Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

May 1957 5-a-day

Every sheet in May 1957

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 1957Give one requirement that can be attached to a community sentence.
  2. 2nd May 1957What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
  3. 3rd May 1957Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
  4. 4th May 1957Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
  5. 5th May 1957Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  6. 6th May 1957According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
  7. 7th May 1957Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
  8. 8th May 1957According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  9. 9th May 1957In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
  10. 10th May 1957What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
  11. 11th May 1957Give one Arabic phrase, other than insha'Allah, that a Muslim might say on seeing something impressive or blessed, showing that it happened by Allah's will.
  12. 12th May 1957Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
  13. 13th May 1957What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
  14. 14th May 1957Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
  15. 15th May 1957Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
  16. 16th May 1957Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
  17. 17th May 1957Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
  18. 18th May 1957Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
  19. 19th May 1957Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
  20. 20th May 1957Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
  21. 21st May 1957Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
  22. 22nd May 1957Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
  23. 23rd May 1957Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
  24. 24th May 1957According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
  25. 25th May 1957What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
  26. 26th May 1957What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
  27. 27th May 1957Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
  28. 28th May 1957Give the name for the Christian interpretation of Genesis 1 which reads each 'day' as a long period of time rather than a literal 24-hour day.
  29. 29th May 1957According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
  30. 30th May 1957Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.
  31. 31st May 1957Name the Gospel in which the Lord's Prayer is taught by Jesus.