Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

July 1995 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in July 1995

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

  1. 1st July 1995Under which Act is it a criminal offence to encourage or assist another person's suicide in England and Wales?
  2. 2nd July 1995What is the term for a theory holding that evolution describes the process God chose to use to create life?
  3. 3rd July 1995Name the medieval philosopher who defined a miracle more broadly, as something outside the usual order of nature, rather than strictly as a law-breaking event.
  4. 4th July 1995Give one reason a strict literalist reading of Genesis might be seen as in conflict with modern science.
  5. 5th July 1995What is the main difference between retributive justice and restorative justice?
  6. 6th July 1995Suggest one reason forgiveness after a war might be difficult for victims to offer straight away.
  7. 7th July 1995What is required of every UK prison in terms of religious support for prisoners?
  8. 8th July 1995Name the Act of Parliament that ended the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, and give the year it was passed.
  9. 9th July 1995Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
  10. 10th July 1995According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
  11. 11th July 1995Give 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.
  12. 12th July 1995In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
  13. 13th July 1995Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
  14. 14th July 1995State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  15. 15th July 1995What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  16. 16th July 1995What does Al-Mizan represent?
  17. 17th July 1995Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  18. 18th July 1995State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  19. 19th July 1995State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  20. 20th July 1995Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  21. 21st July 1995Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  22. 22nd July 1995Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  23. 23rd July 1995Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  24. 24th July 1995What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  25. 25th July 1995Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  26. 26th July 1995What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  27. 27th July 1995What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  28. 28th July 1995State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  29. 29th July 1995Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
  30. 30th July 1995Name one Christian denomination or group that actively campaigns for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  31. 31st July 1995According to Qur'an 64:14, what does Allah do for those who choose to pardon and overlook a wrong?