Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

December 2009 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 2009, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in December 2009

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 2009In which book of the New Testament is Jesus's healing of a man born blind described?
  2. 2nd December 2009Give one reason some people argue that science cannot fully answer questions about the purpose or meaning of life.
  3. 3rd December 2009In what country did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission studied in this topic take place?
  4. 4th December 2009Name the type of person who is forced to leave their home country because of war or persecution, in search of safety.
  5. 5th December 2009Name the UK-based Christian programme, run by Prison Fellowship, that brings offenders face to face with crime victims.
  6. 6th December 2009Complete the quotation: 'Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that ______' (Genesis 4:15).
  7. 7th December 2009Under Fairtrade terms, what does a producer receive that they might not receive selling on the open market?
  8. 8th December 2009State what Deuteronomy 15:11 commands believers to do.
  9. 9th December 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.
  10. 10th December 2009Which Old Testament prophet is quoted in Matthew's Gospel about a ruler coming from Bethlehem?
  11. 11th December 2009Which prayer did Jesus teach his disciples in Matthew 6:9-13?
  12. 12th December 2009Give one difference between set prayer and informal prayer.
  13. 13th December 2009What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  14. 14th December 2009What does the word Barzakh mean in Islamic belief about life after death?
  15. 15th December 2009What does 'omnipotence' mean when applied to Allah?
  16. 16th December 2009Name the cave where Muhammad is believed to have received the first revelation of the Qur'an.
  17. 17th December 2009Give the Qur'anic description of the value of worship on Laylat al-Qadr, found in Qur'an 97:3.
  18. 18th December 2009What is umrah, and how does it differ from Hajj?
  19. 19th December 2009Define the term 'monogamy'.
  20. 20th December 2009State one advantage of family planning for a couple.
  21. 21st December 2009What is meant by omniscient?
  22. 22nd December 2009Define 'viability' as it is used in the abortion debate.
  23. 23rd December 2009Name one Protestant Christian tradition that may permit abortion in some circumstances.
  24. 24th December 2009What does Russell's teapot analogy argue about the burden of proof?
  25. 25th December 2009What term describes knowledge of God that comes through nature, reason or general experience, available in principle to anyone?
  26. 26th December 2009What term describes a combatant who has surrendered or is otherwise unable to continue fighting?
  27. 27th December 2009A country holds a powerful weapon only to discourage attack, without intending to use it first. What is this strategy called?
  28. 28th December 2009How did Pope Francis's teaching on nuclear weapons, from 2017 onwards, go further than Pope John Paul II's 1982 position?
  29. 29th December 2009What does it mean when a Christian says 'I forgive you' to someone who wronged them?
  30. 30th December 2009What does the Christian idea of 'the Fall' refer to?
  31. 31st December 2009State one reason poverty should not be seen as the fault of the person experiencing it.