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January 2005 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2005, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in January 2005

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 2005Name the Qur'an reference that contrasts riba (interest) unfavourably with zakah.
  2. 2nd January 2005Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  3. 3rd January 2005Give one Christian practice through which believers are taught they can receive God's grace.
  4. 4th January 2005According to Job 1:21, what does Job say when he loses his family and possessions?
  5. 5th January 2005Name one item, other than bread and wine, commonly found on the Communion table during a service.
  6. 6th January 2005According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  7. 7th January 2005Name one major sign of the Last Day involving the return of an earlier prophet.
  8. 8th January 2005In which city did the Isra begin?
  9. 9th January 2005Give one miracle associated with the prophet Musa (Moses), other than his staff turning into a snake.
  10. 10th January 2005According to Qur'an 3:97, on whom is the duty of pilgrimage placed?
  11. 11th January 2005Besides Jummah, name one other special congregational prayer occasion in the Muslim calendar.
  12. 12th January 2005Calculate the khums owed, at one-fifth, on a Shi'a Muslim's surplus profit of 250 pounds.
  13. 13th January 2005Give one reason non-religious people may support prioritising children's stability over keeping parents together.
  14. 14th January 2005Name one document a couple must sign at a Christian wedding to make the marriage legally binding.
  15. 15th January 2005Give one human quality, other than reason, that Humanists might say gives human life its value.
  16. 16th January 2005State one fact about the Paris Agreement.
  17. 17th January 2005What warning does Joseph, husband of Mary, receive in a dream in Matthew 2:13?
  18. 18th January 2005What is the difference between the logical and the evidential problem of evil?
  19. 19th January 2005Give one reason people might disagree about the true cause of a particular war.
  20. 20th January 2005A group organises peace talks between two communities after fighting between them has stopped. Is this best described as pacifism or peacemaking?
  21. 21st January 2005Give one method the Muslim Peacemaker Teams use to reduce violence.
  22. 22nd January 2005Give one advantage of prison over a community sentence for a serious offence.
  23. 23rd January 2005Give one condition classical Islamic law requires before a hudud punishment is applied.
  24. 24th January 2005Which part of Article 9 protects a person's right simply to hold a belief, without restriction?
  25. 25th January 2005Which section of the Human Rights Act 1998 requires a government minister to state whether a new bill is compatible with Convention rights before Parliament debates it?
  26. 26th January 2005Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  27. 27th January 2005Give one way some Christians interpret hell non-literally.
  28. 28th January 2005Give one criticism sometimes made of pilgrimage by Christians who do not think it is necessary for faith.
  29. 29th January 2005According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  30. 30th January 2005Which of the Sunni Six Beliefs corresponds most closely to the Shi'a root Nubuwwah?
  31. 31st January 2005Which Qur'anic verse is most often cited as evidence for Muhammad's finality?