Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
December 2016 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 2016, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in December 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2016Explain, in one sentence, what Qur'an 18:29 teaches about belief.
- 2nd December 2016Can a UK court cancel or strike down an Act of Parliament using the Human Rights Act 1998?
- 3rd December 2016Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 4th December 2016According to Matthew 25:31-46, on what basis are people judged?
- 5th December 2016Give one non-religious factor that might discourage a Christian from going on pilgrimage today.
- 6th December 2016According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 7th December 2016In which collection of Hadith is the Hadith of Jibril, the source of the Sunni Six Beliefs, recorded?
- 8th December 2016What does Khatm an-Nubuwwah mean?
- 9th December 2016Give 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.
- 10th December 2016Who was the first of the Twelve Imams, according to Twelver Shia belief?
- 11th December 2016What is the literal meaning of the Arabic word 'Shahadah'?
- 12th December 2016Name the animal that, in the Qur'anic account, replaced Ibrahim's son as the sacrifice at the last moment.
- 13th December 2016Name the 1968 papal document in which the Catholic Church restated its teaching against artificial contraception.
- 14th December 2016Give one possible disadvantage for a nuclear family if a parent becomes seriously ill and there are no relatives living nearby.
- 15th December 2016Name one Christian tradition that follows a mainly or fully vegetarian diet as a matter of religious conviction.
- 16th December 2016Give one difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia.
- 17th December 2016Name the scientific process, proposed by Darwin, that offers a non-design explanation for adaptation in living things.
- 18th December 2016Which 18th century philosopher argued that testimony for a miracle should never outweigh the evidence for the laws of nature?
- 19th December 2016Name the scientific theory that describes the universe expanding from a hot, dense initial state.
- 20th December 2016Name one method the TRC used to encourage reconciliation.
- 21st December 2016Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
- 22nd December 2016According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
- 23rd December 2016What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
- 24th December 2016What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
- 25th December 2016Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
- 26th December 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.
- 27th December 2016According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
- 28th December 2016Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.
- 29th December 2016Name the Gospel in which the Lord's Prayer is taught by Jesus.
- 30th December 2016What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 31st December 2016Give one feature that makes As-Sirat difficult for wrongdoers to cross.