Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 2015 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2015, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in January 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2015Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 2nd January 2015According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
- 3rd January 2015Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
- 4th January 2015According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 5th January 2015In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
- 6th January 2015What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
- 7th January 2015Give one Arabic phrase, other than insha'Allah, that a Muslim might say on seeing something impressive or blessed, showing that it happened by Allah's will.
- 8th January 2015Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
- 9th January 2015What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
- 10th January 2015Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
- 11th January 2015Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
- 12th January 2015Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
- 13th January 2015Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
- 14th January 2015Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
- 15th January 2015Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
- 16th January 2015Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
- 17th January 2015Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
- 18th January 2015Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
- 19th January 2015Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
- 20th January 2015According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
- 21st January 2015What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
- 22nd January 2015What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
- 23rd January 2015Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
- 24th January 2015Give 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.
- 25th January 2015According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
- 26th January 2015Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.
- 27th January 2015Name the Gospel in which the Lord's Prayer is taught by Jesus.
- 28th January 2015What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 29th January 2015Give one feature that makes As-Sirat difficult for wrongdoers to cross.
- 30th January 2015Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses love.
- 31st January 2015Name the person who is believed to have comforted and reassured Muhammad after his first experience of revelation.