Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1975 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 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 August 1975State what is meant by retaliation.
  2. 2nd August 1975In the Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus tell his followers to do instead of retaliating against an attacker?
  3. 3rd August 1975Name a Christian community in Northern Ireland known for its peace and reconciliation work.
  4. 4th August 1975Who supervises offenders serving community sentences in England and Wales?
  5. 5th August 1975Name one offence that can be treated as hudud in classical Islamic law.
  6. 6th August 1975Give one everyday example, other than worship at a church or mosque, of how a person might exercise religious freedom.
  7. 7th August 1975In which year did the Human Rights Act 1998 come into force in the UK, as opposed to the year it was passed?
  8. 8th August 1975Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  9. 9th August 1975According to Hebrews 9:27, what are people destined to do once, followed by judgement?
  10. 10th August 1975Name a site of Christian pilgrimage outside Britain associated with claims of physical healing.
  11. 11th August 1975According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  12. 12th August 1975How many roots make up the Shi'a summary of faith?
  13. 13th August 1975Name one prophet, other than Muhammad, described as a Rasul because he was given a scripture.
  14. 14th August 1975Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an teaches that Allah 'has already set a measure for all things'?
  15. 15th August 1975What is believed to have happened to the Twelfth Imam?
  16. 16th August 1975True or false: the Shahadah is recited only once, at the moment a person converts to Islam.
  17. 17th August 1975In which Islamic month does Ashura occur?
  18. 18th August 1975Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
  19. 19th August 1975What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
  20. 20th August 1975Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
  21. 21st August 1975Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.
  22. 22nd August 1975In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
  23. 23rd August 1975What is the name of the biblical account, found in John chapter 2, in which Jesus is said to have changed water into wine?
  24. 24th August 1975Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
  25. 25th August 1975What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
  26. 26th August 1975Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
  27. 27th August 1975What is restorative justice?
  28. 28th August 1975Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
  29. 29th August 1975State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
  30. 30th August 1975State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  31. 31st August 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.