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August 2018 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

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

Every sheet in August 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 August 2018Name one product, other than coffee or cocoa, that is commonly sold with a Fairtrade mark in UK shops.
  2. 2nd August 2018According to Qur'an 9:60, name two groups of people that Zakah funds may be given to.
  3. 3rd August 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.
  4. 4th August 2018In which town does Luke's Gospel record that Jesus was born?
  5. 5th August 2018Give one example of music used in Christian worship.
  6. 6th August 2018State what is meant by adoration, as a type of prayer.
  7. 7th August 2018What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  8. 8th August 2018What does Al-Mizan represent?
  9. 9th August 2018Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses his role as Creator.
  10. 10th August 2018State how the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an are mainly arranged.
  11. 11th August 2018State roughly how many years a 'thousand months' (as in Qur'an 97:3) is equivalent to.
  12. 12th August 2018Which Islamic festival coincides with the end of the Hajj period, marked by animal sacrifice?
  13. 13th August 2018Give one reason why cohabiting parents might still be regarded as a stable family by most people in Britain today.
  14. 14th August 2018Give one reason some religious believers view sex outside marriage as wrong.
  15. 15th August 2018Name the type of radiation detected throughout space that supports the Big Bang theory.
  16. 16th August 2018What term do Humanists use for a woman's right to make decisions about her own body and pregnancy?
  17. 17th August 2018Give one form of practical support Catholic parishes or agencies might offer a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, other than counselling.
  18. 18th August 2018What does Ockham's razor state, and how is it used to argue for atheism?
  19. 19th August 2018What term is used for the sense of insight or truth that William James said often accompanies a religious experience?
  20. 20th August 2018State one action that would breach the principle of proportionality when handling a captured, unarmed soldier.
  21. 21st August 2018Name the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
  22. 22nd August 2018Name one Christian denomination or group that actively campaigns for unilateral nuclear disarmament.
  23. 23rd August 2018According to Qur'an 64:14, what does Allah do for those who choose to pardon and overlook a wrong?
  24. 24th August 2018What is the Christian term for turning back to God and expressing sorrow for sin?
  25. 25th August 2018Give one way financial pressure linked to poverty can affect someone emotionally.
  26. 26th August 2018What term describes lacking enough resources to meet basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter?
  27. 27th August 2018State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  28. 28th August 2018Give one Bible reference some Christians use to argue that God chooses who will be saved before they are born.
  29. 29th August 2018State one difference between discrimination and persecution.
  30. 30th August 2018Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  31. 31st August 2018What does Asma-ul-Husna mean in English?