Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

June 1997 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in June 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 June 1997What does the Islamic term dhabihah refer to?
  2. 2nd June 1997Under which Act is it a criminal offence to encourage or assist another person's suicide in England and Wales?
  3. 3rd June 1997What is the term for a theory holding that evolution describes the process God chose to use to create life?
  4. 4th June 1997Name 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.
  5. 5th June 1997Give one reason a strict literalist reading of Genesis might be seen as in conflict with modern science.
  6. 6th June 1997What is the main difference between retributive justice and restorative justice?
  7. 7th June 1997Suggest one reason forgiveness after a war might be difficult for victims to offer straight away.
  8. 8th June 1997What is required of every UK prison in terms of religious support for prisoners?
  9. 9th June 1997Name the Act of Parliament that ended the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, and give the year it was passed.
  10. 10th June 1997Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
  11. 11th June 1997According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
  12. 12th June 1997Give 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.
  13. 13th June 1997In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
  14. 14th June 1997Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
  15. 15th June 1997State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  16. 16th June 1997What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  17. 17th June 1997What does Al-Mizan represent?
  18. 18th June 1997Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  19. 19th June 1997State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  20. 20th June 1997State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  21. 21st June 1997Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  22. 22nd June 1997Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  23. 23rd June 1997Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  24. 24th June 1997Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  25. 25th June 1997What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  26. 26th June 1997Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  27. 27th June 1997What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  28. 28th June 1997What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  29. 29th June 1997State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  30. 30th June 1997Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.