Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
September 2005 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in September 2005, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in September 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2005What might a Muslim who cannot travel for Hajj themselves choose to do instead, according to some scholars?
- 2nd September 2005How many obligatory rakahs are performed in the Isha prayer?
- 3rd September 2005Give one advantage sadaqah has over zakah when responding to a sudden emergency, such as a natural disaster.
- 4th September 2005Which Bible verse describes a believer as 'not bound' if their unbelieving spouse chooses to leave the marriage?
- 5th September 2005What does it mean to 'witness' a marriage?
- 6th September 2005Name the scientific process by which small variations passed between generations gradually change a species over time.
- 7th September 2005Give one non-religious reason for protecting the environment.
- 8th September 2005According to the hadith on dreams, what fraction of prophethood is a good dream from a righteous person said to be?
- 9th September 2005Give the two categories evil and suffering are traditionally divided into.
- 10th September 2005Give one scripture reference that links conflict to human greed or selfish desire.
- 11th September 2005A believer refuses to fight in any war, even one fought to stop a massacre. Which type of pacifism does this best illustrate?
- 12th September 2005State one activity the Corrymeela Community runs to bring divided communities together.
- 13th September 2005Give one disadvantage often associated with short prison sentences.
- 14th September 2005Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
- 15th September 2005Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
- 16th September 2005Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
- 17th September 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.
- 18th September 2005What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?
- 19th September 2005A group of 45 pilgrims share the 900 pound cost of hiring a coach to a shrine. Calculate the cost per person.
- 20th September 2005According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 21st September 2005Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
- 22nd September 2005Define the term Nabi.
- 23rd September 2005According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
- 24th September 2005According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
- 25th September 2005Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
- 26th September 2005State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
- 27th September 2005A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 28th September 2005Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 29th September 2005Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 30th September 2005Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.