Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

July 1987 5-a-day

Every sheet in July 1987

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

  1. 1st July 1987Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
  2. 2nd July 1987Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
  3. 3rd July 1987State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
  4. 4th July 1987In 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?
  5. 5th July 1987State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
  6. 6th July 1987Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
  7. 7th July 1987Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
  8. 8th July 1987Give 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.
  9. 9th July 1987At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  10. 10th July 1987In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  11. 11th July 1987State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  12. 12th July 1987What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  13. 13th July 1987Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  14. 14th July 1987Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  15. 15th July 1987Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  16. 16th July 1987Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  17. 17th July 1987In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  18. 18th July 1987State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  19. 19th July 1987What is meant by adoption?
  20. 20th July 1987Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  21. 21st July 1987Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  22. 22nd July 1987Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  23. 23rd July 1987What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  24. 24th July 1987Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  25. 25th July 1987What does jus in bello mean?
  26. 26th July 1987According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  27. 27th July 1987What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  28. 28th July 1987Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  29. 29th July 1987In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?
  30. 30th July 1987Give one structural cause of poverty.
  31. 31st July 1987Give one reason why owing debt can trap a developing country in poverty.