Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

August 1993 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 1993

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st August 1993Give one reason a strict literalist reading of Genesis might be seen as in conflict with modern science.
  2. 2nd August 1993What is the main difference between retributive justice and restorative justice?
  3. 3rd August 1993Suggest one reason forgiveness after a war might be difficult for victims to offer straight away.
  4. 4th August 1993What is required of every UK prison in terms of religious support for prisoners?
  5. 5th August 1993Name the Act of Parliament that ended the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, and give the year it was passed.
  6. 6th August 1993Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
  7. 7th August 1993According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
  8. 8th August 1993Give 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.
  9. 9th August 1993In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
  10. 10th August 1993Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
  11. 11th August 1993State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  12. 12th August 1993What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  13. 13th August 1993What does Al-Mizan represent?
  14. 14th August 1993Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  15. 15th August 1993State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  16. 16th August 1993State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  17. 17th August 1993Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  18. 18th August 1993Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  19. 19th August 1993Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  20. 20th August 1993Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  21. 21st August 1993What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  22. 22nd August 1993Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  23. 23rd August 1993What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  24. 24th August 1993What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  25. 25th August 1993State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  26. 26th August 1993Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
  27. 27th August 1993Name one Christian denomination or group that actively campaigns for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  28. 28th August 1993According to Qur'an 64:14, what does Allah do for those who choose to pardon and overlook a wrong?
  29. 29th August 1993What is the Christian term for turning back to God and expressing sorrow for sin?
  30. 30th August 1993Give one way financial pressure linked to poverty can affect someone emotionally.
  31. 31st August 1993What term describes lacking enough resources to meet basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter?