Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1987 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 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 August 1987State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  2. 2nd August 1987Which Christian tradition, associated with the reformer John Calvin, places strong emphasis on predestination and God's sovereign choice in salvation?
  3. 3rd August 1987State one way a persecuted Christian community might continue to worship safely.
  4. 4th August 1987Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  5. 5th August 1987Define adab as used in this topic.
  6. 6th August 1987What does tahrif mean?
  7. 7th August 1987Name the bridge that, according to Muslim tradition, will stretch over Jahannam on the Day of Judgement.
  8. 8th August 1987What is meant by Zakah?
  9. 9th August 1987True or false: charity given voluntarily, beyond the obligatory zakah, is called sadaqah.
  10. 10th August 1987On which day of the week is Jummah prayer performed?
  11. 11th August 1987Give one reason a couple might choose to cohabit rather than marry.
  12. 12th August 1987What is meant by a nuclear family?
  13. 13th August 1987In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  14. 14th August 1987According to Genesis 1:28, what authority did God give humans over animals?
  15. 15th August 1987Give one psychological explanation sceptics use to challenge visions as reliable evidence of God.
  16. 16th August 1987In which decade did the charismatic Christian phenomenon known as the Toronto Blessing begin?
  17. 17th August 1987What do believers in afterlife compensation hope will happen to suffering after death?
  18. 18th August 1987What historical conflict is commonly used as a case study of 'holy war'?
  19. 19th August 1987Why might a Muslim link justice (adl) to a desire for peace?
  20. 20th August 1987State one criticism of retribution as the sole aim of punishment.
  21. 21st August 1987Name one form of corporal punishment used historically in the UK.
  22. 22nd August 1987Name the Act of Parliament, and the year it was passed, that lists the protected characteristics in UK law.
  23. 23rd August 1987Name one piece of US legislation that followed from the civil rights movement King helped lead.
  24. 24th August 1987Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  25. 25th August 1987According to Acts 1:10-11, what did the two men in white tell the disciples as Jesus ascended?
  26. 26th August 1987Give one factor that has contributed to falling attendance at traditional Sunday services in Britain.
  27. 27th August 1987Give one symbol associated with Pentecost and state what it represents.
  28. 28th August 1987According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  29. 29th August 1987Which two people are believed to have rebuilt the foundations of the Ka'bah, according to Qur'an 2:127?
  30. 30th August 1987What is the Arabic term for the angels who record human deeds, sometimes translated 'Noble Recorders'?
  31. 31st August 1987Give one reason the assassination of the third caliph, Uthman, is significant in the history of the Sunni-Shia split.