Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
November 2002 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in November 2002, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in November 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2002State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
- 2nd November 2002According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 3rd November 2002What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
- 4th November 2002Define the term Rasul.
- 5th November 2002Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 6th November 2002What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 7th November 2002Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 8th November 2002State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 9th November 2002Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 10th November 2002Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 11th November 2002According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 12th November 2002What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 13th November 2002Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 14th November 2002In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 15th November 2002Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 16th November 2002Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 17th November 2002State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 18th November 2002In 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?
- 19th November 2002State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 20th November 2002Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 21st November 2002Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 22nd November 2002Give 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.
- 23rd November 2002At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 24th November 2002In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 25th November 2002State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
- 26th November 2002What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 27th November 2002Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
- 28th November 2002Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
- 29th November 2002Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
- 30th November 2002Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.