Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
December 1999 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 1999, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in December 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1999Name the scientific process by which small variations passed between generations gradually change a species over time.
- 2nd December 1999Give one non-religious reason for protecting the environment.
- 3rd December 1999According to the hadith on dreams, what fraction of prophethood is a good dream from a righteous person said to be?
- 4th December 1999Give the two categories evil and suffering are traditionally divided into.
- 5th December 1999Give one scripture reference that links conflict to human greed or selfish desire.
- 6th December 1999A believer refuses to fight in any war, even one fought to stop a massacre. Which type of pacifism does this best illustrate?
- 7th December 1999State one activity the Corrymeela Community runs to bring divided communities together.
- 8th December 1999Give one disadvantage often associated with short prison sentences.
- 9th December 1999Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
- 10th December 1999Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
- 11th December 1999Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
- 12th December 1999Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 13th December 1999What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?
- 14th December 1999A group of 45 pilgrims share the 900 pound cost of hiring a coach to a shrine. Calculate the cost per person.
- 15th December 1999According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 16th December 1999Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
- 17th December 1999Define the term Nabi.
- 18th December 1999According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
- 19th December 1999According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
- 20th December 1999Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
- 21st December 1999State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
- 22nd December 1999A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 23rd December 1999Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 24th December 1999Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 25th December 1999Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
- 26th December 1999What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
- 27th December 1999Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
- 28th December 1999What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
- 29th December 1999State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
- 30th December 1999According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
- 31st December 1999According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?