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June 2000 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in June 2000, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in June 2000

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 2000A Muslim's qualifying savings are 5,000 pounds. Calculate 2.5 per cent zakah on this amount.
  2. 2nd June 2000According to Qur'an 40:60, what does Allah promise in response to dua?
  3. 3rd June 2000Give one legal protection a married couple has that a cohabiting couple does not automatically have.
  4. 4th June 2000What is meant by an 'empty nest' family?
  5. 5th June 2000In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  6. 6th June 2000Which UK Act of Parliament licenses and regulates scientific procedures on protected animals?
  7. 7th June 2000In which cave is Muhammad believed to have first encountered the angel Jibril?
  8. 8th June 2000Who wrote The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), the key study of mystical experience?
  9. 9th June 2000Give one virtue that the soul-making theodicy says can be developed through facing suffering.
  10. 10th June 2000Give one just war criterion that judges how proportionate the harm of a war is to the good it might achieve.
  11. 11th June 2000Give one Bible reference that Christians associate with peacemaking.
  12. 12th June 2000Which of the five statutory purposes of sentencing focuses on making amends to those affected by a crime?
  13. 13th June 2000Give the definition of corporal punishment.
  14. 14th June 2000Explain what religious discrimination means, giving a brief example.
  15. 15th June 2000State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
  16. 16th June 2000Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  17. 17th June 2000According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  18. 18th June 2000A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
  19. 19th June 2000Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
  20. 20th June 2000According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  21. 21st June 2000According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
  22. 22nd June 2000Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
  23. 23rd June 2000Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
  24. 24th June 2000Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
  25. 25th June 2000Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  26. 26th June 2000Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  27. 27th June 2000State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  28. 28th June 2000Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  29. 29th June 2000Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  30. 30th June 2000In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?