Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 1974 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1974State the difference between particular judgement and general judgement.
- 2nd January 1974State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
- 3rd January 1974According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 4th January 1974What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
- 5th January 1974Define the term Rasul.
- 6th January 1974Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 7th January 1974What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 8th January 1974Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 9th January 1974State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 10th January 1974Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 11th January 1974Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 12th January 1974According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 13th January 1974What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 14th January 1974Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 15th January 1974In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 16th January 1974Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 17th January 1974Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 18th January 1974State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 19th January 1974In 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?
- 20th January 1974State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 21st January 1974Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 22nd January 1974Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 23rd January 1974Give 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.
- 24th January 1974At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 25th January 1974In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 26th January 1974State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
- 27th January 1974What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 28th January 1974Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
- 29th January 1974Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
- 30th January 1974Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
- 31st January 1974Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.