Practice test 13

Question 1Not answered

What is the Church of Scotland?

1. The national Presbyterian church of Scotland
2. The Catholic church in Scotland
3. An independent Anglican church
4. A part of the Church of England

Question 2Not answered

What did the Magna Carta establish in 1215?

1. The principle that even the king was subject to the law
2. The 'Divine Right of Kings'
3. The abolition of the House of Lords
4. The Union of England and Scotland

Question 3Not answered

What percentage of people in the 2009 Citizenship Survey said they had no religion?

1. 2%
2. 45%
3. 21%
4. 4%

Question 4Not answered

When is the Mercury Music Prize awarded?

1. Each January
2. Each September
3. Each June
4. Each December

Question 5Not answered

Which company gained control of large parts of India?

1. The Hudson's Bay Company
2. The Royal Mail
3. The East India Company
4. The London Company

Question 6Not answered

In which year did Roger Bannister run the first mile in under four minutes?

1. 1954
2. 1966
3. 1984
4. 1945

Question 7Not answered

Which disease killed thousands of Londoners in 1665?

1. Cholera
2. The plague
3. Smallpox
4. Typhoid

Question 8Not answered

On what date is St George's Day?

1. 1 March
2. 23 April
3. 17 March
4. 30 November

Question 9Not answered

Which group of Irish nationalists favoured complete independence?

1. The Fenians
2. The Chartists
3. The Jacobites
4. The Whigs

Question 10Not answered

In the citizenship oath, to whom does the new citizen promise allegiance?

1. The Prime Minister
2. The monarch, their heirs and successors
3. The Church of England
4. The House of Commons

Question 11Not answered

How can the public listen to debates in the Palace of Westminster?

1. By buying tickets from a theatre box office
2. From the public galleries in the Commons and Lords
3. By joining a paid guided tour only
4. By appointment with the Speaker only

Question 12Not answered

Where does the Welsh Assembly meet?

1. At Holyrood in Cardiff
2. At Stormont in Cardiff Bay
3. At the Guildhall in Swansea
4. In the Senedd in Cardiff Bay

Question 13Not answered

By what other name are the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London known?

1. Redcoats
2. Beefeaters
3. Heralds
4. Pikemen

Question 14Not answered

Which battle in 1485 ended the Wars of the Roses?

1. Battle of Bannockburn
2. Battle of Bosworth Field
3. Battle of Marston Moor
4. Battle of Hastings

Question 15Not answered

What is the Union Flag sometimes called?

1. The Union Jack
2. The Saltire
3. St George's Cross
4. The Red Ensign

Question 16Not answered

What is the official status of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man?

1. Crown dependencies
2. Independent nations
3. Devolved administrations
4. British overseas territories

Question 17Not answered

What does the handbook suggest when you move into a new house?

1. Avoid speaking to your neighbours at all
2. Put up a tall fence around your garden
3. Ask your neighbours to lend you money
4. Introduce yourself to the people who live near you

Question 18Not answered

What is a 'poll card'?

1. A card proving your identity
2. A card to apply for a postal vote
3. A card showing which party you support
4. A card telling you where and when to vote

Question 19Not answered

What level of English do the test questions require?

1. ESOL Level 2
2. A university-level qualification
3. ESOL Entry Level 3
4. Native-speaker fluency

Question 20Not answered

Which poet wrote 'Paradise Lost'?

1. William Blake
2. John Milton
3. John Keats
4. Lord Byron

Question 21Not answered

Which British comedies were a high point of the 1950s and 1960s?

1. Chariots of Fire and Gandhi
2. The Third Man and Lawrence of Arabia
3. Harry Potter and James Bond
4. Passport to Pimlico and The Ladykillers

Question 22Not answered

What do some people send on Valentine's Day?

1. Anonymous cards to someone they secretly admire
2. Poppies to relatives
3. Eggs to friends
4. Lanterns to neighbours

Question 23Not answered

What were the names of the most important RAF fighter planes used in the Battle of Britain?

1. Tiger Moth and Sopwith Camel
2. Spitfire and Hurricane
3. Concorde and Harrier
4. Lancaster and Vulcan

Question 24Not answered

Which Act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire in 1833?

1. The Reform Act
2. The Union Act
3. The Emancipation Act
4. The Factory Act