Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1991 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1991

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 1991In which Islamic month does Ashura occur?
  2. 2nd January 1991Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
  3. 3rd January 1991What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
  4. 4th January 1991Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
  5. 5th January 1991Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.
  6. 6th January 1991In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
  7. 7th January 1991What is the name of the biblical account, found in John chapter 2, in which Jesus is said to have changed water into wine?
  8. 8th January 1991Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
  9. 9th January 1991What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
  10. 10th January 1991Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
  11. 11th January 1991What is restorative justice?
  12. 12th January 1991Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
  13. 13th January 1991State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
  14. 14th January 1991State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  15. 15th January 1991Give 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.
  16. 16th January 1991What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
  17. 17th January 1991Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
  18. 18th January 1991Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
  19. 19th January 1991What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  20. 20th January 1991What does As-Sirat mean?
  21. 21st January 1991Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
  22. 22nd January 1991Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
  23. 23rd January 1991Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
  24. 24th January 1991What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
  25. 25th January 1991Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
  26. 26th January 1991What is meant by cohabitation?
  27. 27th January 1991What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
  28. 28th January 1991Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
  29. 29th January 1991What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
  30. 30th January 1991Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
  31. 31st January 1991Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?