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May 2005 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

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

Every sheet in May 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 May 2005What does Job's response in Job 42:1-6, after God speaks from the whirlwind, show about his attitude?
  2. 2nd May 2005Give one difference between an 'open table' Communion and a 'closed' Communion.
  3. 3rd May 2005According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  4. 4th May 2005What is the Arabic term often translated as 'the signs of the Hour'?
  5. 5th May 2005In roughly what period of Muhammad's life, in relation to the Hijrah, is the Night Journey traditionally placed?
  6. 6th May 2005State one difference between a Nabi and a Rasul.
  7. 7th May 2005What is umrah?
  8. 8th May 2005What is the Arabic term for the call to prayer announced from the mosque?
  9. 9th May 2005Name the pillar of Islam that most closely parallels khums in being an obligatory, percentage-based payment.
  10. 10th May 2005Give one practical issue a religious community might need to decide when a divorced member wishes to remarry.
  11. 11th May 2005What is meant by a wedding vow?
  12. 12th May 2005Which book of the Bible contains the account of God forming the first human from the dust of the ground?
  13. 13th May 2005Define the term stewardship.
  14. 14th May 2005Which of Joseph's Old Testament dreams anger his brothers, according to Genesis 37:5-11?
  15. 15th May 2005Name the philosopher who developed the modern version of the free will defence.
  16. 16th May 2005Give one non-religious cause of war.
  17. 17th May 2005Identify the religious group named in this topic that has a long historical tradition of pacifism.
  18. 18th May 2005Why might faith motivate someone to volunteer for a peace organisation, rather than just believing peace is a good idea?
  19. 19th May 2005Give one requirement that can be attached to a community sentence.
  20. 20th May 2005What Arabic term is often used for the idea of justice that Shariah aims to establish?
  21. 21st May 2005Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
  22. 22nd May 2005Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
  23. 23rd May 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.
  24. 24th May 2005According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
  25. 25th May 2005Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
  26. 26th May 2005According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
  27. 27th May 2005In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
  28. 28th May 2005What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
  29. 29th May 2005Give one Arabic phrase, other than insha'Allah, that a Muslim might say on seeing something impressive or blessed, showing that it happened by Allah's will.
  30. 30th May 2005Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
  31. 31st May 2005What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?