Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

July 1975 5-a-day

Every sheet in July 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 July 1975Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  2. 2nd July 1975Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  3. 3rd July 1975State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  4. 4th July 1975Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  5. 5th July 1975Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  6. 6th July 1975In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
  7. 7th July 1975In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
  8. 8th July 1975Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
  9. 9th July 1975Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
  10. 10th July 1975Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
  11. 11th July 1975Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
  12. 12th July 1975Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
  13. 13th July 1975In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
  14. 14th July 1975State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
  15. 15th July 1975Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  16. 16th July 1975According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
  17. 17th July 1975According to Hebrews 4:15, what does the belief that Jesus is 'tempted in every way, just as we are' mean for how Christians view God's understanding of suffering?
  18. 18th July 1975State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
  19. 19th July 1975According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  20. 20th July 1975State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.
  21. 21st July 1975Give one term used for the mosque in Jerusalem associated with the Isra.
  22. 22nd July 1975Name the prophet believed to have been given the ability to understand the speech of birds and animals.
  23. 23rd July 1975Give one area of genuine scholarly disagreement about who is exempt from Hajj or umrah.
  24. 24th July 1975Roughly which direction does the qiblah point to from the UK?
  25. 25th July 1975State whether sadaqah is compulsory or voluntary for Muslims.
  26. 26th July 1975What is the legal document that finally ends a marriage in England and Wales, since the 2022 reforms?
  27. 27th July 1975Name the person who typically leads a Christian wedding service and gives a sermon or address.
  28. 28th July 1975Give one piece of scientific evidence, other than the fossil record, that is used to support the theory of evolution.
  29. 29th July 1975State one difference between the idea of dominion and the idea of stewardship.
  30. 30th July 1975What does Jacob see in his dream, according to Genesis 28:12?
  31. 31st July 1975What process does suffering enable, according to the Irenaean theodicy?