Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

October 1981 5-a-day

Every sheet in October 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 October 1981Give 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.
  2. 2nd October 1981At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  3. 3rd October 1981In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  4. 4th October 1981State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  5. 5th October 1981What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  6. 6th October 1981Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  7. 7th October 1981Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  8. 8th October 1981Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  9. 9th October 1981Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  10. 10th October 1981In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  11. 11th October 1981State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  12. 12th October 1981What is meant by adoption?
  13. 13th October 1981Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  14. 14th October 1981Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  15. 15th October 1981Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  16. 16th October 1981What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  17. 17th October 1981Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  18. 18th October 1981What does jus in bello mean?
  19. 19th October 1981According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  20. 20th October 1981What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  21. 21st October 1981Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  22. 22nd October 1981In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?
  23. 23rd October 1981Give one structural cause of poverty.
  24. 24th October 1981Give one reason why owing debt can trap a developing country in poverty.
  25. 25th October 1981State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  26. 26th October 1981Which Christian tradition, associated with the reformer John Calvin, places strong emphasis on predestination and God's sovereign choice in salvation?
  27. 27th October 1981State one way a persecuted Christian community might continue to worship safely.
  28. 28th October 1981Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  29. 29th October 1981Define adab as used in this topic.
  30. 30th October 1981What does tahrif mean?
  31. 31st October 1981Name the bridge that, according to Muslim tradition, will stretch over Jahannam on the Day of Judgement.