Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
October 2003 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in October 2003, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in October 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2003How many obligatory rakahs are performed in the Isha prayer?
- 2nd October 2003Give one advantage sadaqah has over zakah when responding to a sudden emergency, such as a natural disaster.
- 3rd October 2003Which Bible verse describes a believer as 'not bound' if their unbelieving spouse chooses to leave the marriage?
- 4th October 2003What does it mean to 'witness' a marriage?
- 5th October 2003Name the scientific process by which small variations passed between generations gradually change a species over time.
- 6th October 2003Give one non-religious reason for protecting the environment.
- 7th October 2003According to the hadith on dreams, what fraction of prophethood is a good dream from a righteous person said to be?
- 8th October 2003Give the two categories evil and suffering are traditionally divided into.
- 9th October 2003Give one scripture reference that links conflict to human greed or selfish desire.
- 10th October 2003A believer refuses to fight in any war, even one fought to stop a massacre. Which type of pacifism does this best illustrate?
- 11th October 2003State one activity the Corrymeela Community runs to bring divided communities together.
- 12th October 2003Give one disadvantage often associated with short prison sentences.
- 13th October 2003Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
- 14th October 2003Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
- 15th October 2003Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
- 16th October 2003Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 17th October 2003What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?
- 18th October 2003A group of 45 pilgrims share the 900 pound cost of hiring a coach to a shrine. Calculate the cost per person.
- 19th October 2003According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 20th October 2003Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
- 21st October 2003Define the term Nabi.
- 22nd October 2003According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
- 23rd October 2003According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
- 24th October 2003Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
- 25th October 2003State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
- 26th October 2003A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 27th October 2003Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 28th October 2003Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 29th October 2003Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
- 30th October 2003What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
- 31st October 2003Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.