Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
March 2008 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in March 2008, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in March 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2008Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
- 2nd March 2008Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
- 3rd March 2008Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
- 4th March 2008Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
- 5th March 2008State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
- 6th March 2008Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
- 7th March 2008Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
- 8th March 2008In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
- 9th March 2008In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
- 10th March 2008Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
- 11th March 2008Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
- 12th March 2008Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
- 13th March 2008Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
- 14th March 2008Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
- 15th March 2008In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
- 16th March 2008State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
- 17th March 2008Give 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 March 2008According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
- 19th March 2008According to Hebrews 4:15, what does the belief that Jesus is 'tempted in every way, just as we are' mean for how Christians view God's understanding of suffering?
- 20th March 2008State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
- 21st March 2008According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
- 22nd March 2008State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.
- 23rd March 2008Give one term used for the mosque in Jerusalem associated with the Isra.
- 24th March 2008Name the prophet believed to have been given the ability to understand the speech of birds and animals.
- 25th March 2008Give one area of genuine scholarly disagreement about who is exempt from Hajj or umrah.
- 26th March 2008Roughly which direction does the qiblah point to from the UK?
- 27th March 2008State whether sadaqah is compulsory or voluntary for Muslims.
- 28th March 2008What is the legal document that finally ends a marriage in England and Wales, since the 2022 reforms?
- 29th March 2008Name the person who typically leads a Christian wedding service and gives a sermon or address.
- 30th March 2008Give one piece of scientific evidence, other than the fossil record, that is used to support the theory of evolution.
- 31st March 2008State one difference between the idea of dominion and the idea of stewardship.