Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
January 2023 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2023, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in January 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2023Who has the right to decide whether qisas, diyya or forgiveness is applied in a murder case?
- 2nd January 2023Name one non-religious philosophical belief that UK courts have accepted as protected under the Equality Act 2010.
- 3rd January 2023Which article of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects a person from discrimination in the enjoyment of their other Convention rights?
- 4th January 2023Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 5th January 2023What extra state does Catholic teaching include, beyond heaven and hell, for those who die imperfect but not condemned?
- 6th January 2023A group of 45 pilgrims share the 900 pound cost of hiring a coach to a shrine. Calculate the cost per person.
- 7th January 2023According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 8th January 2023Give the Arabic name for the Shi'a root meaning 'the justice of Allah'.
- 9th January 2023Define the term Nabi.
- 10th January 2023According to mainstream Muslim teaching, is a person's effort to seek a livelihood still required if Allah has already decreed their provision?
- 11th January 2023According to Twelver Shia belief, from whose family were the Imams descended?
- 12th January 2023Is reciting the words of the Shahadah alone enough to make someone a Muslim, or is something more required?
- 13th January 2023State the Islamic collection in which the hadith about the Prophet fasting on Ashura is recorded.
- 14th January 2023A couple using natural family planning identifies 8 fertile days in a 28-day cycle. Calculate the number of non-fertile days in that cycle.
- 15th January 2023Give one reason an extended family might find it easier than a nuclear family to support a member going through a health crisis.
- 16th January 2023Give two foods listed as forbidden (haram) in Qur'an 5:3.
- 17th January 2023Name one type of specialist care that aims to relieve pain and symptoms for a person with a terminal illness, as an alternative to euthanasia.
- 18th January 2023What is the common name for the argument that nature's order and apparent purpose point to a designer?
- 19th January 2023Besides Lourdes in France, name another well-known site associated with claimed Catholic Marian miracles.
- 20th January 2023What term describes the view that God used the process of evolution as his method of creating life?
- 21st January 2023State one practical action a religious community might take to support reconciliation after conflict.
- 22nd January 2023According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), who counts as a person's 'neighbour'?
- 23rd January 2023According to Matthew 18:22, how many times does Jesus tell Peter to forgive someone?
- 24th January 2023In what year was the death penalty abolished in the UK for all remaining offences?
- 25th January 2023Give one difference between Fair Trade certification and the wider Trade Justice Movement.
- 26th January 2023Give one example of a fundraising method used by faith communities, other than a collection plate or box.
- 27th January 2023Give 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.
- 28th January 2023Name the New Testament letter that states 'in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form'.
- 29th January 2023Name the Anglican service book, first compiled in 1549 and revised in 1662, that provides set liturgy for worship.
- 30th January 2023State one reason why some Christians use a physical aid, such as a prayer rope or beads, when praying.
- 31st January 2023What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?