Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1968 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1968

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 1968In the Book of Ruth, which extended family member does Ruth remain loyal to?
  2. 2nd August 1968What does the Islamic term dhabihah refer to?
  3. 3rd August 1968Under which Act is it a criminal offence to encourage or assist another person's suicide in England and Wales?
  4. 4th August 1968What is the term for a theory holding that evolution describes the process God chose to use to create life?
  5. 5th August 1968Name the medieval philosopher who defined a miracle more broadly, as something outside the usual order of nature, rather than strictly as a law-breaking event.
  6. 6th August 1968Give one reason a strict literalist reading of Genesis might be seen as in conflict with modern science.
  7. 7th August 1968What is the main difference between retributive justice and restorative justice?
  8. 8th August 1968Suggest one reason forgiveness after a war might be difficult for victims to offer straight away.
  9. 9th August 1968What is required of every UK prison in terms of religious support for prisoners?
  10. 10th August 1968Name the Act of Parliament that ended the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, and give the year it was passed.
  11. 11th August 1968Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
  12. 12th August 1968According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
  13. 13th August 1968Give 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.
  14. 14th August 1968In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
  15. 15th August 1968Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
  16. 16th August 1968State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  17. 17th August 1968What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  18. 18th August 1968What does Al-Mizan represent?
  19. 19th August 1968Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  20. 20th August 1968State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  21. 21st August 1968State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  22. 22nd August 1968Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  23. 23rd August 1968Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  24. 24th August 1968Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  25. 25th August 1968Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  26. 26th August 1968What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  27. 27th August 1968Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  28. 28th August 1968What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  29. 29th August 1968What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  30. 30th August 1968State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  31. 31st August 1968Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.