Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
October 1980 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1980
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1980State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
- 2nd October 1980A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 3rd October 1980Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 4th October 1980Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 5th October 1980Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
- 6th October 1980What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
- 7th October 1980Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
- 8th October 1980What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
- 9th October 1980State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
- 10th October 1980According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
- 11th October 1980According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
- 12th October 1980In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
- 13th October 1980Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
- 14th October 1980Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.
- 15th October 1980Give 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.
- 16th October 1980Name the New Testament letter that states 'in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form'.
- 17th October 1980Name the Anglican service book, first compiled in 1549 and revised in 1662, that provides set liturgy for worship.
- 18th October 1980State one reason why some Christians use a physical aid, such as a prayer rope or beads, when praying.
- 19th October 1980What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 20th October 1980Give one Qur'anic reference commonly used to support belief in Al-Mizan.
- 21st October 1980Give one belief that shows transcendence and immanence are not really contradictory in Muslim theology.
- 22nd October 1980Give one reason a Muslim might consult a Tafsir when studying the Qur'an.
- 23rd October 1980Name the charitable payment traditionally given before the Eid al-Fitr prayer, at the end of Ramadan.
- 24th October 1980Roughly how many pilgrims perform Hajj in a typical year?
- 25th October 1980Name the New Testament letter, other than 1 Corinthians, that contains Paul's teaching to 'abstain from sexual immorality'.
- 26th October 1980What is meant by contraception?
- 27th October 1980What is meant by the steady state theory?
- 28th October 1980According to many Muslim scholars, at approximately what point in pregnancy does ensoulment traditionally take place?
- 29th October 1980Which 1968 papal document is often cited to support Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life?
- 30th October 1980Which philosopher coined the term 'agnostic' in 1869?
- 31st October 1980In which book of the Bible is Paul's experience on the road to Damascus described?