Life in the UK Test 4

Jun 10, 2020

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1. Which prophet was willing to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to?

Adam

Yousuf

Ibrahim

2. Fist past the post system means that in each constituency

the candidate who gets more than 50% of all votes, is elected

the candidate who gets at least two times the votes of any other candidate, wins

the candidate who gets the most votes is elected

3. In the UK, it is allowed to carry a knife for self-defence.

FALSE

TRUE

4. What happens if one party does not get a majority in a General Election?

two parties can join together to form a coalition

the Queen appoints the leader of the party she prefers

5. The leader of the Opposition usually becomes Prime Minister if his or her party wins the next General Election.

FALSE

TRUE

6. After the death of Charles I, England declared itself

a parliamentary monarchy

a republic

an empire

a monarchy

7. A civil war was begun to decide who should be king of England

in 1455

in 43 AD

in 1066

in 1875

8. The threat of the Viking attack encouraged the union under one king,

Canute

Harold

Kenneth MacAlpin

Cnut

9. Ernest Rutherford

established the NHS

led the scientists who were the first to “split the atom”

was a talented athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the pentathlon in 1972

10. It is a criminal offence to

practice FGM or take a girl or woman abroad for FGM

practice FGM in the UK, but not to take a girl or a woman abroad for FGM

practice FGM in the UK

11. Juries are chosen

at random from the list of volunteers

at random from the local electoral register

at random from the local phone book

12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a book by

Charles Dickens

Jane Austen

Clement Attlee

Roald Dahl

13. After the Industrial Revolution, many people

lost their jobs because of the mechanisation of industries

moved from the countryside and started working in the mining and manufacturing industries

moved to the country to work in the agriculture, which needed more manpower

moved abroad as there was less and less work in Britain

14. A system where a king or queen does not rule the country but appoints a government, which the people have chosen in a democratic election, is called

parliamentary republic

royal prerogative

parliamentary democracy

constitutional monarchy

15. Britain declared war on Germany when Hitler invaded

Belgium

Russia

France

Poland

16. Gaelic is spoken in

in Wales

in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

in southern Ireland

in southern England

17. Government restricted immigration to Britain in the 1960s.

FALSE

TRUE

18. James I and Charles I maintained good relations with the Parliament and balanced their views and wishes against those of the Parliament.

FALSE

TRUE

19. Forced Marriage Protection Orders were introduced in 2008 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act.

FALSE

TRUE

20. George and Robert Stephenson

wrote the Treasure Island

were organists at Westminster Abbey

directed Women in Love

pioneered the railway engine

21. One of pantomime’s traditional characters is

the Dame

the Goat

David Cameron

the Mister

22. What language influenced the development of the English language as we know it today?

Danish

Spanish

Catalan

Norman French

23. From the end of June 1940 until the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941,

Britain and the Empire stood almost alone against Nazi Germany

Britain and the Empire did not participate in the war against Nazi Germany

Britain and the Empire were assisted by the USA and Italy in the war against Nazi Germany

24. The first king of the House of Tudor was

James VI

Henry VIII

Tudor I

Henry VII

Life in the UK Test 4

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