Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

April 1959 5-a-day

Every sheet in April 1959

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 1959Identify the religious group named in this topic that has a long historical tradition of pacifism.
  2. 2nd April 1959Why might faith motivate someone to volunteer for a peace organisation, rather than just believing peace is a good idea?
  3. 3rd April 1959Give one requirement that can be attached to a community sentence.
  4. 4th April 1959What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
  5. 5th April 1959Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
  6. 6th April 1959Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
  7. 7th April 1959Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  8. 8th April 1959According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
  9. 9th April 1959Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
  10. 10th April 1959According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  11. 11th April 1959In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
  12. 12th April 1959What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
  13. 13th April 1959Give 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.
  14. 14th April 1959Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
  15. 15th April 1959What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
  16. 16th April 1959Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
  17. 17th April 1959Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
  18. 18th April 1959Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
  19. 19th April 1959Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
  20. 20th April 1959Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
  21. 21st April 1959Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
  22. 22nd April 1959Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
  23. 23rd April 1959Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
  24. 24th April 1959Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
  25. 25th April 1959Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
  26. 26th April 1959According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
  27. 27th April 1959What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
  28. 28th April 1959What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
  29. 29th April 1959Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
  30. 30th April 1959Give 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.