Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

November 1990 5-a-day

Every sheet in November 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 November 1990Give one Bible reference that Christians associate with peacemaking.
  2. 2nd November 1990Which of the five statutory purposes of sentencing focuses on making amends to those affected by a crime?
  3. 3rd November 1990Give the definition of corporal punishment.
  4. 4th November 1990Explain what religious discrimination means, giving a brief example.
  5. 5th November 1990State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
  6. 6th November 1990Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  7. 7th November 1990According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  8. 8th November 1990A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
  9. 9th November 1990Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
  10. 10th November 1990According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  11. 11th November 1990According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
  12. 12th November 1990Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
  13. 13th November 1990Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
  14. 14th November 1990Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
  15. 15th November 1990Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  16. 16th November 1990Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  17. 17th November 1990State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  18. 18th November 1990Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  19. 19th November 1990Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  20. 20th November 1990In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
  21. 21st November 1990In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
  22. 22nd November 1990Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
  23. 23rd November 1990Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
  24. 24th November 1990Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
  25. 25th November 1990Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
  26. 26th November 1990Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
  27. 27th November 1990In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
  28. 28th November 1990State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
  29. 29th November 1990Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  30. 30th November 1990According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?