Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

March 1985 5-a-day

Every sheet in March 1985

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

  1. 1st March 1985Name the prophet believed to have been given the ability to understand the speech of birds and animals.
  2. 2nd March 1985Give one area of genuine scholarly disagreement about who is exempt from Hajj or umrah.
  3. 3rd March 1985Roughly which direction does the qiblah point to from the UK?
  4. 4th March 1985State whether sadaqah is compulsory or voluntary for Muslims.
  5. 5th March 1985What is the legal document that finally ends a marriage in England and Wales, since the 2022 reforms?
  6. 6th March 1985Name the person who typically leads a Christian wedding service and gives a sermon or address.
  7. 7th March 1985Give one piece of scientific evidence, other than the fossil record, that is used to support the theory of evolution.
  8. 8th March 1985State one difference between the idea of dominion and the idea of stewardship.
  9. 9th March 1985What does Jacob see in his dream, according to Genesis 28:12?
  10. 10th March 1985What process does suffering enable, according to the Irenaean theodicy?
  11. 11th March 1985State what is meant by retaliation.
  12. 12th March 1985In the Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus tell his followers to do instead of retaliating against an attacker?
  13. 13th March 1985Name a Christian community in Northern Ireland known for its peace and reconciliation work.
  14. 14th March 1985Who supervises offenders serving community sentences in England and Wales?
  15. 15th March 1985Name one offence that can be treated as hudud in classical Islamic law.
  16. 16th March 1985Give one everyday example, other than worship at a church or mosque, of how a person might exercise religious freedom.
  17. 17th March 1985In which year did the Human Rights Act 1998 come into force in the UK, as opposed to the year it was passed?
  18. 18th March 1985Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  19. 19th March 1985According to Hebrews 9:27, what are people destined to do once, followed by judgement?
  20. 20th March 1985Name a site of Christian pilgrimage outside Britain associated with claims of physical healing.
  21. 21st March 1985According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  22. 22nd March 1985How many roots make up the Shi'a summary of faith?
  23. 23rd March 1985Name one prophet, other than Muhammad, described as a Rasul because he was given a scripture.
  24. 24th March 1985Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an teaches that Allah 'has already set a measure for all things'?
  25. 25th March 1985What is believed to have happened to the Twelfth Imam?
  26. 26th March 1985True or false: the Shahadah is recited only once, at the moment a person converts to Islam.
  27. 27th March 1985In which Islamic month does Ashura occur?
  28. 28th March 1985Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
  29. 29th March 1985What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
  30. 30th March 1985Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
  31. 31st March 1985Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.