Life in the UK Practice Test 18
Free Life in the UK practice test 18 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?
The Needles, a famous row of pointed chalk stacks rising from the sea, stand off the western tip of which island?
The Needles are chalk sea stacks off the western end of the Isle of Wight, near a striped cliff and a lighthouse.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Slieve Donard, in the Mourne Mountains, is the highest mountain in which part of the UK?
Slieve Donard, above Newcastle in County Down, is the highest peak in Northern Ireland.
Question 3 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Lough Erne, a large lake with many islands, lies in County Fermanagh in which part of the UK?
Lough Erne is in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is made up of two connected lakes dotted with islands.
Question 4 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Firth of Forth, spanned by famous bridges carrying road and rail traffic towards Edinburgh, is on which coast of Scotland?
The Firth of Forth is the estuary of the River Forth on Scotland's east coast, crossed by the Forth bridges near Edinburgh.
Question 5 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Cotswolds, an area of gentle limestone hills, stone villages and market towns, lie mainly in which part of England?
The Cotswolds stretch across the south-west and south-central parts of England, mainly in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.
Question 6 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The historic city of York stands on which river?
York stands on the River Ouse, which flows through the city on its way to the Humber estuary.
Question 7 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Morecambe Bay, a large area of tidal sands and mudflats, opens onto the Irish Sea off the coast of which part of England?
Morecambe Bay lies off the north-west coast of England, between Lancashire and Cumbria, and is famous for its fast-moving tides.
Question 8 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Cardigan Bay forms a wide curve of coastline along which side of Wales?
Cardigan Bay is the broad bay on the west coast of Wales, stretching from the Llŷn Peninsula down to Pembrokeshire.
Question 9 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The island of Iona, famous for its historic abbey founded by St Columba in the 6th century, belongs to which Scottish island group?
Iona lies in the Inner Hebrides, just off the Isle of Mull. St Columba founded a monastery there in AD 563, and the abbey became one of the oldest Christian centres in Britain.
Question 10 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Fingal's Cave, the famous sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, is formed from columns of basalt in what distinctive shape?
Fingal's Cave is formed entirely from hexagonally jointed basalt columns, created as lava cooled and cracked. They are part of the same ancient lava flow as the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Question 11 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
After Ben Nevis, which is the second highest mountain in the United Kingdom, found in the Cairngorms?
Ben Macdui rises to 1,309 metres and is the second highest mountain in the UK after Ben Nevis (1,344 metres in the official handbook; OS maps now show 1,345 m). It is the highest peak in the Cairngorms.
Question 12 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Pen y Fan, in the Brecon Beacons, is the highest peak in which area?
Pen y Fan stands at 886 metres and is the highest peak in South Wales. The higher Welsh peaks, such as Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), are in the north of the country.
Question 13 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which lake is the largest natural lake in Wales?
Llyn Tegid, also known as Bala Lake, is the largest natural lake in Wales, around 6 km long. Lake Vyrnwy and Llyn Brenig are reservoirs made by people, and Windermere is in England.
Question 14 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Ullswater, one of the largest lakes in its region, is in which National Park?
Ullswater is a long, ribbon-shaped lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, in the north-west of England.
Question 15 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Teaching is recorded as early as 1096 at the university of which city, the oldest university in the English-speaking world?
The University of Oxford has evidence of teaching from as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Cambridge was founded later, in 1209.
Question 16 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Scotland's oldest university, founded in 1413, is in which town?
The University of St Andrews was founded in 1413, making it the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world, after Oxford and Cambridge.
Question 17 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Canterbury Cathedral, in Kent, is the seat of which church leader?
Canterbury Cathedral is the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the senior bishop of the Church of England.
Question 18 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
When the Humber Bridge opened in 1981, what record did it hold?
The Humber Bridge, crossing the Humber Estuary near Hull, had the longest single span of any suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1981, and kept the record for about 16 years.
Question 19 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
At the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, roughly how far apart are England and France?
The Strait of Dover is only about 21 miles (34 km) wide between Dover in Kent and Calais in France, the shortest sea crossing between England and mainland Europe.
Question 20 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Visitors to Greenwich can stand with a foot on either side of the Prime Meridian line in the courtyard of which landmark?
The Prime Meridian line, marking 0 degrees longitude, is set into the courtyard of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, the historic home of British astronomy and of Greenwich Mean Time.
Question 21 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Royal Mint, which produces the UK's coins, is based at Llantrisant in which country of the UK?
The Royal Mint moved from London to Llantrisant, in South Wales, in 1968, and it is the only place that makes circulating coins for the UK.
Question 22 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
What was special about the £2 coin introduced in 1997?
The £2 coin that entered circulation was the first bi-metallic coin produced for general circulation in Britain in modern times, with a gold-coloured outer ring and a silver-coloured centre.
Question 23 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
St Piran's Day, celebrated as the national day of Cornwall, falls on which date?
St Piran's Day is held on 5 March each year. St Piran is a patron saint of Cornwall and of tin miners, and the day is marked with parades and celebrations across Cornwall.
Question 24 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
British Summer Time ends each year on the last Sunday of which month, when the clocks go back by one hour?
British Summer Time begins on the last Sunday of March, when the clocks go forward, and ends on the last Sunday of October, when they go back and the UK returns to Greenwich Mean Time.
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