Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

April 1978 5-a-day

Every sheet in April 1978

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 1978State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  2. 2nd April 1978Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  3. 3rd April 1978Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  4. 4th April 1978Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  5. 5th April 1978Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  6. 6th April 1978What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  7. 7th April 1978Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  8. 8th April 1978What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  9. 9th April 1978What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  10. 10th April 1978State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  11. 11th April 1978Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
  12. 12th April 1978Name one Christian denomination or group that actively campaigns for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  13. 13th April 1978According to Qur'an 64:14, what does Allah do for those who choose to pardon and overlook a wrong?
  14. 14th April 1978What is the Christian term for turning back to God and expressing sorrow for sin?
  15. 15th April 1978Give one way financial pressure linked to poverty can affect someone emotionally.
  16. 16th April 1978What term describes lacking enough resources to meet basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter?
  17. 17th April 1978State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  18. 18th April 1978Give one Bible reference some Christians use to argue that God chooses who will be saved before they are born.
  19. 19th April 1978State one difference between discrimination and persecution.
  20. 20th April 1978Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  21. 21st April 1978What does Asma-ul-Husna mean in English?
  22. 22nd April 1978Give the Qur'anic reference commonly cited for belief that Allah has protected the Qur'an from corruption.
  23. 23rd April 1978Give the Qur'anic image used to describe the moment that marks the start of the Day of Judgement.
  24. 24th April 1978What is meant by Sawm?
  25. 25th April 1978What is the Shi'a-specific religious payment, additional to zakah, called?
  26. 26th April 1978Give two features that make dua different from the fixed structure of Salah.
  27. 27th April 1978In what year did same-sex couples first legally marry in England and Wales?
  28. 28th April 1978State one reason cohabitation has become more common in the UK.
  29. 29th April 1978In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  30. 30th April 1978What term describes giving less moral weight to an animal's suffering purely because it is not human?