Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 2017 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2017, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in January 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2017Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses love.
- 2nd January 2017Name the person who is believed to have comforted and reassured Muhammad after his first experience of revelation.
- 3rd January 2017Which night of the last ten nights of Ramadan is most commonly favoured by tradition as Laylat al-Qadr?
- 4th January 2017What does the plain, white, seamless clothing worn during ihram symbolise?
- 5th January 2017State the year in which the Sexual Offences Act, which set the current age of consent, was passed.
- 6th January 2017What is meant by fostering a child?
- 7th January 2017Name the scientist most associated with observing that galaxies are moving apart, supporting the idea of an expanding universe.
- 8th January 2017What is the key difference between the sanctity of life argument and the quality of life argument in the abortion debate?
- 9th January 2017What term describes the Catholic Church's central teaching authority?
- 10th January 2017According to Freud, what psychological need does belief in God satisfy?
- 11th January 2017Name the three types of vision described in the Augustinian/Aquinas classification.
- 12th January 2017Name the international organisation most associated with monitoring the welfare of prisoners of war.
- 13th January 2017State one reason a country might choose to give up its weapons of mass destruction rather than rely on deterrence.
- 14th January 2017Which Just War principle do nuclear weapons most seriously break, according to religious critics?
- 15th January 2017Give one difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.
- 16th January 2017What is the Arabic term for sincere repentance in Islam?
- 17th January 2017Explain briefly why charity alone might not be enough to end poverty.
- 18th January 2017What term describes having a lower standard of living than the average person in your own country, even though your basic needs may be met?
- 19th January 2017State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
- 20th January 2017Which theological tradition, named after Jacobus Arminius, emphasises human free will in responding to God's grace?
- 21st January 2017Give one non-religious factor that can make it harder for persecuted Christians to receive outside help.
- 22nd January 2017Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
- 23rd January 2017Give the Qur'anic reference (surah and ayah) often cited for a passage that lists many of Allah's names.
- 24th January 2017Which earlier scripture do Muslims associate with the prophet Isa (Jesus)?
- 25th January 2017Give the term for the belief that some Muslims hold that the Prophet Muhammad may intercede for believers on the Day of Judgement.
- 26th January 2017Give one obligatory act found in the Ten Obligatory Acts that is not one of the Five Pillars.
- 27th January 2017What is the name of the meal eaten just before dawn, before the fast begins each day during Ramadan?
- 28th January 2017According to Qur'an 62:9, what should believers do when the call to Friday prayer is made?
- 29th January 2017State one difference between how a civil partnership is formed and how a religious marriage is formed.
- 30th January 2017What is meant by an extended family?
- 31st January 2017In what year was Laudato Si' published?