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August 2010 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in August 2010, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in August 2010

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

  1. 1st August 2010At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  2. 2nd August 2010In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  3. 3rd August 2010State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  4. 4th August 2010What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  5. 5th August 2010Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  6. 6th August 2010Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  7. 7th August 2010Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  8. 8th August 2010Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  9. 9th August 2010In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  10. 10th August 2010State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  11. 11th August 2010What is meant by adoption?
  12. 12th August 2010Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  13. 13th August 2010Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  14. 14th August 2010Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  15. 15th August 2010What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  16. 16th August 2010Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  17. 17th August 2010What does jus in bello mean?
  18. 18th August 2010According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  19. 19th August 2010What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  20. 20th August 2010Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  21. 21st August 2010In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?
  22. 22nd August 2010Give one structural cause of poverty.
  23. 23rd August 2010Give one reason why owing debt can trap a developing country in poverty.
  24. 24th August 2010State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  25. 25th August 2010Which Christian tradition, associated with the reformer John Calvin, places strong emphasis on predestination and God's sovereign choice in salvation?
  26. 26th August 2010State one way a persecuted Christian community might continue to worship safely.
  27. 27th August 2010Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  28. 28th August 2010Define adab as used in this topic.
  29. 29th August 2010What does tahrif mean?
  30. 30th August 2010Name the bridge that, according to Muslim tradition, will stretch over Jahannam on the Day of Judgement.
  31. 31st August 2010What is meant by Zakah?