Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

May 1954 5-a-day

Every sheet in May 1954

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st May 1954Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  2. 2nd May 1954According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  3. 3rd May 1954A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
  4. 4th May 1954Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
  5. 5th May 1954According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  6. 6th May 1954According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
  7. 7th May 1954Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
  8. 8th May 1954Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
  9. 9th May 1954Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
  10. 10th May 1954Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  11. 11th May 1954Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  12. 12th May 1954State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  13. 13th May 1954Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  14. 14th May 1954Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  15. 15th May 1954In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
  16. 16th May 1954In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
  17. 17th May 1954Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
  18. 18th May 1954Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
  19. 19th May 1954Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
  20. 20th May 1954Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
  21. 21st May 1954Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
  22. 22nd May 1954In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
  23. 23rd May 1954State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
  24. 24th May 1954Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  25. 25th May 1954According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
  26. 26th May 1954According to Hebrews 4:15, what does the belief that Jesus is 'tempted in every way, just as we are' mean for how Christians view God's understanding of suffering?
  27. 27th May 1954State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
  28. 28th May 1954According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  29. 29th May 1954State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.
  30. 30th May 1954Give one term used for the mosque in Jerusalem associated with the Isra.
  31. 31st May 1954Name the prophet believed to have been given the ability to understand the speech of birds and animals.