Life in the UK Practice Test 30
Free Life in the UK practice test 30 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
During the Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th centuries, many Scottish tenants were evicted from their homes so landlords could use the land for what?
In the Clearances, Highland landlords removed tenant farmers, many of whom emigrated, to replace small farms with more profitable large sheep runs.
Question 2 · Chapter 3: History
At Peterloo in 1819, cavalry charged a huge peaceful crowd in Manchester. What reform had the crowd gathered to demand?
The Peterloo crowd of 1819 had gathered to demand parliamentary reform and the vote for working people; the charge by local yeomanry killed and injured many.
Question 3 · Chapter 3: History
The Tolpuddle Martyrs of 1834 were six farm labourers from Dorset who were transported to Australia as punishment for what?
The six Tolpuddle labourers were transported in 1834 after swearing an oath as members of a friendly society of farm workers — in effect, for forming a trade union; public protests later won their pardon.
Question 4 · Chapter 3: History
The disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, when British cavalry rode into Russian guns at Balaclava, took place during which war?
The Charge of the Light Brigade happened at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 during the Crimean War, after a misunderstood order sent the cavalry against well-defended Russian guns.
Question 5 · Chapter 3: History
David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary and explorer of the Victorian age, became famous for his journeys across which continent, where he encountered the great falls he named after Queen Victoria?
Livingstone explored large parts of central and southern Africa, and in 1855 reached the waterfall he named Victoria Falls in honour of the Queen.
Question 6 · Chapter 3: History
In 1913 the suffragette Emily Davison died after stepping in front of the King's horse at which sporting event?
Emily Davison was fatally injured at the Derby at Epsom in 1913 when she stepped onto the course in front of the King's horse, becoming the suffragette movement's most famous martyr.
Question 7 · Chapter 3: History
Ramsay MacDonald became Prime Minister in 1924, the first to hold the office from which political party?
Ramsay MacDonald formed the first Labour government in 1924, a landmark in the party's rise as it overtook the Liberals as the main rival to the Conservatives.
Question 8 · Chapter 3: History
In the Jarrow March of 1936, about 200 men walked from the Tyneside town of Jarrow to London to draw attention to what problem?
After the closure of Jarrow's shipyard left most of the town out of work, its 'crusade' of marchers carried a petition to London in 1936 protesting at unemployment and poverty.
Question 9 · Chapter 3: History
In which year did the Representation of the People Act lower the voting age in Britain from 21 to 18?
The Representation of the People Act 1969 lowered the voting age to 18, making the UK the first major democracy to enfranchise 18-year-olds.
Question 10 · Chapter 3: History
In which year was the death penalty for murder abolished in Great Britain?
Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder in Great Britain in 1965, initially for a trial period; the change was made permanent in 1969.
Question 11 · Chapter 3: History
In 1588, with the Spanish Armada threatening invasion, Elizabeth I rode to address her troops at Tilbury in Essex. In that famous speech, what did she tell them she had, despite her body being that of a woman?
At Tilbury in August 1588 Elizabeth told her soldiers that although she had the body of a weak and feeble woman, she had the heart and stomach of a king — and of a king of England too.
Question 12 · Chapter 3: History
The settlement of Jamestown, founded in Virginia in 1607 by English colonists, holds which place in history?
Jamestown, established in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in North America — unlike the earlier Roanoke colony, whose settlers vanished.
Question 13 · Chapter 3: History
The Act of Settlement of 1701 was passed to make sure of what about the future succession to the throne?
The Act of Settlement 1701 settled the crown on Sophia of Hanover and her heirs, provided they were Protestants — anyone who was, or married, a Roman Catholic was excluded.
Question 14 · Chapter 3: History
Which member of the royal family was the driving force behind the Great Exhibition of 1851, chairing the commission that organised it?
Prince Albert, Victoria's husband, championed the Great Exhibition and presided over the Royal Commission that organised it; its profits later helped create the South Kensington museums.
Question 15 · Chapter 3: History
The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, part of the Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium, is remembered above all for what?
At Passchendaele in 1917, heavy rain and shelling turned the battlefield into deep mud in which men and horses could drown; hundreds of thousands of casualties were suffered for a gain of only a few miles.
Question 16 · Chapter 3: History
In August 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, Churchill said that never had so much been owed by so many 'to so few'. Who were 'the Few'?
Churchill's words of 20 August 1940 paid tribute to the aircrew of RAF Fighter Command — the pilots of the Battle of Britain, who have been known as 'the Few' ever since.
Question 17 · Chapter 3: History
The Luddites, active between about 1811 and 1816, were which of these?
The Luddites were skilled English textile workers who, between 1811 and 1816, broke into mills and smashed the new machines they believed threatened their livelihoods.
Question 18 · Chapter 3: History
The vast Millennium Dome at Greenwich in London was built to house a year-long national exhibition marking what?
The Millennium Dome was built for the Millennium Experience, a national exhibition held throughout 2000 to mark the turn of the millennium; the building later became The O2 entertainment venue.
Question 19 · Chapter 3: History
Queen Anne, who died in 1714, was the last monarch of which royal house?
Anne died without a surviving child in 1714 and was the last Stuart monarch; under the Act of Settlement the crown passed to George of Hanover.
Question 20 · Chapter 3: History
In which year was the first official census — a count of the population — taken in Great Britain?
The first census of Great Britain was held on 10 March 1801, after Parliament passed the Census Act in 1800; counts have been taken every ten years since, with very few exceptions.
Question 21 · Chapter 3: History
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a year-by-year record of events that is a vital source for early English history, was first compiled during the reign of which king?
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was first assembled in the reign of Alfred the Great, around the year 890; copies were sent to monasteries and kept up for centuries afterwards.
Question 22 · Chapter 3: History
The Lindisfarne Gospels, created by monks on the island of Lindisfarne off the Northumberland coast around the year 700, are best described as what?
The Lindisfarne Gospels are a lavishly illuminated Latin manuscript of the four Gospels, made at Lindisfarne around 715–720 and now kept in the British Library.
Question 23 · Chapter 3: History
King Edward the Confessor's great building project, a new abbey church consecrated in 1065 just days before his death, was which London landmark?
Edward the Confessor rebuilt the abbey church at Westminster — Westminster Abbey — as his royal burial church; it was consecrated on 28 December 1065 and Edward was buried there days later.
Question 24 · Chapter 3: History
Under Henry II, royal judges travelled the country hearing cases and followed each other's decisions, laying the foundations of one common law for England.
Henry II's travelling (itinerant) judges carried the king's justice around England, and by following each other's rulings they laid the foundations of the common law — a law common to the whole country.
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