Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1971 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1971

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 1971Give one way belief in Akhirah might help a Muslim cope with suffering or injustice experienced in this life.
  2. 2nd August 1971How many Obligatory Acts make up Furu al-Din in total?
  3. 3rd August 1971A Muslim's qualifying savings are 5,000 pounds. Calculate 2.5 per cent zakah on this amount.
  4. 4th August 1971According to Qur'an 40:60, what does Allah promise in response to dua?
  5. 5th August 1971Give one legal protection a married couple has that a cohabiting couple does not automatically have.
  6. 6th August 1971What is meant by an 'empty nest' family?
  7. 7th August 1971In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  8. 8th August 1971Which UK Act of Parliament licenses and regulates scientific procedures on protected animals?
  9. 9th August 1971In which cave is Muhammad believed to have first encountered the angel Jibril?
  10. 10th August 1971Who wrote The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), the key study of mystical experience?
  11. 11th August 1971Give one virtue that the soul-making theodicy says can be developed through facing suffering.
  12. 12th August 1971Give one just war criterion that judges how proportionate the harm of a war is to the good it might achieve.
  13. 13th August 1971Give one Bible reference that Christians associate with peacemaking.
  14. 14th August 1971Which of the five statutory purposes of sentencing focuses on making amends to those affected by a crime?
  15. 15th August 1971Give the definition of corporal punishment.
  16. 16th August 1971Explain what religious discrimination means, giving a brief example.
  17. 17th August 1971State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
  18. 18th August 1971Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  19. 19th August 1971According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  20. 20th August 1971A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
  21. 21st August 1971Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
  22. 22nd August 1971According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  23. 23rd August 1971According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
  24. 24th August 1971Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
  25. 25th August 1971Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
  26. 26th August 1971Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
  27. 27th August 1971Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  28. 28th August 1971Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  29. 29th August 1971State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  30. 30th August 1971Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  31. 31st August 1971Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.