Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
October 2004 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in October 2004, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in October 2004
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2004Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 2nd October 2004State the difference between particular judgement and general judgement.
- 3rd October 2004State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
- 4th October 2004According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 5th October 2004What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
- 6th October 2004Define the term Rasul.
- 7th October 2004Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 8th October 2004What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 9th October 2004Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 10th October 2004State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 11th October 2004Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 12th October 2004Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 13th October 2004According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 14th October 2004What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 15th October 2004Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 16th October 2004In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 17th October 2004Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 18th October 2004Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 19th October 2004State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 20th October 2004In 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?
- 21st October 2004State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 22nd October 2004Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 23rd October 2004Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 24th October 2004Give 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.
- 25th October 2004At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 26th October 2004In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 27th October 2004State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
- 28th October 2004What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 29th October 2004Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
- 30th October 2004Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
- 31st October 2004Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?