Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1975 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1975

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 1975Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
  2. 2nd January 1975What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
  3. 3rd January 1975State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
  4. 4th January 1975According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
  5. 5th January 1975According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
  6. 6th January 1975In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
  7. 7th January 1975Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
  8. 8th January 1975Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.
  9. 9th January 1975Give 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.
  10. 10th January 1975Name the New Testament letter that states 'in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form'.
  11. 11th January 1975Name the Anglican service book, first compiled in 1549 and revised in 1662, that provides set liturgy for worship.
  12. 12th January 1975State one reason why some Christians use a physical aid, such as a prayer rope or beads, when praying.
  13. 13th January 1975What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  14. 14th January 1975Give one Qur'anic reference commonly used to support belief in Al-Mizan.
  15. 15th January 1975Give one belief that shows transcendence and immanence are not really contradictory in Muslim theology.
  16. 16th January 1975Give one reason a Muslim might consult a Tafsir when studying the Qur'an.
  17. 17th January 1975Name the charitable payment traditionally given before the Eid al-Fitr prayer, at the end of Ramadan.
  18. 18th January 1975Roughly how many pilgrims perform Hajj in a typical year?
  19. 19th January 1975Name the New Testament letter, other than 1 Corinthians, that contains Paul's teaching to 'abstain from sexual immorality'.
  20. 20th January 1975What is meant by contraception?
  21. 21st January 1975What is meant by the steady state theory?
  22. 22nd January 1975According to many Muslim scholars, at approximately what point in pregnancy does ensoulment traditionally take place?
  23. 23rd January 1975Which 1968 papal document is often cited to support Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life?
  24. 24th January 1975Which philosopher coined the term 'agnostic' in 1869?
  25. 25th January 1975In which book of the Bible is Paul's experience on the road to Damascus described?
  26. 26th January 1975Name the two main jus in bello principles.
  27. 27th January 1975Identify one risk of relying on deterrence as a long-term strategy for safety.
  28. 28th January 1975According to Isaiah 2:4, what do nations do with their swords in the prophetic vision of peace?
  29. 29th January 1975Give one way that choosing to forgive might benefit the person doing the forgiving.
  30. 30th January 1975Give one reason a religious believer might still commit a crime despite their faith's teaching.
  31. 31st January 1975State the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty.