Life in the UK Practice Test 12
Free Life in the UK practice test 12 of 52: 24 questions in the real exam format, drawn from all five chapters of the official handbook. The real test has 24 questions, a 45-minute limit and a pass mark of 18 out of 24 (75%). Tap an answer to check it instantly and read the explanation.
Question 1 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
St George, whose cross appears on the English flag, is the patron saint of which country?
St George is the patron saint of England, and his red cross on a white background forms the English flag.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
St George's Day is celebrated on 23 April.
England marks St George's Day on 23 April. The other dates belong to St Patrick (17 March), St David (1 March) and St Andrew (30 November).
Question 3 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
St Patrick's Day is celebrated on 1 March.
St Patrick's Day falls on 17 March and is a public holiday in Northern Ireland.
Question 4 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The thistle is the national flower of which part of the UK?
Scotland's flower is the thistle, a prickly purple plant that appears on many Scottish emblems.
Question 5 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The rose is the national flower of Wales.
The daffodil is Wales's national flower and is often worn on St David's Day, 1 March. The rose is the flower linked with England.
Question 6 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The shamrock is a recognised symbol of which part of the UK?
The shamrock, a three-leaved plant linked with St Patrick, is the symbol associated with Northern Ireland.
Question 7 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Measured by land area, which is the largest of the UK's four countries?
England covers more land than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which follow in that order.
Question 8 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The River Severn is the longest river in the United Kingdom.
The River Severn, which rises in Wales and flows through England, is the UK's longest river at about 354 kilometres.
Question 9 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Loch Ness is the largest lake in the UK by surface area.
Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland covers a greater area than any other lake in the UK, including the Scottish lochs.
Question 10 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The United Kingdom shares a land border with only one other independent country. Which one?
Northern Ireland borders the Republic of Ireland. Every other boundary of the UK is coastline.
Question 11 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which of the following is NOT one of the four countries of the United Kingdom?
The Republic of Ireland is a separate independent state. It left the UK in the 1920s and is not part of it.
Question 12 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Shetland Islands, far to the north of the mainland, belong to which country of the UK?
Shetland is Scotland's — and the UK's — most northerly island group, lying well north of the Scottish mainland.
Question 13 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Isle of Wight, off the south coast, forms part of which country?
Unlike the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight is part of England. It sits just off the Hampshire coast.
Question 14 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Where are the Channel Islands situated geographically?
Jersey, Guernsey and the smaller Channel Islands lie in the English Channel, much nearer to France than to England.
Question 15 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Some banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland issue their own banknotes.
Several banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland issue their own banknotes. These notes are in pounds sterling and are accepted throughout the UK.
Question 16 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
One pound sterling is divided into 100 pence.
Since decimalisation, a pound has been made up of 100 pence, with coins ranging from 1p to £2.
Question 17 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
More than half of the UK's total population lives in which country?
England holds well over half of the UK population — roughly five out of every six people — far more than the other three countries combined.
Question 18 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Scottish Gaelic is a language traditionally spoken in parts of which country?
Scottish Gaelic survives mainly in the Highlands and the Western Isles of Scotland, where road signs and broadcasting use it alongside English.
Question 19 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Ulster Scots is a traditional way of speaking associated with which part of the UK?
Ulster Scots is spoken in parts of Northern Ireland, reflecting historic links between Ulster and Scotland.
Question 20 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
How is the United Kingdom's position in Europe best described?
The UK is an island nation sitting off Europe's north-western edge, separated from the continent by the English Channel and the North Sea.
Question 21 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which ocean lies to the west of the United Kingdom?
The Atlantic Ocean washes the UK's western coasts. The North Sea lies to the east and the English Channel to the south.
Question 22 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Channel Tunnel provides a rail link between which two countries?
Trains run through the tunnel beneath the English Channel between Folkestone in England and Calais in France.
Question 23 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The ancient stone circle of Stonehenge stands in which country?
Stonehenge, a prehistoric ring of standing stones, is on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
Question 24 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Loch Ness, famous around the world for its legendary monster, is found in which country?
Loch Ness is a deep freshwater lake in the Scottish Highlands, near Inverness.
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