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.
- 1st January 1991In which Islamic month does Ashura occur?
- 2nd January 1991Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
- 3rd January 1991What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
- 4th January 1991Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
- 5th January 1991Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.
- 6th January 1991In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
- 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?
- 8th January 1991Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
- 9th January 1991What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
- 10th January 1991Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
- 11th January 1991What is restorative justice?
- 12th January 1991Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
- 13th January 1991State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
- 14th January 1991State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
- 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.
- 16th January 1991What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
- 17th January 1991Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
- 18th January 1991Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
- 19th January 1991What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 20th January 1991What does As-Sirat mean?
- 21st January 1991Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
- 22nd January 1991Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
- 23rd January 1991Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
- 24th January 1991What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
- 25th January 1991Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
- 26th January 1991What is meant by cohabitation?
- 27th January 1991What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
- 28th January 1991Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
- 29th January 1991What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
- 30th January 1991Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
- 31st January 1991Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?