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March 2020 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in March 2020, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in March 2020

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

  1. 1st March 2020Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
  2. 2nd March 2020In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
  3. 3rd March 2020Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
  4. 4th March 2020Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
  5. 5th March 2020State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
  6. 6th March 2020In 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?
  7. 7th March 2020State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
  8. 8th March 2020Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
  9. 9th March 2020Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
  10. 10th March 2020Give 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.
  11. 11th March 2020At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
  12. 12th March 2020In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
  13. 13th March 2020State what is meant by contemplative prayer.
  14. 14th March 2020What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  15. 15th March 2020Name the two angels believed to question the deceased in the grave.
  16. 16th March 2020Which chapter (surah) of the Qur'an contains the verse describing Allah as 'the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner'?
  17. 17th March 2020Approximately how many years passed between the first and last revelations of the Qur'an to Muhammad?
  18. 18th March 2020Give one reason Muslims are encouraged to seek Laylat al-Qadr across several nights rather than on one confirmed date.
  19. 19th March 2020In which month of the Islamic calendar does Hajj take place?
  20. 20th March 2020State one way media or celebrity culture might reduce the stigma attached to sex before marriage.
  21. 21st March 2020What is meant by adoption?
  22. 22nd March 2020Give one reason the Big Bang theory is described as a scientific theory rather than a religious belief.
  23. 23rd March 2020Which psalm is often used to argue that God is involved in forming a person before birth?
  24. 24th March 2020Name the Christian theologian associated with developing situation ethics.
  25. 25th March 2020What is the difference between atheism and secularism?
  26. 26th March 2020Name one natural theology argument that is sometimes described as a form of general revelation.
  27. 27th March 2020What does jus in bello mean?
  28. 28th March 2020According to Genesis 1:27, why do many Christians believe every human life is sacred?
  29. 29th March 2020What does the theory of nuclear deterrence claim?
  30. 30th March 2020Explain why a victim who chooses not to forgive an offender is not automatically acting unfairly.
  31. 31st March 2020In Islam, who is believed to tempt humans towards wrongdoing?