Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1997 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1997

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

  1. 1st January 1997What happens to Job's fortunes by the end of the book, according to Job 42:10-17?
  2. 2nd January 1997A church holds Communion services attended by an average of 64 people each week. Calculate the total attendance over a 4-week month, assuming attendance stays the same.
  3. 3rd January 1997According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  4. 4th January 1997State the general term for the Last Day that these signs are believed to precede.
  5. 5th January 1997What is the name given to the winged creature traditionally said to have carried Muhammad during the Isra?
  6. 6th January 1997Give one way a Muslim today might use the story of a prophet other than Muhammad to guide their own behaviour.
  7. 7th January 1997Give one Hajj-specific rite that umrah does not include.
  8. 8th January 1997What is the term for personal, informal prayer, as opposed to the fixed ritual of salah?
  9. 9th January 1997State the fraction of qualifying surplus income that khums represents.
  10. 10th January 1997Under the no-fault divorce process, what is the minimum number of weeks between starting proceedings and applying for a conditional order?
  11. 11th January 1997Give one purpose of the walima.
  12. 12th January 1997Give one reason someone might object to using quality of life, on its own, as the basis for a person's value.
  13. 13th January 1997Which book, chapter and verse of the Bible describes God placing the first man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it?
  14. 14th January 1997What does Ibrahim believe he is instructed to do through a dream, according to Qur'an 37:102?
  15. 15th January 1997Which two divine attributes does the traditional formulation of the problem of evil question?
  16. 16th January 1997Name one secular theory that explains war mainly in terms of states pursuing power and security.
  17. 17th January 1997Name the type of pacifism that accepts violence might sometimes be used, but only as a last resort.
  18. 18th January 1997Give one possible limitation of case-study peace organisations like Corrymeela.
  19. 19th January 1997State what is meant by restorative justice.
  20. 20th January 1997What is 'diyya'?
  21. 21st January 1997Name the Act of Parliament that lists 'religion or belief' as a protected characteristic in the UK.
  22. 22nd January 1997Which international court hears human rights cases under the European Convention on Human Rights?
  23. 23rd January 1997Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  24. 24th January 1997State the difference between particular judgement and general judgement.
  25. 25th January 1997State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
  26. 26th January 1997According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  27. 27th January 1997What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
  28. 28th January 1997Define the term Rasul.
  29. 29th January 1997Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
  30. 30th January 1997What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
  31. 31st January 1997Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.