Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
October 2017 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in October 2017, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in October 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2017Explain what religious discrimination means, giving a brief example.
- 2nd October 2017State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
- 3rd October 2017Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
- 4th October 2017According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
- 5th October 2017A 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.
- 6th October 2017Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
- 7th October 2017According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
- 8th October 2017According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
- 9th October 2017Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
- 10th October 2017Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
- 11th October 2017Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
- 12th October 2017Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
- 13th October 2017Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
- 14th October 2017State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
- 15th October 2017Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
- 16th October 2017Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
- 17th October 2017In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
- 18th October 2017In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
- 19th October 2017Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
- 20th October 2017Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
- 21st October 2017Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
- 22nd October 2017Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
- 23rd October 2017Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
- 24th October 2017In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
- 25th October 2017State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
- 26th October 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.
- 27th October 2017According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
- 28th October 2017According 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?
- 29th October 2017State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
- 30th October 2017According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
- 31st October 2017State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.