Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

January 1998 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1998

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 1998Give the two categories evil and suffering are traditionally divided into.
  2. 2nd January 1998Give one scripture reference that links conflict to human greed or selfish desire.
  3. 3rd January 1998A believer refuses to fight in any war, even one fought to stop a massacre. Which type of pacifism does this best illustrate?
  4. 4th January 1998State one activity the Corrymeela Community runs to bring divided communities together.
  5. 5th January 1998Give one disadvantage often associated with short prison sentences.
  6. 6th January 1998Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
  7. 7th January 1998Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
  8. 8th January 1998Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
  9. 9th January 1998Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  10. 10th January 1998What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?
  11. 11th January 1998A group of 45 pilgrims share the 900 pound cost of hiring a coach to a shrine. Calculate the cost per person.
  12. 12th January 1998According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  13. 13th January 1998Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
  14. 14th January 1998Define the term Nabi.
  15. 15th January 1998According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
  16. 16th January 1998According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
  17. 17th January 1998Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
  18. 18th January 1998State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
  19. 19th January 1998A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
  20. 20th January 1998Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
  21. 21st January 1998Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
  22. 22nd January 1998Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
  23. 23rd January 1998What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
  24. 24th January 1998Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
  25. 25th January 1998What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
  26. 26th January 1998State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
  27. 27th January 1998According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
  28. 28th January 1998According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
  29. 29th January 1998In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
  30. 30th January 1998Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
  31. 31st January 1998Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.