Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1965 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1965

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

  1. 1st January 1965Define the term stewardship.
  2. 2nd January 1965Which of Joseph's Old Testament dreams anger his brothers, according to Genesis 37:5-11?
  3. 3rd January 1965Name the philosopher who developed the modern version of the free will defence.
  4. 4th January 1965Give one non-religious cause of war.
  5. 5th January 1965Identify the religious group named in this topic that has a long historical tradition of pacifism.
  6. 6th January 1965Why might faith motivate someone to volunteer for a peace organisation, rather than just believing peace is a good idea?
  7. 7th January 1965Give one requirement that can be attached to a community sentence.
  8. 8th January 1965What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
  9. 9th January 1965Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
  10. 10th January 1965Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
  11. 11th January 1965Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  12. 12th January 1965According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
  13. 13th January 1965Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
  14. 14th January 1965According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  15. 15th January 1965In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
  16. 16th January 1965What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
  17. 17th January 1965Give 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.
  18. 18th January 1965Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
  19. 19th January 1965What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
  20. 20th January 1965Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
  21. 21st January 1965Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
  22. 22nd January 1965Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
  23. 23rd January 1965Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
  24. 24th January 1965Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
  25. 25th January 1965Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
  26. 26th January 1965Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
  27. 27th January 1965Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
  28. 28th January 1965Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
  29. 29th January 1965Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
  30. 30th January 1965According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
  31. 31st January 1965What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?