Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies

October 2014 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

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

Every sheet in October 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 October 2014Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
  2. 2nd October 2014State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  3. 3rd October 2014What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  4. 4th October 2014What does Al-Mizan represent?
  5. 5th October 2014Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  6. 6th October 2014State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  7. 7th October 2014State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  8. 8th October 2014Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  9. 9th October 2014Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  10. 10th October 2014Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  11. 11th October 2014Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  12. 12th October 2014What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  13. 13th October 2014Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  14. 14th October 2014What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  15. 15th October 2014What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  16. 16th October 2014State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  17. 17th October 2014Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
  18. 18th October 2014Name one Christian denomination or group that actively campaigns for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  19. 19th October 2014According to Qur'an 64:14, what does Allah do for those who choose to pardon and overlook a wrong?
  20. 20th October 2014What is the Christian term for turning back to God and expressing sorrow for sin?
  21. 21st October 2014Give one way financial pressure linked to poverty can affect someone emotionally.
  22. 22nd October 2014What term describes lacking enough resources to meet basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter?
  23. 23rd October 2014State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  24. 24th October 2014Give one Bible reference some Christians use to argue that God chooses who will be saved before they are born.
  25. 25th October 2014State one difference between discrimination and persecution.
  26. 26th October 2014Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  27. 27th October 2014What does Asma-ul-Husna mean in English?
  28. 28th October 2014Give the Qur'anic reference commonly cited for belief that Allah has protected the Qur'an from corruption.
  29. 29th October 2014Give the Qur'anic image used to describe the moment that marks the start of the Day of Judgement.
  30. 30th October 2014What is meant by Sawm?
  31. 31st October 2014What is the Shi'a-specific religious payment, additional to zakah, called?