Practice test 33

Question 1Not answered

Which British fashion designer is named among leading designers of recent years?

1. Coco Chanel
2. Christian Dior
3. Giorgio Armani
4. Vivienne Westwood

Question 2Not answered

What was the Blitz?

1. German bombing of British cities in 1940 and 1941
2. A British attack on Berlin
3. The evacuation of Dunkirk
4. An RAF fighter plane

Question 3Not answered

How is the day before Lent starts known?

1. Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day
2. Ash Wednesday
3. Maundy Thursday
4. Good Friday

Question 4Not answered

What was written during the reign of Edward VI to be used in the Church of England?

1. The King James Bible
2. The Canterbury Tales
3. The Book of Common Prayer
4. The Domesday Book

Question 5Not answered

Who pioneered the railway engine just before Victoria came to the throne?

1. Isambard and Marc Brunel
2. James and Robert Watt
3. George and Robert Stephenson
4. Richard and Thomas Arkwright

Question 6Not answered

What was the 'Divine Right of Kings'?

1. The right of the king to appoint the Speaker of the House
2. The principle that the king must consult Parliament on taxes
3. The idea that the king was directly appointed by God to rule
4. The idea that the king's power was limited by Magna Carta

Question 7Not answered

In what year was the voting age in the UK reduced to 18 for both men and women?

1. 1928
2. 1918
3. 1969
4. 1945

Question 8Not answered

Where is the London Eye?

1. On the northern bank of the Thames
2. On the southern bank of the River Thames
3. In Hyde Park
4. On Tower Bridge

Question 9Not answered

Which countries compete in the Six Nations rugby union championship?

1. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain and Germany
2. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy
3. England, Wales, France, Italy, Spain and Australia
4. England, Ireland, France, Wales, Australia and New Zealand

Question 10Not answered

What is the leader of the Scottish Government called?

1. The Prime Minister
2. The Governor
3. The First Minister
4. The Secretary of State

Question 11Not answered

In how many areas can the National Assembly for Wales make laws?

1. 3 areas
2. 50 areas
3. 100 areas
4. 20 areas

Question 12Not answered

What important role does the monarch provide?

1. Stability and continuity
2. Party leadership and organisation
3. Control of the armed forces
4. Choice of all government ministers

Question 13Not answered

Which monarch re-established the Church of England as the official Church?

1. Henry VIII
2. Elizabeth I
3. James I
4. Mary I

Question 14Not answered

Where is there a statue of Boudicca?

1. At Stonehenge
2. On Westminster Bridge in London
3. At York Minster
4. In Edinburgh Castle

Question 15Not answered

How is a jury chosen?

1. At random from the local electoral register
2. By the judge, from lawyers he knows
3. By the police, from local volunteers
4. By local councillors, from their own areas

Question 16Not answered

Since when has the Church of England existed?

1. Since the Reformation in the 1530s
2. Since the Norman Conquest
3. Since the Glorious Revolution
4. Since the Act of Union

Question 17Not answered

Which religion did King James II follow?

1. Presbyterianism
2. Roman Catholicism
3. Puritanism
4. Methodism

Question 18Not answered

How are members of the House of Commons chosen?

1. They are elected by voters in a General Election
2. They are nominated by the House of Lords
3. They are inherited titles passed down through families
4. They are appointed by the Prime Minister

Question 19Not answered

When did a Northern Ireland Parliament first meet before the modern Assembly?

1. 1801, after the Act of Union
2. 1969, when the Troubles began
3. 1922, when Ireland was divided
4. 1998, after the Good Friday Agreement

Question 20Not answered

Which of Henry VIII's wives was a Spanish princess?

1. Anne Boleyn
2. Catherine Howard
3. Catherine of Aragon
4. Anne of Cleves

Question 21Not answered

Who wrote 'The Bruce' about the Battle of Bannockburn?

1. John Barbour
2. Geoffrey Chaucer
3. Robert Burns
4. William Caxton

Question 22Not answered

Which of these is a principle in the European Convention on Human Rights?

1. The right to free housing
2. The right to a job
3. The prohibition of torture
4. The right to a pension

Question 23Not answered

Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in which year?

1. 1807
2. 1745
3. 1901
4. 1833

Question 24Not answered

In which languages other than English may the Life in the UK test be taken by special arrangement?

1. Irish or Urdu
2. French or German
3. Polish or Punjabi
4. Welsh or Scottish Gaelic