Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1958 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1958

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

  1. 1st August 1958What is the term for personal, informal prayer, as opposed to the fixed ritual of salah?
  2. 2nd August 1958State the fraction of qualifying surplus income that khums represents.
  3. 3rd August 1958Under the no-fault divorce process, what is the minimum number of weeks between starting proceedings and applying for a conditional order?
  4. 4th August 1958Give one purpose of the walima.
  5. 5th August 1958Give one reason someone might object to using quality of life, on its own, as the basis for a person's value.
  6. 6th August 1958Which book, chapter and verse of the Bible describes God placing the first man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it?
  7. 7th August 1958What does Ibrahim believe he is instructed to do through a dream, according to Qur'an 37:102?
  8. 8th August 1958Which two divine attributes does the traditional formulation of the problem of evil question?
  9. 9th August 1958Name one secular theory that explains war mainly in terms of states pursuing power and security.
  10. 10th August 1958Name the type of pacifism that accepts violence might sometimes be used, but only as a last resort.
  11. 11th August 1958Give one possible limitation of case-study peace organisations like Corrymeela.
  12. 12th August 1958State what is meant by restorative justice.
  13. 13th August 1958What is 'diyya'?
  14. 14th August 1958Name the Act of Parliament that lists 'religion or belief' as a protected characteristic in the UK.
  15. 15th August 1958Which international court hears human rights cases under the European Convention on Human Rights?
  16. 16th August 1958Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  17. 17th August 1958State the difference between particular judgement and general judgement.
  18. 18th August 1958State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
  19. 19th August 1958According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  20. 20th August 1958What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
  21. 21st August 1958Define the term Rasul.
  22. 22nd August 1958Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
  23. 23rd August 1958What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
  24. 24th August 1958Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
  25. 25th August 1958State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
  26. 26th August 1958Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
  27. 27th August 1958Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
  28. 28th August 1958According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
  29. 29th August 1958What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
  30. 30th August 1958Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
  31. 31st August 1958In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?