Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1981 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1981

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 1981What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'jihad'?
  2. 2nd August 1981In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches that looking at someone lustfully is already a form of what?
  3. 3rd August 1981Give one example of a religious role not open to women in most Orthodox Jewish communities.
  4. 4th August 1981Which biblical book, accepted by Catholics but not by most Protestants, is often cited to support praying for the dead?
  5. 5th August 1981What is the Islamic term for paradise?
  6. 6th August 1981Which form of euthanasia involves withdrawing or withholding treatment rather than actively causing death?
  7. 7th August 1981What modern scientific theory about the universe's origin is sometimes used to support the idea that the universe began to exist?
  8. 8th August 1981Give one example of a rite of passage associated with a religious upbringing.
  9. 9th August 1981State one difference between a refugee and an economic migrant.
  10. 10th August 1981Identify one risk of using the word 'jihad' only in its narrow, armed-struggle sense.
  11. 11th August 1981According to James 1:14-15, where does sin come from, according to this teaching?
  12. 12th August 1981Explain one reason financial compensation cannot fully relieve a victim's suffering.
  13. 13th August 1981Give one example of a qualified right that can sometimes be lawfully restricted.
  14. 14th August 1981Give the modern meaning of the proverb 'the borrower is slave to the lender' (Proverbs 22:7).
  15. 15th August 1981Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  16. 16th August 1981What name is given to the Christian doctrine that every person is born already affected by Adam and Eve's sin?
  17. 17th August 1981What happens to Job's fortunes by the end of the book, according to Job 42:10-17?
  18. 18th August 1981A church holds Communion services attended by an average of 64 people each week. Calculate the total attendance over a 4-week month, assuming attendance stays the same.
  19. 19th August 1981According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  20. 20th August 1981State the general term for the Last Day that these signs are believed to precede.
  21. 21st August 1981What is the name given to the winged creature traditionally said to have carried Muhammad during the Isra?
  22. 22nd August 1981Give one way a Muslim today might use the story of a prophet other than Muhammad to guide their own behaviour.
  23. 23rd August 1981Give one Hajj-specific rite that umrah does not include.
  24. 24th August 1981What is the term for personal, informal prayer, as opposed to the fixed ritual of salah?
  25. 25th August 1981State the fraction of qualifying surplus income that khums represents.
  26. 26th August 1981Under the no-fault divorce process, what is the minimum number of weeks between starting proceedings and applying for a conditional order?
  27. 27th August 1981Give one purpose of the walima.
  28. 28th August 1981Give one reason someone might object to using quality of life, on its own, as the basis for a person's value.
  29. 29th August 1981Which book, chapter and verse of the Bible describes God placing the first man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it?
  30. 30th August 1981What does Ibrahim believe he is instructed to do through a dream, according to Qur'an 37:102?
  31. 31st August 1981Which two divine attributes does the traditional formulation of the problem of evil question?