Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
May 2014 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in May 2014, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in May 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2014Give one reason someone might object to using quality of life, on its own, as the basis for a person's value.
- 2nd May 2014Which book, chapter and verse of the Bible describes God placing the first man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it?
- 3rd May 2014What does Ibrahim believe he is instructed to do through a dream, according to Qur'an 37:102?
- 4th May 2014Which two divine attributes does the traditional formulation of the problem of evil question?
- 5th May 2014Name one secular theory that explains war mainly in terms of states pursuing power and security.
- 6th May 2014Name the type of pacifism that accepts violence might sometimes be used, but only as a last resort.
- 7th May 2014Give one possible limitation of case-study peace organisations like Corrymeela.
- 8th May 2014State what is meant by restorative justice.
- 9th May 2014What is 'diyya'?
- 10th May 2014Name the Act of Parliament that lists 'religion or belief' as a protected characteristic in the UK.
- 11th May 2014Which international court hears human rights cases under the European Convention on Human Rights?
- 12th May 2014Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 13th May 2014State the difference between particular judgement and general judgement.
- 14th May 2014State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
- 15th May 2014According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 16th May 2014What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
- 17th May 2014Define the term Rasul.
- 18th May 2014Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 19th May 2014What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 20th May 2014Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 21st May 2014State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 22nd May 2014Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 23rd May 2014Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 24th May 2014According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 25th May 2014What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 26th May 2014Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 27th May 2014In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 28th May 2014Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 29th May 2014Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 30th May 2014State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 31st May 2014In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?