenever its followers gather in large buildings
Explanation: The curriculum distinguishes religion from Weltanschauung, Religionsäquivalent and Zivilreligion precisely for such cases. Fandom can functionally imitate religion — rituals, identity, even a sense of belonging to something greater — but without reference to transcendence, revelation and worship it remains an analogy, not a religion in the strict sense. The example trains the difficulty of defining religion.
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