Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

February 1988 5-a-day

Every sheet in February 1988

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

  1. 1st February 1988What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
  2. 2nd February 1988Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
  3. 3rd February 1988Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
  4. 4th February 1988Give 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 February 1988According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
  6. 6th February 1988Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
  7. 7th February 1988According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  8. 8th February 1988In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
  9. 9th February 1988What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
  10. 10th February 1988Give 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 February 1988Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
  12. 12th February 1988What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
  13. 13th February 1988Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
  14. 14th February 1988Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
  15. 15th February 1988Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
  16. 16th February 1988Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
  17. 17th February 1988Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
  18. 18th February 1988Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
  19. 19th February 1988Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
  20. 20th February 1988Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
  21. 21st February 1988Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
  22. 22nd February 1988Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
  23. 23rd February 1988According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
  24. 24th February 1988What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
  25. 25th February 1988What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
  26. 26th February 1988Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
  27. 27th February 1988Give 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 February 1988According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
  29. 29th February 1988Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.