Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
May 1999 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in May 1999, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in May 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1999State the Arabic name for the meal eaten just before dawn during Ramadan, before the daily fast begins.
- 2nd May 1999Name the two purposes of sex within marriage that, according to Catholic teaching, must both be respected.
- 3rd May 1999In the Book of Ruth, which extended family member does Ruth remain loyal to?
- 4th May 1999What does the Islamic term dhabihah refer to?
- 5th May 1999Under which Act is it a criminal offence to encourage or assist another person's suicide in England and Wales?
- 6th May 1999What is the term for a theory holding that evolution describes the process God chose to use to create life?
- 7th May 1999Name 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.
- 8th May 1999Give one reason a strict literalist reading of Genesis might be seen as in conflict with modern science.
- 9th May 1999What is the main difference between retributive justice and restorative justice?
- 10th May 1999Suggest one reason forgiveness after a war might be difficult for victims to offer straight away.
- 11th May 1999What is required of every UK prison in terms of religious support for prisoners?
- 12th May 1999Name the Act of Parliament that ended the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, and give the year it was passed.
- 13th May 1999Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
- 14th May 1999According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
- 15th May 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.
- 16th May 1999In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
- 17th May 1999Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
- 18th May 1999State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
- 19th May 1999What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 20th May 1999What does Al-Mizan represent?
- 21st May 1999Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
- 22nd May 1999State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
- 23rd May 1999State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
- 24th May 1999Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
- 25th May 1999Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
- 26th May 1999Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
- 27th May 1999Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
- 28th May 1999What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
- 29th May 1999Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
- 30th May 1999What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
- 31st May 1999What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?