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April 2011 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in April 2011, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in April 2011

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

  1. 1st April 2011State the year in which the Sexual Offences Act, which set the current age of consent, was passed.
  2. 2nd April 2011What is meant by fostering a child?
  3. 3rd April 2011Name the scientist most associated with observing that galaxies are moving apart, supporting the idea of an expanding universe.
  4. 4th April 2011What is the key difference between the sanctity of life argument and the quality of life argument in the abortion debate?
  5. 5th April 2011What term describes the Catholic Church's central teaching authority?
  6. 6th April 2011According to Freud, what psychological need does belief in God satisfy?
  7. 7th April 2011Name the three types of vision described in the Augustinian/Aquinas classification.
  8. 8th April 2011Name the international organisation most associated with monitoring the welfare of prisoners of war.
  9. 9th April 2011State one reason a country might choose to give up its weapons of mass destruction rather than rely on deterrence.
  10. 10th April 2011Which Just War principle do nuclear weapons most seriously break, according to religious critics?
  11. 11th April 2011Give one difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.
  12. 12th April 2011What is the Arabic term for sincere repentance in Islam?
  13. 13th April 2011Explain briefly why charity alone might not be enough to end poverty.
  14. 14th April 2011What term describes having a lower standard of living than the average person in your own country, even though your basic needs may be met?
  15. 15th April 2011State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  16. 16th April 2011Which theological tradition, named after Jacobus Arminius, emphasises human free will in responding to God's grace?
  17. 17th April 2011Give one non-religious factor that can make it harder for persecuted Christians to receive outside help.
  18. 18th April 2011Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  19. 19th April 2011Give the Qur'anic reference (surah and ayah) often cited for a passage that lists many of Allah's names.
  20. 20th April 2011Which earlier scripture do Muslims associate with the prophet Isa (Jesus)?
  21. 21st April 2011Give the term for the belief that some Muslims hold that the Prophet Muhammad may intercede for believers on the Day of Judgement.
  22. 22nd April 2011Give one obligatory act found in the Ten Obligatory Acts that is not one of the Five Pillars.
  23. 23rd April 2011What is the name of the meal eaten just before dawn, before the fast begins each day during Ramadan?
  24. 24th April 2011According to Qur'an 62:9, what should believers do when the call to Friday prayer is made?
  25. 25th April 2011State one difference between how a civil partnership is formed and how a religious marriage is formed.
  26. 26th April 2011What is meant by an extended family?
  27. 27th April 2011In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  28. 28th April 2011In what year did the UK ban testing cosmetics and their ingredients on animals?
  29. 29th April 2011According to Qur'an 96:1, what is the first command given to Muhammad in this encounter?
  30. 30th April 2011What word describes a religious experience shared by a whole group, such as during collective worship?