Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
November 2015 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in November 2015, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in November 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2015Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
- 2nd November 2015According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
- 3rd November 2015A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
- 4th November 2015Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
- 5th November 2015According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
- 6th November 2015According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
- 7th November 2015Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
- 8th November 2015Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
- 9th November 2015Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
- 10th November 2015Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
- 11th November 2015Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
- 12th November 2015State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
- 13th November 2015Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
- 14th November 2015Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
- 15th November 2015In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
- 16th November 2015In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
- 17th November 2015Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
- 18th November 2015Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
- 19th November 2015Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
- 20th November 2015Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
- 21st November 2015Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
- 22nd November 2015In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
- 23rd November 2015State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
- 24th November 2015Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
- 25th November 2015According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
- 26th November 2015According to Hebrews 4:15, what does the belief that Jesus is 'tempted in every way, just as we are' mean for how Christians view God's understanding of suffering?
- 27th November 2015State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
- 28th November 2015According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
- 29th November 2015State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.
- 30th November 2015Give one term used for the mosque in Jerusalem associated with the Isra.