Life in the UK Practice Test 25
Free Life in the UK practice test 25 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 3: History
What was 'the Blitz' during the Second World War?
The Blitz was the sustained German night bombing of London and other British cities in 1940–41, intended to break civilian morale — which it failed to do.
Question 2 · Chapter 3: History
At the start of the Second World War, why were large numbers of children moved out of British cities?
Children were evacuated from cities to rural areas, where they were expected to be safe from bombing. Many were separated from their families for long periods.
Question 3 · Chapter 3: History
The Beveridge Report of 1942 set out plans that led to the creation of what after the war?
William Beveridge's 1942 report attacked the 'five giants' of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness, and became the blueprint for the post-war welfare state.
Question 4 · Chapter 3: History
The ship Empire Windrush, which docked in 1948, brought immigrants to Britain mainly from which region?
The Empire Windrush arrived from Jamaica in 1948 carrying several hundred Caribbean migrants, invited to help rebuild post-war Britain — the start of significant Caribbean immigration.
Question 5 · Chapter 3: History
Food rationing, introduced during the Second World War, finally ended in Britain in which year?
Rationing continued long after the war ended as Britain rebuilt; the last food rationing ended in 1954, fourteen years after it began.
Question 6 · Chapter 3: History
In which year did the United Kingdom join the European Economic Community (the EEC)?
The UK joined the EEC in 1973, after earlier applications had been blocked. Membership was confirmed by a referendum in 1975.
Question 7 · Chapter 3: History
Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman Prime Minister in 1978.
Thatcher led the Conservative Party to victory in the 1979 general election, becoming the UK's first woman Prime Minister; she remained in office until 1990.
Question 8 · Chapter 3: History
Following referendums in 1997, which new elected bodies were established in the UK?
After the 1997 referendums, a Scottish Parliament and a National Assembly for Wales were set up (both first elected in 1999), taking over many domestic policy areas.
Question 9 · Chapter 3: History
The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 was a major step towards peace in which part of the UK?
The 1998 Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement created a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland and largely ended the decades of violence known as the Troubles.
Question 10 · Chapter 3: History
Which language did the Romans use for government, law and written records in Britain?
Latin was the language of Roman administration and writing in Britain, and it influenced place names and later the development of English vocabulary.
Question 11 · Chapter 3: History
What did the Romans call the trading settlement they founded on the River Thames, where London now stands?
The Romans founded a port and trading settlement on the Thames and called it Londinium, which grew into the city of London.
Question 12 · Chapter 3: History
The Roman town built around the hot springs at Bath was known by which name?
Bath was known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis, named after its hot springs, where they built an elaborate bathing complex.
Question 13 · Chapter 3: History
The Antonine Wall was built across Scotland, further north than Hadrian's Wall.
The Antonine Wall was built across the narrow part of Scotland, well north of Hadrian's Wall, after the Roman frontier was pushed further north.
Question 14 · Chapter 3: History
The successful Roman conquest of Britain began in AD 43, under the Emperor Claudius.
The Emperor Claudius launched the invasion of AD 43, and Roman forces went on to conquer most of Britain over the following decades.
Question 15 · Chapter 3: History
Which of these is NOT the name of a Roman road in Britain?
Watling Street, Ermine Street and the Fosse Way were all Roman roads. Offa's Dyke is a later Anglo-Saxon earthwork, not a road at all.
Question 16 · Chapter 3: History
Maiden Castle, near Dorchester in Dorset, is one of the largest surviving examples of which kind of Iron Age site?
Maiden Castle is a huge Iron Age hillfort, defended by complex rings of earth banks and ditches built long before the Roman invasion.
Question 17 · Chapter 3: History
Offa's Dyke, the great earthwork along the border between England and Wales, was built on the orders of King Offa of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
Offa was king of Mercia, the powerful Midland kingdom, and the dyke that carries his name marked his kingdom's border with the Welsh.
Question 18 · Chapter 3: History
In the Viking age, the large part of England where Danish law and customs applied was known as what?
The area of northern and eastern England settled and governed by the Danes was called the Danelaw, because Danish law applied there.
Question 19 · Chapter 3: History
The Vikings who settled in York knew the city by which name?
Under Viking rule York became Jorvik, a busy trading town whose remains were famously excavated in Coppergate.
Question 20 · Chapter 3: History
The Bayeux Tapestry, a long embroidered cloth made soon after the events it shows, tells the story of which event?
The Bayeux Tapestry pictures the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Question 21 · Chapter 3: History
The earliest castles built by the Normans in England were usually of which type?
The Normans first built motte-and-bailey castles: a wooden tower on an earth mound (the motte) beside an enclosed courtyard (the bailey), which could be put up quickly from earth and timber.
Question 22 · Chapter 3: History
Under the feudal system brought by the Normans, land was granted to those below a lord in return for what?
In the feudal system the king owned all the land and granted it to his barons, who granted some to knights below them; in return, each man owed loyalty and service to the lord above him.
Question 23 · Chapter 3: History
Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 after a long quarrel with which king?
Becket quarrelled with Henry II over the power of the Church, and knights who believed the king wanted him gone murdered him in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Question 24 · Chapter 3: History
Simon de Montfort's parliament of 1265 is remembered because, for the first time, it included which group alongside the barons and knights?
In 1265 Simon de Montfort summoned burgesses from the towns to sit alongside the barons and knights of the shires, the first time towns were represented in a parliament.
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