Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
March 2003 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in March 2003, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in March 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2003Which Qur'anic verse is most often cited as evidence for Muhammad's finality?
- 2nd March 2003What Arabic term refers to a person's provision, such as wealth or sustenance, in life?
- 3rd March 2003Give one reason some Muslims find the idea of an infallible human leader difficult to accept.
- 4th March 2003Which of the Five Pillars of Islam is the Shahadah?
- 5th March 2003State the Arabic name for the meal eaten just before dawn during Ramadan, before the daily fast begins.
- 6th March 2003Name the two purposes of sex within marriage that, according to Catholic teaching, must both be respected.
- 7th March 2003In the Book of Ruth, which extended family member does Ruth remain loyal to?
- 8th March 2003What does the Islamic term dhabihah refer to?
- 9th March 2003Under which Act is it a criminal offence to encourage or assist another person's suicide in England and Wales?
- 10th March 2003What is the term for a theory holding that evolution describes the process God chose to use to create life?
- 11th March 2003Name 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.
- 12th March 2003Give one reason a strict literalist reading of Genesis might be seen as in conflict with modern science.
- 13th March 2003What is the main difference between retributive justice and restorative justice?
- 14th March 2003Suggest one reason forgiveness after a war might be difficult for victims to offer straight away.
- 15th March 2003What is required of every UK prison in terms of religious support for prisoners?
- 16th March 2003Name the Act of Parliament that ended the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, and give the year it was passed.
- 17th March 2003Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
- 18th March 2003According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
- 19th March 2003Give 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.
- 20th March 2003In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
- 21st March 2003Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
- 22nd March 2003State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
- 23rd March 2003What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 24th March 2003What does Al-Mizan represent?
- 25th March 2003Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
- 26th March 2003State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
- 27th March 2003State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
- 28th March 2003Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
- 29th March 2003Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
- 30th March 2003Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
- 31st March 2003Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.