Practice test 30

Question 1Not answered

What is Hansard?

1. A list of MPs' expenses
2. The official record of debates in Parliament
3. A newspaper about politics
4. A guide for new MPs

Question 2Not answered

At the turn of the 19th century, which group of people had the right to vote in Britain?

1. Only members of the nobility and the clergy
2. All men over 18, regardless of property ownership
3. All men and women over the age of 21
4. Only men who were over 21 and owned a certain amount of property

Question 3Not answered

What did Sir Edmund Halley successfully predict?

1. A great fire in London
2. An eclipse of the sun
3. A change in the tides
4. The return of a comet

Question 4Not answered

Which of Dickens's characters is used to describe a mean person?

1. Mr Micawber
2. Oliver Twist
3. Scrooge
4. Pip

Question 5Not answered

What is different about registering to vote in Northern Ireland?

1. Only one form per household is enough
2. Individual registration, in which each voter completes their own form
3. Registration must be done at a post office
4. Registration is by telephone call only

Question 6Not answered

What is a 'life peer'?

1. A peer who inherited a family title
2. A peer chosen by the monarch alone
3. A peer elected by the general public
4. A peer appointed for his or her lifetime

Question 7Not answered

What are bank holidays?

1. Holidays only for bank employees
2. Religious holidays in England
3. Days when shops must open
4. Public holidays when banks and many businesses are closed and which have no religious significance

Question 8Not answered

Where was Sir Edward Elgar born?

1. Leeds
2. Norwich
3. Worcester
4. Bath

Question 9Not answered

What did Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, do?

1. Discovered America
2. Carried the Armada's gold
3. Sank near Calais
4. Sailed right around the world

Question 10Not answered

Who designed the new St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London?

1. Inigo Jones
2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3. Sir Edwin Lutyens
4. Sir Christopher Wren

Question 11Not answered

How often must vehicles over three years old go to the MOT test?

1. Every three years
2. Every year
3. Every month
4. Only when sold

Question 12Not answered

What did Britain help to liberate in the 1990s after the Iraqi invasion?

1. Yugoslavia
2. Afghanistan
3. Kuwait
4. Cyprus

Question 13Not answered

Which Scottish poet is celebrated on 25 January at Burns Night?

1. Walter Scott
2. Robert Louis Stevenson
3. Hugh MacDiarmid
4. Robert Burns

Question 14Not answered

Which Scottish town is known as the 'home of golf'?

1. Aberdeen
2. Dundee
3. Inverness
4. St Andrews

Question 15Not answered

Which right is protected for people in the UK?

1. The right to a guaranteed job
2. The right to free housing
3. The right to a fair trial
4. The right to choose your own judge

Question 16Not answered

What do Police and Crime Commissioners set?

1. National tax rates for the whole country
2. Sentences handed down by courts
3. The laws passed by Parliament
4. Local police priorities and the local policing budget

Question 17Not answered

What happened in the May 2010 General Election?

1. Labour won a large majority
2. The Liberals won every seat
3. There was no election
4. No party won an overall majority

Question 18Not answered

Which king united the people of the north, so that the term Scotland began to be used?

1. Robert the Bruce
2. Kenneth MacAlpin
3. William Wallace
4. Alfred the Great

Question 19Not answered

What is the official name of the country described in the handbook?

1. The British Isles
2. The Commonwealth of Britain
3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4. Great Britain

Question 20Not answered

Where can the modern game of golf be traced back to?

1. 12th-century England
2. 15th-century Scotland
3. 17th-century Ireland
4. 19th-century Wales

Question 21Not answered

What does the jury decide?

1. The sentence that the accused will be given
2. Whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty
3. Whether to hold a trial at all
4. Which law should apply to the case

Question 22Not answered

Are arranged marriages acceptable in the UK?

1. Yes, where both parties agree
2. No, they are never acceptable in the UK
3. Only for people who are citizens
4. Only in parts of Scotland

Question 23Not answered

What was the primary purpose of Hadrian's Wall?

1. To act as a defensive line against the Vikings
2. To divide the Roman Empire into two halves
3. To mark the border with France
4. To keep out the Picts from the north

Question 24Not answered

What is the biggest and best-known part of the Edinburgh Festival?

1. The Proms
2. The Tattoo
3. The Eisteddfod
4. The Fringe