Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

April 1956 5-a-day

Every sheet in April 1956

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

  1. 1st April 1956State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
  2. 2nd April 1956Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  3. 3rd April 1956According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  4. 4th April 1956A 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.
  5. 5th April 1956Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
  6. 6th April 1956According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  7. 7th April 1956According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
  8. 8th April 1956Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
  9. 9th April 1956Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
  10. 10th April 1956Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
  11. 11th April 1956Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  12. 12th April 1956Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  13. 13th April 1956State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  14. 14th April 1956Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  15. 15th April 1956Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  16. 16th April 1956In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
  17. 17th April 1956In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
  18. 18th April 1956Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
  19. 19th April 1956Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
  20. 20th April 1956Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
  21. 21st April 1956Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
  22. 22nd April 1956Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
  23. 23rd April 1956In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
  24. 24th April 1956State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
  25. 25th April 1956Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  26. 26th April 1956According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
  27. 27th April 1956According 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?
  28. 28th April 1956State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
  29. 29th April 1956According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  30. 30th April 1956State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.