Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

May 1956 5-a-day

Every sheet in May 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 May 1956Give one term used for the mosque in Jerusalem associated with the Isra.
  2. 2nd May 1956Name the prophet believed to have been given the ability to understand the speech of birds and animals.
  3. 3rd May 1956Give one area of genuine scholarly disagreement about who is exempt from Hajj or umrah.
  4. 4th May 1956Roughly which direction does the qiblah point to from the UK?
  5. 5th May 1956State whether sadaqah is compulsory or voluntary for Muslims.
  6. 6th May 1956What is the legal document that finally ends a marriage in England and Wales, since the 2022 reforms?
  7. 7th May 1956Name the person who typically leads a Christian wedding service and gives a sermon or address.
  8. 8th May 1956Give one piece of scientific evidence, other than the fossil record, that is used to support the theory of evolution.
  9. 9th May 1956State one difference between the idea of dominion and the idea of stewardship.
  10. 10th May 1956What does Jacob see in his dream, according to Genesis 28:12?
  11. 11th May 1956What process does suffering enable, according to the Irenaean theodicy?
  12. 12th May 1956State what is meant by retaliation.
  13. 13th May 1956In the Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus tell his followers to do instead of retaliating against an attacker?
  14. 14th May 1956Name a Christian community in Northern Ireland known for its peace and reconciliation work.
  15. 15th May 1956Who supervises offenders serving community sentences in England and Wales?
  16. 16th May 1956Name one offence that can be treated as hudud in classical Islamic law.
  17. 17th May 1956Give one everyday example, other than worship at a church or mosque, of how a person might exercise religious freedom.
  18. 18th May 1956In which year did the Human Rights Act 1998 come into force in the UK, as opposed to the year it was passed?
  19. 19th May 1956Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  20. 20th May 1956According to Hebrews 9:27, what are people destined to do once, followed by judgement?
  21. 21st May 1956Name a site of Christian pilgrimage outside Britain associated with claims of physical healing.
  22. 22nd May 1956According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  23. 23rd May 1956How many roots make up the Shi'a summary of faith?
  24. 24th May 1956Name one prophet, other than Muhammad, described as a Rasul because he was given a scripture.
  25. 25th May 1956Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an teaches that Allah 'has already set a measure for all things'?
  26. 26th May 1956What is believed to have happened to the Twelfth Imam?
  27. 27th May 1956True or false: the Shahadah is recited only once, at the moment a person converts to Islam.
  28. 28th May 1956In which Islamic month does Ashura occur?
  29. 29th May 1956Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
  30. 30th May 1956What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
  31. 31st May 1956Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?