Practice test 14

Question 1Not answered

Which of these can the Scottish Parliament make laws about?

1. Defence and foreign affairs matters
2. Immigration and social security rules
3. Taxation of every kind and the army
4. Civil and criminal law, health and education

Question 2Not answered

Where is it against the law to smoke?

1. In parks, gardens and open playgrounds
2. In nearly every enclosed public place
3. In your own private home or garden
4. On beaches and in the open countryside

Question 3Not answered

Whom does the monarch invite to become Prime Minister?

1. The Speaker of the House of Commons
2. The leader of the largest party or a coalition
3. The oldest member of the House of Lords
4. The head of the civil service and police

Question 4Not answered

What exception is there to the law forbidding buying alcohol for people under 18?

1. People aged 16 or over can drink with a meal in a hotel or restaurant
2. Children may drink at home with parents
3. Under-18s may drink at music festivals
4. Anyone with a parent present may buy beer

Question 5Not answered

How many lines must a sonnet have?

1. 12
2. 16
3. 14
4. 8

Question 6Not answered

What can you volunteer to become with the police?

1. A detective inspector
2. A special constable or a lay representative
3. A Chief Constable
4. A police judge

Question 7Not answered

Which scientist was co-discoverer of insulin?

1. John Macleod
2. Alexander Fleming
3. Francis Crick
4. Ernest Rutherford

Question 8Not answered

What is jury service?

1. Working as a police officer without pay
2. Presenting evidence for the prosecution
3. Advising a judge about sentencing
4. Helping to decide the verdict in a court case

Question 9Not answered

Who was the 18th-century landscape designer known as 'Capability'?

1. Clarice Cliff
2. Gertrude Jekyll
3. Thomas Chippendale
4. Lancelot Brown

Question 10Not answered

Which plant is the emblem of Northern Ireland?

1. The thistle
2. The daffodil
3. The rose
4. The shamrock

Question 11Not answered

Which charities work with the homeless?

1. Crisis and Shelter
2. Age UK and NSPCC
3. PDSA and Cancer Research UK
4. The National Trust and the Red Cross

Question 12Not answered

When are local elections for councillors usually held?

1. In January every year
2. In May every year
3. Every ten years
4. On the same day as the General Election

Question 13Not answered

What happened in Ireland in 1922?

1. Ireland became part of the EU
2. Ireland was united as a single republic
3. Ireland was divided into two countries
4. The Troubles began

Question 14Not answered

Richard Arkwright is remembered for his work in which industry?

1. Textiles
2. Coal mining
3. Shipbuilding
4. Steel production

Question 15Not answered

Where was Anne Boleyn executed?

1. At Windsor Castle
2. At the Tower of London
3. At York Minster
4. At Hampton Court

Question 16Not answered

Who lives and works in the national parks?

1. Only park rangers
2. People who live and work there and look after the landscape
3. Only farmers from Wales
4. Nobody, they are empty

Question 17Not answered

Which Act brought the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law?

1. The Equality Act 2010
2. The Bill of Rights 1689
3. The Reform Act 1832
4. The Human Rights Act 1998

Question 18Not answered

Which of these is a core value of the UK Civil Service?

1. Financial profit
2. Political loyalty to the governing party
3. Hereditary service
4. Impartiality

Question 19Not answered

Which of these can British citizens stand for?

1. Judge in the Supreme Court
2. Chief Constable of a police force
3. Governor of the Bank of England
4. Local councillor or Member of Parliament

Question 20Not answered

How did Elizabeth I avoid serious religious conflict in England?

1. She found a balance between Catholics and extreme Protestants
2. She banned all religion
3. She made everyone Catholic
4. She expelled Protestants

Question 21Not answered

Which of these was one of the Chartists' demands?

1. For MPs to be paid
2. For women to be MPs
3. For the Lords to be elected
4. For the vote at age 16

Question 22Not answered

Which novelist wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?

1. Jane Austen
2. Charlotte Brontë
3. George Eliot
4. Elizabeth Gaskell

Question 23Not answered

Which of these did Gilbert and Sullivan write?

1. Cats
2. Evita
3. The Phantom of the Opera
4. The Pirates of Penzance

Question 24Not answered

Who wrote the music for Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita in collaboration with Tim Rice?

1. Benjamin Britten
2. W. S. Gilbert
3. Andrew Lloyd Webber
4. Gustav Holst