Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
July 2008 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in July 2008, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in July 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2008Which biblical book, accepted by Catholics but not by most Protestants, is often cited to support praying for the dead?
- 2nd July 2008What is the Islamic term for paradise?
- 3rd July 2008Which form of euthanasia involves withdrawing or withholding treatment rather than actively causing death?
- 4th July 2008What modern scientific theory about the universe's origin is sometimes used to support the idea that the universe began to exist?
- 5th July 2008Give one example of a rite of passage associated with a religious upbringing.
- 6th July 2008State one difference between a refugee and an economic migrant.
- 7th July 2008Identify one risk of using the word 'jihad' only in its narrow, armed-struggle sense.
- 8th July 2008According to James 1:14-15, where does sin come from, according to this teaching?
- 9th July 2008Explain one reason financial compensation cannot fully relieve a victim's suffering.
- 10th July 2008Give one example of a qualified right that can sometimes be lawfully restricted.
- 11th July 2008Give the modern meaning of the proverb 'the borrower is slave to the lender' (Proverbs 22:7).
- 12th July 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.
- 13th July 2008What name is given to the Christian doctrine that every person is born already affected by Adam and Eve's sin?
- 14th July 2008What happens to Job's fortunes by the end of the book, according to Job 42:10-17?
- 15th July 2008A church holds Communion services attended by an average of 64 people each week. Calculate the total attendance over a 4-week month, assuming attendance stays the same.
- 16th July 2008According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
- 17th July 2008State the general term for the Last Day that these signs are believed to precede.
- 18th July 2008What is the name given to the winged creature traditionally said to have carried Muhammad during the Isra?
- 19th July 2008Give one way a Muslim today might use the story of a prophet other than Muhammad to guide their own behaviour.
- 20th July 2008Give one Hajj-specific rite that umrah does not include.
- 21st July 2008What is the term for personal, informal prayer, as opposed to the fixed ritual of salah?
- 22nd July 2008State the fraction of qualifying surplus income that khums represents.
- 23rd July 2008Under the no-fault divorce process, what is the minimum number of weeks between starting proceedings and applying for a conditional order?
- 24th July 2008Give one purpose of the walima.
- 25th July 2008Give one reason someone might object to using quality of life, on its own, as the basis for a person's value.
- 26th July 2008Which book, chapter and verse of the Bible describes God placing the first man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it?
- 27th July 2008What does Ibrahim believe he is instructed to do through a dream, according to Qur'an 37:102?
- 28th July 2008Which two divine attributes does the traditional formulation of the problem of evil question?
- 29th July 2008Name one secular theory that explains war mainly in terms of states pursuing power and security.
- 30th July 2008Name the type of pacifism that accepts violence might sometimes be used, but only as a last resort.
- 31st July 2008Give one possible limitation of case-study peace organisations like Corrymeela.