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June 2014 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in June 2014, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in June 2014

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

  1. 1st June 2014State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
  2. 2nd June 2014Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
  3. 3rd June 2014Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
  4. 4th June 2014Give 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.
  5. 5th June 2014At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  6. 6th June 2014In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  7. 7th June 2014State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  8. 8th June 2014What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  9. 9th June 2014Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  10. 10th June 2014Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  11. 11th June 2014Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  12. 12th June 2014Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  13. 13th June 2014In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  14. 14th June 2014State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  15. 15th June 2014What is meant by adoption?
  16. 16th June 2014Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  17. 17th June 2014Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  18. 18th June 2014Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  19. 19th June 2014What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  20. 20th June 2014Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  21. 21st June 2014What does jus in bello mean?
  22. 22nd June 2014According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  23. 23rd June 2014What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  24. 24th June 2014Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  25. 25th June 2014In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?
  26. 26th June 2014Give one structural cause of poverty.
  27. 27th June 2014Give one reason why owing debt can trap a developing country in poverty.
  28. 28th June 2014State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  29. 29th June 2014Which Christian tradition, associated with the reformer John Calvin, places strong emphasis on predestination and God's sovereign choice in salvation?
  30. 30th June 2014State one way a persecuted Christian community might continue to worship safely.