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April 2018 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in April 2018, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in April 2018

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

  1. 1st April 2018Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
  2. 2nd April 2018Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
  3. 3rd April 2018State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
  4. 4th April 2018In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?
  5. 5th April 2018State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
  6. 6th April 2018Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
  7. 7th April 2018Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
  8. 8th April 2018Give 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.
  9. 9th April 2018At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  10. 10th April 2018In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  11. 11th April 2018State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  12. 12th April 2018What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  13. 13th April 2018Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  14. 14th April 2018Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  15. 15th April 2018Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  16. 16th April 2018Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  17. 17th April 2018In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  18. 18th April 2018State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  19. 19th April 2018What is meant by adoption?
  20. 20th April 2018Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  21. 21st April 2018Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  22. 22nd April 2018Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  23. 23rd April 2018What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  24. 24th April 2018Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  25. 25th April 2018What does jus in bello mean?
  26. 26th April 2018According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  27. 27th April 2018What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  28. 28th April 2018Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  29. 29th April 2018In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?
  30. 30th April 2018Give one structural cause of poverty.