Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
August 2009 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in August 2009, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in August 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2009A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 2nd August 2009Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 3rd August 2009Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 4th August 2009Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
- 5th August 2009What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
- 6th August 2009Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
- 7th August 2009What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
- 8th August 2009State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
- 9th August 2009According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
- 10th August 2009According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
- 11th August 2009In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
- 12th August 2009Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
- 13th August 2009Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.
- 14th August 2009Give the name for the Christian interpretation of Genesis 1 which reads each 'day' as a long period of time rather than a literal 24-hour day.
- 15th August 2009Name the New Testament letter that states 'in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form'.
- 16th August 2009Name the Anglican service book, first compiled in 1549 and revised in 1662, that provides set liturgy for worship.
- 17th August 2009State one reason why some Christians use a physical aid, such as a prayer rope or beads, when praying.
- 18th August 2009What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 19th August 2009Give one Qur'anic reference commonly used to support belief in Al-Mizan.
- 20th August 2009Give one belief that shows transcendence and immanence are not really contradictory in Muslim theology.
- 21st August 2009Give one reason a Muslim might consult a Tafsir when studying the Qur'an.
- 22nd August 2009Name the charitable payment traditionally given before the Eid al-Fitr prayer, at the end of Ramadan.
- 23rd August 2009Roughly how many pilgrims perform Hajj in a typical year?
- 24th August 2009Name the New Testament letter, other than 1 Corinthians, that contains Paul's teaching to 'abstain from sexual immorality'.
- 25th August 2009What is meant by contraception?
- 26th August 2009What is meant by the steady state theory?
- 27th August 2009According to many Muslim scholars, at approximately what point in pregnancy does ensoulment traditionally take place?
- 28th August 2009Which 1968 papal document is often cited to support Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life?
- 29th August 2009Which philosopher coined the term 'agnostic' in 1869?
- 30th August 2009In which book of the Bible is Paul's experience on the road to Damascus described?
- 31st August 2009Name the two main jus in bello principles.