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November 2019 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

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

Every sheet in November 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 November 2019Give one condition some Muslims place on the use of contraception, even though it is generally permitted.
  2. 2nd November 2019What is the Islamic term for the duty to maintain ties of kinship with relatives?
  3. 3rd November 2019Which Christian tradition requires strict fasting from meat and dairy on many days of the year, including Lent?
  4. 4th November 2019Give one reason a person might travel abroad in connection with the euthanasia debate.
  5. 5th November 2019In which century did Thomas Aquinas write the Five Ways?
  6. 6th November 2019What is the name of the biblical account, found in John chapter 2, in which Jesus is said to have changed water into wine?
  7. 7th November 2019Which verse is often used by Christians who see Genesis and the Big Bang theory as compatible?
  8. 8th November 2019What condition did perpetrators usually have to meet to receive amnesty from the TRC?
  9. 9th November 2019Give one reason large-scale humanitarian aid after a conflict often needs government, not only individual, involvement.
  10. 10th November 2019What is restorative justice?
  11. 11th November 2019Give one argument used by supporters of the death penalty that does not depend on any religious belief.
  12. 12th November 2019State one limitation of Fair Trade certification as a solution to unfair trade.
  13. 13th November 2019State one difference between short-term charitable relief and long-term development work.
  14. 14th November 2019Give 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.
  15. 15th November 2019What title does John's Gospel use for Jesus before his human birth, in the phrase 'the Word was with God'?
  16. 16th November 2019Give one reason a Christian might choose to worship using set, written prayers rather than their own spontaneous words.
  17. 17th November 2019Give one occasion when a Christian might use intercessory prayer.
  18. 18th November 2019What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  19. 19th November 2019What does As-Sirat mean?
  20. 20th November 2019Name one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that means 'the Judge'.
  21. 21st November 2019Give the term for the scholarly explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an's meaning.
  22. 22nd November 2019Give one difference between Zakat al-Fitr and the year-round obligation of Zakah.
  23. 23rd November 2019What does the hadith saying 'Hajj is Arafat' teach about the importance of standing at Arafat?
  24. 24th November 2019Name a UK organisation that campaigns for decisions about relationships to be based on personal conscience rather than religious rules.
  25. 25th November 2019What is meant by cohabitation?
  26. 26th November 2019What is meant by creation 'ex nihilo'?
  27. 27th November 2019Which Act of Parliament sets out the law on abortion in England, Scotland and Wales?
  28. 28th November 2019What ethical approach do some liberal Protestants use to justify abortion in specific circumstances?
  29. 29th November 2019Give the difference between strong (positive) atheism and weak (negative) atheism.
  30. 30th November 2019Which type of vision, in the Augustinian classification, is considered to involve no physical or imagined image at all?