Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1985 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 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 August 1985In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?
  2. 2nd August 1985State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
  3. 3rd August 1985Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
  4. 4th August 1985Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
  5. 5th August 1985Give 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.
  6. 6th August 1985At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  7. 7th August 1985In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  8. 8th August 1985State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  9. 9th August 1985What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  10. 10th August 1985Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  11. 11th August 1985Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  12. 12th August 1985Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  13. 13th August 1985Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  14. 14th August 1985In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  15. 15th August 1985State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  16. 16th August 1985What is meant by adoption?
  17. 17th August 1985Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  18. 18th August 1985Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  19. 19th August 1985Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  20. 20th August 1985What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  21. 21st August 1985Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  22. 22nd August 1985What does jus in bello mean?
  23. 23rd August 1985According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  24. 24th August 1985What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  25. 25th August 1985Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  26. 26th August 1985In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?
  27. 27th August 1985Give one structural cause of poverty.
  28. 28th August 1985Give one reason why owing debt can trap a developing country in poverty.
  29. 29th August 1985State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  30. 30th August 1985Which Christian tradition, associated with the reformer John Calvin, places strong emphasis on predestination and God's sovereign choice in salvation?
  31. 31st August 1985State one way a persecuted Christian community might continue to worship safely.