Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
May 2015 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in May 2015, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in May 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2015According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 2nd May 2015Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
- 3rd May 2015Define the term Nabi.
- 4th May 2015According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
- 5th May 2015According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
- 6th May 2015Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
- 7th May 2015State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
- 8th May 2015A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 9th May 2015Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 10th May 2015Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 11th May 2015Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
- 12th May 2015What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
- 13th May 2015Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
- 14th May 2015What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
- 15th May 2015State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
- 16th May 2015According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
- 17th May 2015According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
- 18th May 2015In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
- 19th May 2015Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
- 20th May 2015Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.
- 21st May 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.
- 22nd May 2015Name the New Testament letter that states 'in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form'.
- 23rd May 2015Name the Anglican service book, first compiled in 1549 and revised in 1662, that provides set liturgy for worship.
- 24th May 2015State one reason why some Christians use a physical aid, such as a prayer rope or beads, when praying.
- 25th May 2015What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 26th May 2015Give one Qur'anic reference commonly used to support belief in Al-Mizan.
- 27th May 2015Give one belief that shows transcendence and immanence are not really contradictory in Muslim theology.
- 28th May 2015Give one reason a Muslim might consult a Tafsir when studying the Qur'an.
- 29th May 2015Name the charitable payment traditionally given before the Eid al-Fitr prayer, at the end of Ramadan.
- 30th May 2015Roughly how many pilgrims perform Hajj in a typical year?
- 31st May 2015Name the New Testament letter, other than 1 Corinthians, that contains Paul's teaching to 'abstain from sexual immorality'.