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March 2017 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in March 2017, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in March 2017

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st March 2017State one reason mainstream religious leaders speak out publicly against terrorism.
  2. 2nd March 2017State one feature that makes a crime a 'hate crime' rather than an ordinary crime.
  3. 3rd March 2017State one duty a modern prison chaplain might carry out to relieve suffering linked to punishment.
  4. 4th March 2017Which article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has duties to the community?
  5. 5th March 2017Give one method, other than banning interest outright, that a government can use to prevent predatory lending.
  6. 6th March 2017Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  7. 7th March 2017Which New Testament letter contains the teaching that people are saved by grace through faith, and not by works?
  8. 8th March 2017According to Matthew 27:46, what does Jesus cry out on the cross?
  9. 9th March 2017Name the rite in which a person baptised as an infant later personally confirms their own Christian faith.
  10. 10th March 2017According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  11. 11th March 2017Name one major sign of the Last Day involving a false, deceptive figure.
  12. 12th March 2017In which city did the Isra, the first part of the Night Journey, end?
  13. 13th March 2017Name the prophet the Qur'an describes as being able to heal the sick and raise the dead by Allah's permission.
  14. 14th March 2017What might a Muslim who cannot travel for Hajj themselves choose to do instead, according to some scholars?
  15. 15th March 2017How many obligatory rakahs are performed in the Isha prayer?
  16. 16th March 2017Give one advantage sadaqah has over zakah when responding to a sudden emergency, such as a natural disaster.
  17. 17th March 2017Which Bible verse describes a believer as 'not bound' if their unbelieving spouse chooses to leave the marriage?
  18. 18th March 2017What does it mean to 'witness' a marriage?
  19. 19th March 2017Name the scientific process by which small variations passed between generations gradually change a species over time.
  20. 20th March 2017Give one non-religious reason for protecting the environment.
  21. 21st March 2017According to the hadith on dreams, what fraction of prophethood is a good dream from a righteous person said to be?
  22. 22nd March 2017Give the two categories evil and suffering are traditionally divided into.
  23. 23rd March 2017Give one scripture reference that links conflict to human greed or selfish desire.
  24. 24th March 2017A believer refuses to fight in any war, even one fought to stop a massacre. Which type of pacifism does this best illustrate?
  25. 25th March 2017State one activity the Corrymeela Community runs to bring divided communities together.
  26. 26th March 2017Give one disadvantage often associated with short prison sentences.
  27. 27th March 2017Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
  28. 28th March 2017Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
  29. 29th March 2017Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
  30. 30th March 2017Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
  31. 31st March 2017What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?