Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1977 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1977

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 1977State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  2. 2nd August 1977Give 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.
  3. 3rd August 1977What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
  4. 4th August 1977Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
  5. 5th August 1977Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
  6. 6th August 1977What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  7. 7th August 1977What does As-Sirat mean?
  8. 8th August 1977Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
  9. 9th August 1977Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
  10. 10th August 1977Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
  11. 11th August 1977What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
  12. 12th August 1977Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
  13. 13th August 1977What is meant by cohabitation?
  14. 14th August 1977What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
  15. 15th August 1977Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
  16. 16th August 1977What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
  17. 17th August 1977Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
  18. 18th August 1977Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?
  19. 19th August 1977What does the principle of discrimination require in war?
  20. 20th August 1977Suggest one reason a Humanist might oppose weapons of mass destruction without appealing to any religious teaching.
  21. 21st August 1977According to Qur'an 2:190, what limit is placed on fighting?
  22. 22nd August 1977Complete the quotation: 'Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as ______' (Ephesians 4:32).
  23. 23rd August 1977What does 'fitrah' mean in Islam?
  24. 24th August 1977Give one example of a structural change that could help reduce poverty in the long term.
  25. 25th August 1977Name the United Nations goal that aims to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030.
  26. 26th August 1977State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  27. 27th August 1977Which Genesis verse states that God created humankind 'in his own image'?
  28. 28th August 1977Give one task typically carried out by a Christian relief or aid organisation supporting persecuted communities.
  29. 29th August 1977Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  30. 30th August 1977Give the one-word meaning of the name Al-Kareem.
  31. 31st August 1977Name the prophet associated with the Tawrat (Torah) in Islamic belief.