Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
December 1996 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1996Name the just war criterion that requires only a recognised ruler or government, not a private group, to declare war.
- 2nd December 1996State one reason Christians might value freedom as a route to peace.
- 3rd December 1996Give one example of a reparative sentence a court might impose.
- 4th December 1996State one requirement classical Islamic law places on courts before certain fixed (hadd) punishments can be applied.
- 5th December 1996Give one non-legal way that prejudice in a community can be challenged.
- 6th December 1996Give one way a UK faith community might promote racial harmony locally.
- 7th December 1996Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
- 8th December 1996How many days does Acts 1:3 record that Jesus appeared to his disciples after the resurrection, before the ascension?
- 9th December 1996Give one reason why some churches in Britain now offer streamed or online services.
- 10th December 1996A parish spends 350 pounds on hospitality for its Pentecost celebrations, shared equally across 5 identical events in the deanery. Calculate the cost per event.
- 11th December 1996According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
- 12th December 1996What title is given to Ibrahim in Qur'an 4:125?
- 13th December 1996Name the source (chapter and verse) that describes guardian angels protecting a person 'by the decree of Allah'.
- 14th December 1996State the Islamic calendar date (day and month) on which Ashura falls.
- 15th December 1996Name one obligatory payment made by many Shia Muslims in addition to zakat.
- 16th December 1996What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'jihad'?
- 17th December 1996In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches that looking at someone lustfully is already a form of what?
- 18th December 1996Give one example of a religious role not open to women in most Orthodox Jewish communities.
- 19th December 1996Which biblical book, accepted by Catholics but not by most Protestants, is often cited to support praying for the dead?
- 20th December 1996What is the Islamic term for paradise?
- 21st December 1996Which form of euthanasia involves withdrawing or withholding treatment rather than actively causing death?
- 22nd December 1996What modern scientific theory about the universe's origin is sometimes used to support the idea that the universe began to exist?
- 23rd December 1996Give one example of a rite of passage associated with a religious upbringing.
- 24th December 1996State one difference between a refugee and an economic migrant.
- 25th December 1996Identify one risk of using the word 'jihad' only in its narrow, armed-struggle sense.
- 26th December 1996According to James 1:14-15, where does sin come from, according to this teaching?
- 27th December 1996Explain one reason financial compensation cannot fully relieve a victim's suffering.
- 28th December 1996Give one example of a qualified right that can sometimes be lawfully restricted.
- 29th December 1996Give the modern meaning of the proverb 'the borrower is slave to the lender' (Proverbs 22:7).
- 30th December 1996Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
- 31st December 1996What name is given to the Christian doctrine that every person is born already affected by Adam and Eve's sin?