Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1976 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1976

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 1976What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
  2. 2nd August 1976Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
  3. 3rd August 1976Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
  4. 4th August 1976Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
  5. 5th August 1976Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
  6. 6th August 1976Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
  7. 7th August 1976Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
  8. 8th August 1976Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
  9. 9th August 1976Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
  10. 10th August 1976Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
  11. 11th August 1976Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
  12. 12th August 1976According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
  13. 13th August 1976What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
  14. 14th August 1976What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
  15. 15th August 1976Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
  16. 16th August 1976Give 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.
  17. 17th August 1976According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
  18. 18th August 1976Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.
  19. 19th August 1976Name the Gospel in which the Lord's Prayer is taught by Jesus.
  20. 20th August 1976What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  21. 21st August 1976Give one feature that makes As-Sirat difficult for wrongdoers to cross.
  22. 22nd August 1976Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses love.
  23. 23rd August 1976Name the person who is believed to have comforted and reassured Muhammad after his first experience of revelation.
  24. 24th August 1976Which night of the last ten nights of Ramadan is most commonly favoured by tradition as Laylat al-Qadr?
  25. 25th August 1976What does the plain, white, seamless clothing worn during ihram symbolise?
  26. 26th August 1976State the year in which the Sexual Offences Act, which set the current age of consent, was passed.
  27. 27th August 1976What is meant by fostering a child?
  28. 28th August 1976Name the scientist most associated with observing that galaxies are moving apart, supporting the idea of an expanding universe.
  29. 29th August 1976What is the key difference between the sanctity of life argument and the quality of life argument in the abortion debate?
  30. 30th August 1976What term describes the Catholic Church's central teaching authority?
  31. 31st August 1976According to Freud, what psychological need does belief in God satisfy?