Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1984 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1984

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

  1. 1st January 1984State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  2. 2nd January 1984What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  3. 3rd January 1984What does Al-Mizan represent?
  4. 4th January 1984Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  5. 5th January 1984State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  6. 6th January 1984State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  7. 7th January 1984Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  8. 8th January 1984Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  9. 9th January 1984Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  10. 10th January 1984Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  11. 11th January 1984What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  12. 12th January 1984Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  13. 13th January 1984What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  14. 14th January 1984What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  15. 15th January 1984State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  16. 16th January 1984Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
  17. 17th January 1984Name one Christian denomination or group that actively campaigns for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  18. 18th January 1984According to Qur'an 64:14, what does Allah do for those who choose to pardon and overlook a wrong?
  19. 19th January 1984What is the Christian term for turning back to God and expressing sorrow for sin?
  20. 20th January 1984Give one way financial pressure linked to poverty can affect someone emotionally.
  21. 21st January 1984What term describes lacking enough resources to meet basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter?
  22. 22nd January 1984State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  23. 23rd January 1984Give one Bible reference some Christians use to argue that God chooses who will be saved before they are born.
  24. 24th January 1984State one difference between discrimination and persecution.
  25. 25th January 1984Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  26. 26th January 1984What does Asma-ul-Husna mean in English?
  27. 27th January 1984Give the Qur'anic reference commonly cited for belief that Allah has protected the Qur'an from corruption.
  28. 28th January 1984Give the Qur'anic image used to describe the moment that marks the start of the Day of Judgement.
  29. 29th January 1984What is meant by Sawm?
  30. 30th January 1984What is the Shi'a-specific religious payment, additional to zakah, called?
  31. 31st January 1984Give two features that make dua different from the fixed structure of Salah.