Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
August 2026 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in August 2026, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in August 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2026Give one reason a captured prisoner of war should not be harmed, according to just war principles.
- 2nd August 2026According to Qur'an 5:45, what happens when a victim's family chooses to forgo retaliation (qisas) in charity?
- 3rd August 2026What is the difference between a retentionist and an abolitionist?
- 4th August 2026What does a Fairtrade mark guarantee about the price paid to a producer?
- 5th August 2026Give one example of how a place of worship supports people facing food poverty in the UK.
- 6th August 2026Give 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.
- 7th August 2026According to Hebrews 4:15, what did Jesus experience that shows his full humanity?
- 8th August 2026Name the Christian group, sometimes called the Religious Society of Friends, that traditionally practises silent, unprogrammed worship.
- 9th August 2026Name the Gospel in which the Lord's Prayer is taught by Jesus.
- 10th August 2026What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
- 11th August 2026Give one feature that makes As-Sirat difficult for wrongdoers to cross.
- 12th August 2026Give one of Allah's Ninety-Nine Names that expresses love.
- 13th August 2026Name the person who is believed to have comforted and reassured Muhammad after his first experience of revelation.
- 14th August 2026Which night of the last ten nights of Ramadan is most commonly favoured by tradition as Laylat al-Qadr?
- 15th August 2026What does the plain, white, seamless clothing worn during ihram symbolise?
- 16th August 2026State the year in which the Sexual Offences Act, which set the current age of consent, was passed.
- 17th August 2026What is meant by fostering a child?
- 18th August 2026Name the scientist most associated with observing that galaxies are moving apart, supporting the idea of an expanding universe.
- 19th August 2026What is the key difference between the sanctity of life argument and the quality of life argument in the abortion debate?
- 20th August 2026What term describes the Catholic Church's central teaching authority?
- 21st August 2026According to Freud, what psychological need does belief in God satisfy?
- 22nd August 2026Name the three types of vision described in the Augustinian/Aquinas classification.
- 23rd August 2026Name the international organisation most associated with monitoring the welfare of prisoners of war.
- 24th August 2026State one reason a country might choose to give up its weapons of mass destruction rather than rely on deterrence.
- 25th August 2026Which Just War principle do nuclear weapons most seriously break, according to religious critics?
- 26th August 2026Give one difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.
- 27th August 2026What is the Arabic term for sincere repentance in Islam?
- 28th August 2026Explain briefly why charity alone might not be enough to end poverty.
- 29th August 2026What term describes having a lower standard of living than the average person in your own country, even though your basic needs may be met?
- 30th August 2026State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.
- 31st August 2026Which theological tradition, named after Jacobus Arminius, emphasises human free will in responding to God's grace?