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October 1993 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in October 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 October 1993Name the Umayyad caliph whose forces were responsible for the death of Husayn at Karbala.
  2. 2nd October 1993Which month does Ashura fall in?
  3. 3rd October 1993Besides armed struggle and inner spiritual struggle, name one other way jihad can be expressed according to broader Islamic teaching.
  4. 4th October 1993Give one reason, other than religious teaching, why unmarried cohabiting couples have historically had fewer legal protections than married couples.
  5. 5th October 1993According to 1 Corinthians 11:11-12, in what direction does dependence between men and women run?
  6. 6th October 1993Give one practice associated with Catholic belief in purgatory that most Protestant churches do not follow.
  7. 7th October 1993According to the Qur'an (99:7-8), what happens to even the smallest good or bad deed a person does?
  8. 8th October 1993Which two branches of Islam does this topic compare when looking at attitudes to euthanasia?
  9. 9th October 1993Which two philosophers are most associated with the objection that the universe as a whole may not need a cause, even though things within it do?
  10. 10th October 1993Give one reason some people argue that faith imposed during upbringing is not the same as freely chosen, personal belief.
  11. 11th October 1993Name the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and his early followers from Makkah to Madinah to escape persecution.
  12. 12th October 1993Name the idea, based on a well-known hadith, used to show that the internal struggle against one's own faults is considered greater than armed struggle.
  13. 13th October 1993State one reason it can help a court to understand what has contributed to a person's offending before deciding a sentence.
  14. 14th October 1993Besides the victim and the offender, name one other group who can be affected by suffering linked to a crime and its punishment.
  15. 15th October 1993Which 1998 UK law makes rights under the European Convention on Human Rights enforceable in UK courts?
  16. 16th October 1993Give one example of an alternative to a high-cost lender that a church or faith group might support.
  17. 17th October 1993Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  18. 18th October 1993Which two New Testament books are most often set against each other in the Christian debate about faith and works?
  19. 19th October 1993What does Job's response in Job 42:1-6, after God speaks from the whirlwind, show about his attitude?
  20. 20th October 1993Give one difference between an 'open table' Communion and a 'closed' Communion.
  21. 21st October 1993According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  22. 22nd October 1993What is the Arabic term often translated as 'the signs of the Hour'?
  23. 23rd October 1993In roughly what period of Muhammad's life, in relation to the Hijrah, is the Night Journey traditionally placed?
  24. 24th October 1993State one difference between a Nabi and a Rasul.
  25. 25th October 1993What is umrah?
  26. 26th October 1993What is the Arabic term for the call to prayer announced from the mosque?
  27. 27th October 1993Name the pillar of Islam that most closely parallels khums in being an obligatory, percentage-based payment.
  28. 28th October 1993Give one practical issue a religious community might need to decide when a divorced member wishes to remarry.
  29. 29th October 1993What is meant by a wedding vow?
  30. 30th October 1993Which book of the Bible contains the account of God forming the first human from the dust of the ground?
  31. 31st October 1993Define the term stewardship.