Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 2016 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2016, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in January 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2016In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
- 2nd January 2016What is the name of the biblical account, found in John chapter 2, in which Jesus is said to have changed water into wine?
- 3rd January 2016Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
- 4th January 2016What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
- 5th January 2016Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
- 6th January 2016What is restorative justice?
- 7th January 2016Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
- 8th January 2016State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
- 9th January 2016State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
- 10th January 2016Give 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.
- 11th January 2016What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
- 12th January 2016Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
- 13th January 2016Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
- 14th January 2016What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 15th January 2016What does As-Sirat mean?
- 16th January 2016Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
- 17th January 2016Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
- 18th January 2016Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
- 19th January 2016What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
- 20th January 2016Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
- 21st January 2016What is meant by cohabitation?
- 22nd January 2016What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
- 23rd January 2016Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
- 24th January 2016What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
- 25th January 2016Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
- 26th January 2016Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?
- 27th January 2016What does the principle of discrimination require in war?
- 28th January 2016Suggest one reason a Humanist might oppose weapons of mass destruction without appealing to any religious teaching.
- 29th January 2016According to Qur'an 2:190, what limit is placed on fighting?
- 30th January 2016Complete the quotation: 'Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as ______' (Ephesians 4:32).
- 31st January 2016What does 'fitrah' mean in Islam?