Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1966 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1966

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 1966How many roots make up the Shi'a summary of faith?
  2. 2nd January 1966Name one prophet, other than Muhammad, described as a Rasul because he was given a scripture.
  3. 3rd January 1966Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an teaches that Allah 'has already set a measure for all things'?
  4. 4th January 1966What is believed to have happened to the Twelfth Imam?
  5. 5th January 1966True or false: the Shahadah is recited only once, at the moment a person converts to Islam.
  6. 6th January 1966In which Islamic month does Ashura occur?
  7. 7th January 1966Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
  8. 8th January 1966What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
  9. 9th January 1966Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
  10. 10th January 1966Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.
  11. 11th January 1966In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
  12. 12th January 1966What is the name of the biblical account, found in John chapter 2, in which Jesus is said to have changed water into wine?
  13. 13th January 1966Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
  14. 14th January 1966What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
  15. 15th January 1966Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
  16. 16th January 1966What is restorative justice?
  17. 17th January 1966Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
  18. 18th January 1966State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
  19. 19th January 1966State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  20. 20th January 1966Give 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.
  21. 21st January 1966What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
  22. 22nd January 1966Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
  23. 23rd January 1966Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
  24. 24th January 1966What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  25. 25th January 1966What does As-Sirat mean?
  26. 26th January 1966Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
  27. 27th January 1966Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
  28. 28th January 1966Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
  29. 29th January 1966What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
  30. 30th January 1966Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
  31. 31st January 1966What is meant by cohabitation?