Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
August 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1960Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 2nd August 1960In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 3rd August 1960Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 4th August 1960Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 5th August 1960State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 6th August 1960In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?
- 7th August 1960State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 8th August 1960Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 9th August 1960Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 10th August 1960Give 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.
- 11th August 1960At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 12th August 1960In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 13th August 1960State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
- 14th August 1960What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 15th August 1960Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
- 16th August 1960Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
- 17th August 1960Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
- 18th August 1960Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
- 19th August 1960In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
- 20th August 1960State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
- 21st August 1960What is meant by adoption?
- 22nd August 1960Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
- 23rd August 1960Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
- 24th August 1960Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
- 25th August 1960What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
- 26th August 1960Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
- 27th August 1960What does jus in bello mean?
- 28th August 1960According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
- 29th August 1960What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
- 30th August 1960Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
- 31st August 1960In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?