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January 2025 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2025, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in January 2025

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 2025State one reason why some Christians use a physical aid, such as a prayer rope or beads, when praying.
  2. 2nd January 2025What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  3. 3rd January 2025Give one Qur'anic reference commonly used to support belief in Al-Mizan.
  4. 4th January 2025Give one belief that shows transcendence and immanence are not really contradictory in Muslim theology.
  5. 5th January 2025Give one reason a Muslim might consult a Tafsir when studying the Qur'an.
  6. 6th January 2025Name the charitable payment traditionally given before the Eid al-Fitr prayer, at the end of Ramadan.
  7. 7th January 2025Roughly how many pilgrims perform Hajj in a typical year?
  8. 8th January 2025Name the New Testament letter, other than 1 Corinthians, that contains Paul's teaching to 'abstain from sexual immorality'.
  9. 9th January 2025What is meant by contraception?
  10. 10th January 2025What is meant by the steady state theory?
  11. 11th January 2025According to many Muslim scholars, at approximately what point in pregnancy does ensoulment traditionally take place?
  12. 12th January 2025Which 1968 papal document is often cited to support Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life?
  13. 13th January 2025Which philosopher coined the term 'agnostic' in 1869?
  14. 14th January 2025In which book of the Bible is Paul's experience on the road to Damascus described?
  15. 15th January 2025Name the two main jus in bello principles.
  16. 16th January 2025Identify one risk of relying on deterrence as a long-term strategy for safety.
  17. 17th January 2025According to Isaiah 2:4, what do nations do with their swords in the prophetic vision of peace?
  18. 18th January 2025Give one way that choosing to forgive might benefit the person doing the forgiving.
  19. 19th January 2025Give one reason a religious believer might still commit a crime despite their faith's teaching.
  20. 20th January 2025State the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty.
  21. 21st January 2025Name a Christian relief and development agency, other than CAFOD or Christian Aid, that works to reduce poverty in developing countries.
  22. 22nd January 2025State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
  23. 23rd January 2025Give one Bible reference some Christians use to argue people can resist or reject God's call.
  24. 24th January 2025A UK church raises 2,400 pounds at a fundraising event, split equally between 3 partner projects supporting persecuted Christians abroad. Calculate how much each project receives.
  25. 25th January 2025Give one example of a media method a church might use to spread the Christian message today.
  26. 26th January 2025Give the one-word meaning of the name Al-Hakim.
  27. 27th January 2025State one reason Muslims still show respect toward the Tawrat, Zabur and Injil despite believing they were altered.
  28. 28th January 2025Name the two angels that, according to Muslim tradition, question a person in the grave during Barzakh.
  29. 29th January 2025What is meant by 'ummah'?
  30. 30th January 2025What is the name of the night within the last ten nights of Ramadan considered the most significant of the year?
  31. 31st January 2025Which regular daily prayer does Jummah replace?