Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 1999 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 1999, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in January 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1999Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 2nd January 1999What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 3rd January 1999Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 4th January 1999State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 5th January 1999Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 6th January 1999Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 7th January 1999According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 8th January 1999What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 9th January 1999Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 10th January 1999In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 11th January 1999Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 12th January 1999Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 13th January 1999State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 14th January 1999In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?
- 15th January 1999State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 16th January 1999Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 17th January 1999Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 18th January 1999Give 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.
- 19th January 1999At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 20th January 1999In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 21st January 1999State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
- 22nd January 1999What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 23rd January 1999Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
- 24th January 1999Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
- 25th January 1999Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
- 26th January 1999Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
- 27th January 1999In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
- 28th January 1999State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
- 29th January 1999What is meant by adoption?
- 30th January 1999Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
- 31st January 1999Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?