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March 2012 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in March 2012, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in March 2012

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

  1. 1st March 2012What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
  2. 2nd March 2012Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
  3. 3rd March 2012What is restorative justice?
  4. 4th March 2012Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
  5. 5th March 2012State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
  6. 6th March 2012State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  7. 7th March 2012Give 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.
  8. 8th March 2012What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
  9. 9th March 2012Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
  10. 10th March 2012Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
  11. 11th March 2012What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  12. 12th March 2012What does As-Sirat mean?
  13. 13th March 2012Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
  14. 14th March 2012Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
  15. 15th March 2012Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
  16. 16th March 2012What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
  17. 17th March 2012Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
  18. 18th March 2012What is meant by cohabitation?
  19. 19th March 2012What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
  20. 20th March 2012Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
  21. 21st March 2012What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
  22. 22nd March 2012Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
  23. 23rd March 2012Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?
  24. 24th March 2012What does the principle of discrimination require in war?
  25. 25th March 2012Suggest one reason a Humanist might oppose weapons of mass destruction without appealing to any religious teaching.
  26. 26th March 2012According to Qur'an 2:190, what limit is placed on fighting?
  27. 27th March 2012Complete the quotation: 'Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as ______' (Ephesians 4:32).
  28. 28th March 2012What does 'fitrah' mean in Islam?
  29. 29th March 2012Give one example of a structural change that could help reduce poverty in the long term.
  30. 30th March 2012Name the United Nations goal that aims to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030.
  31. 31st March 2012State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.