Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 1990 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1990Why might faith motivate someone to volunteer for a peace organisation, rather than just believing peace is a good idea?
- 2nd January 1990Give one requirement that can be attached to a community sentence.
- 3rd January 1990What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
- 4th January 1990Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
- 5th January 1990Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
- 6th January 1990Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 7th January 1990According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
- 8th January 1990Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
- 9th January 1990According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 10th January 1990In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
- 11th January 1990What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
- 12th January 1990Give 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.
- 13th January 1990Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
- 14th January 1990What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
- 15th January 1990Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
- 16th January 1990Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
- 17th January 1990Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
- 18th January 1990Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
- 19th January 1990Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
- 20th January 1990Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
- 21st January 1990Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
- 22nd January 1990Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
- 23rd January 1990Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
- 24th January 1990Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
- 25th January 1990According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
- 26th January 1990What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
- 27th January 1990What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
- 28th January 1990Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
- 29th January 1990Give 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.
- 30th January 1990According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
- 31st January 1990Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.