Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 2004 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2004, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in January 2004
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2004Give the term used for these first four Sunni caliphs, meaning 'rightly guided'.
- 2nd January 2004State one practical effect of many Shia Muslims combining prayers into three periods.
- 3rd January 2004Which of the two forms of jihad applies to every Muslim, every day, without exception?
- 4th January 2004Name the Gospel in which Jesus's teaching on lust and adultery 'in the heart' is found.
- 5th January 2004Give one branch of Judaism that ordains women as rabbis.
- 6th January 2004What is purgatory, according to Catholic teaching?
- 7th January 2004Which denomination of Christianity most commonly teaches belief in purgatory?
- 8th January 2004Give the Arabic term for the belief that life is a trust from Allah that must be protected.
- 9th January 2004In which of his works did Aquinas set out the Five Ways?
- 10th January 2004State one reason a faith school might reinforce belief in God more than a non-faith school.
- 11th January 2004What is the key difference between a refugee and an internally displaced person?
- 12th January 2004State one just war criterion, other than discrimination, that terrorism typically fails to meet.
- 13th January 2004Give one type of crime that involves taking someone else's property without permission.
- 14th January 2004Give one reason why a community sentence might cause less suffering to an offender's family than a prison sentence.
- 15th January 2004Give one example of an absolute right that can never lawfully be restricted.
- 16th January 2004State one non-financial cost of poverty that religious charities often highlight.
- 17th January 2004Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
- 18th January 2004Give one title the New Testament gives to Jesus that describes his role in achieving salvation.
- 19th January 2004What wrongly do Job's friends assume is the cause of his suffering?
- 20th January 2004State who usually leads a Confirmation service in the Anglican Church.
- 21st January 2004According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
- 22nd January 2004Give one reason minor signs are described as 'minor' rather than 'major'.
- 23rd January 2004What title is traditionally given to Abu Bakr, partly because of his response to the Night Journey?
- 24th January 2004Give the Arabic term for a miracle Allah grants a prophet as a sign of their message.
- 25th January 2004Name the three conditions of istita'ah (ability) that make Hajj obligatory.
- 26th January 2004How many obligatory rakahs are performed in the Fajr prayer?
- 27th January 2004Name one use of khums funds other than direct support for the poor.
- 28th January 2004What legal term is used for ending a civil partnership, as distinct from ending a marriage?
- 29th January 2004In Islam, what is the marriage agreement signed during the nikah called?
- 30th January 2004According to the Genesis creation account, on which day does God create human beings?
- 31st January 2004What Arabic word describes the earth being held by humans as a trust from Allah?