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.

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