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January 2019 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2019, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in January 2019

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

  1. 1st January 2019State one difference between how a civil partnership is formed and how a religious marriage is formed.
  2. 2nd January 2019What is meant by an extended family?
  3. 3rd January 2019In what year was Laudato Si' published?
  4. 4th January 2019In what year did the UK ban testing cosmetics and their ingredients on animals?
  5. 5th January 2019According to Qur'an 96:1, what is the first command given to Muhammad in this encounter?
  6. 6th January 2019What word describes a religious experience shared by a whole group, such as during collective worship?
  7. 7th January 2019Name the philosopher most associated with the soul-making theodicy.
  8. 8th January 2019Which group of Christians is well known for rejecting all violence, holding an absolute pacifist position?
  9. 9th January 2019What Christian belief gives human life inherent value and dignity?
  10. 10th January 2019Name the Act of Parliament that sets out the five statutory purposes of sentencing in England and Wales.
  11. 11th January 2019Give one non-religious objection to corporal punishment, in addition to any objection about human dignity.
  12. 12th January 2019State what is meant by living in a multi-faith, multi-ethnic society.
  13. 13th January 2019Give one Islamic source used to support racial equality.
  14. 14th January 2019Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  15. 15th January 2019Near which Jerusalem hill does Acts 1 record the disciples returning after witnessing the ascension?
  16. 16th January 2019Name the denomination whose worship centres on the Mass, in which the priest consecrates bread and wine believed by Catholics to become the body and blood of Christ.
  17. 17th January 2019Name the Spanish city that is the traditional endpoint of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
  18. 18th January 2019According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  19. 19th January 2019Which Islamic festival commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son?
  20. 20th January 2019According to Qur'an 13:11, in what order do angels protect a person?
  21. 21st January 2019State the relationship between Husayn and Muhammad.
  22. 22nd January 2019Give one festival celebrated by both Sunni and Shia Muslims.
  23. 23rd January 2019Name one everyday situation, other than resisting temptation, that a Muslim might treat as an opportunity for the Greater Jihad.
  24. 24th January 2019State one action, other than seeking forgiveness, that a couple might take to try to rebuild trust after adultery.
  25. 25th January 2019Besides sex, name one other protected characteristic listed in the Equality Act 2010.
  26. 26th January 2019What is the related, but distinct, Islamic concept of an intermediate state between death and the Day of Judgement called?
  27. 27th January 2019What is the Christian term for being raised to new life after death?
  28. 28th January 2019What word describes an act that is strictly forbidden in Islamic law?
  29. 29th January 2019In which of Aquinas's Five Ways does he argue from the fact that things move or change?
  30. 30th January 2019Give one named setting, other than the family home, where a child's religious upbringing might take place.
  31. 31st January 2019Name the international agreement that legally defines who counts as a refugee.