Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
March 2013 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in March 2013, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in March 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2013Which night of the last ten nights of Ramadan is most commonly favoured by tradition as Laylat al-Qadr?
- 2nd March 2013What does the plain, white, seamless clothing worn during ihram symbolise?
- 3rd March 2013State the year in which the Sexual Offences Act, which set the current age of consent, was passed.
- 4th March 2013What is meant by fostering a child?
- 5th March 2013Name the scientist most associated with observing that galaxies are moving apart, supporting the idea of an expanding universe.
- 6th March 2013What is the key difference between the sanctity of life argument and the quality of life argument in the abortion debate?
- 7th March 2013What term describes the Catholic Church's central teaching authority?
- 8th March 2013According to Freud, what psychological need does belief in God satisfy?
- 9th March 2013Name the three types of vision described in the Augustinian/Aquinas classification.
- 10th March 2013Name the international organisation most associated with monitoring the welfare of prisoners of war.
- 11th March 2013State one reason a country might choose to give up its weapons of mass destruction rather than rely on deterrence.
- 12th March 2013Which Just War principle do nuclear weapons most seriously break, according to religious critics?
- 13th March 2013Give one difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.
- 14th March 2013What is the Arabic term for sincere repentance in Islam?
- 15th March 2013Explain briefly why charity alone might not be enough to end poverty.
- 16th March 2013What term describes having a lower standard of living than the average person in your own country, even though your basic needs may be met?
- 17th March 2013State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
- 18th March 2013Which theological tradition, named after Jacobus Arminius, emphasises human free will in responding to God's grace?
- 19th March 2013Give one non-religious factor that can make it harder for persecuted Christians to receive outside help.
- 20th March 2013Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
- 21st March 2013Give the Qur'anic reference (surah and ayah) often cited for a passage that lists many of Allah's names.
- 22nd March 2013Which earlier scripture do Muslims associate with the prophet Isa (Jesus)?
- 23rd March 2013Give the term for the belief that some Muslims hold that the Prophet Muhammad may intercede for believers on the Day of Judgement.
- 24th March 2013Give one obligatory act found in the Ten Obligatory Acts that is not one of the Five Pillars.
- 25th March 2013What is the name of the meal eaten just before dawn, before the fast begins each day during Ramadan?
- 26th March 2013According to Qur'an 62:9, what should believers do when the call to Friday prayer is made?
- 27th March 2013State one difference between how a civil partnership is formed and how a religious marriage is formed.
- 28th March 2013What is meant by an extended family?
- 29th March 2013In what year was Laudato Si' published?
- 30th March 2013In what year did the UK ban testing cosmetics and their ingredients on animals?
- 31st March 2013According to Qur'an 96:1, what is the first command given to Muhammad in this encounter?