Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

March 1986 5-a-day

Every sheet in March 1986

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 1986What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
  2. 2nd March 1986Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
  3. 3rd March 1986Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
  4. 4th March 1986Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  5. 5th March 1986According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
  6. 6th March 1986Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
  7. 7th March 1986According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  8. 8th March 1986In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
  9. 9th March 1986What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
  10. 10th March 1986Give one Arabic phrase, other than insha'Allah, that a Muslim might say on seeing something impressive or blessed, showing that it happened by Allah's will.
  11. 11th March 1986Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
  12. 12th March 1986What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
  13. 13th March 1986Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
  14. 14th March 1986Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
  15. 15th March 1986Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
  16. 16th March 1986Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
  17. 17th March 1986Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
  18. 18th March 1986Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
  19. 19th March 1986Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
  20. 20th March 1986Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
  21. 21st March 1986Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
  22. 22nd March 1986Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
  23. 23rd March 1986According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
  24. 24th March 1986What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
  25. 25th March 1986What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
  26. 26th March 1986Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
  27. 27th March 1986Give 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.
  28. 28th March 1986According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
  29. 29th March 1986Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.
  30. 30th March 1986Name the Gospel in which the Lord's Prayer is taught by Jesus.
  31. 31st March 1986What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?