Share Read on Mobile Enter Reading Mode Life in the UK Test 10 Posted on 11/06/2020 by Testrada Life in the UK tests 1. Leading fashion designers of recent years includeThomas Chippendale, Clarice Cliff and Sir Terence ConranMary Quant, Alexander McQueen and Vivienne WestwoodDame Zaha Hadid, Inigo Jones and Lancelot “Capability” Brown 2. In Scoland, minor criminal offences go to a the Police OmbudsmanJustice of the Peace CourtDeputy District Judge 3. The period of British history after the return of Charles II from exile is calledThe TroublesThe RestorationThe Reformation The Great Depression 4. A system of government where the whole adult population gets a say, is calledtheocracyautocracydemocracymeritocracy 5. Magna Carta was a charter of rights that established the idea that even the king was subject to the lawthe king was above the lawthe noblemen had to create a Parliament 6. Name a national park in Wales.Loch LomondSnowdoniaThe Lake District 7. Debates in the House of Commons are chaired bythe Speakerthe Chief WhigThe BeefeatersThe Chief Tory 8. In the 1960s, laws in relation to abortion and divorce were liberalised.TRUEFALSE 9. Which place is known as the home of golf?St Andrews in ScotlandLondon, EnglandCardiff, Wales 10. The Normans did not invade Scotland.FALSETRUE 11. How many works are shortlisted every year and shown at Tate Britain before the Turner Prize winner is announced?425 12. The Six Nations Championship is a competition inrugby leaguetennisrugby unioncricket 13. Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility are works byEvelyn WaughAnne Boleyn Jane SeymourJane Austen 14. Father’s Day isthe third Sunday in Junethe first Tuesday in Junethe third Sunday in Maythe second Monday in July 15. The most famous rugby union competition is the Six Nations Championship the FIFA Cupthe Wimbledon Championshipthe Champions League 16. Eid al-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramadan, when Muslims have fasted for 10 daysfor 40 daysfor a weekfor a month 17. Every person in the UK receives equal treatment under the law.FALSETRUE 18. Who became king of England in 1485?King Charles IIKing Richard IIIKing CanuteKing Henry VII 19. Channel Islands and Isle of Manare part of the UK but not governed by itare governed directly by the UK governmentare part of the UKhave their own governments 20. Forced Marriage Protection Orders were introduced in 2008 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act.FALSETRUE 21. The Royal Society, promoting “natural knowledge”, was formed during the reign ofHenry VIIICharles IIElizabeth IIElizabeth I 22. Name a battle of the Hundred Years WarBattle of HastingsBattle of BannockburnBattle of AgincourtBattle of the Boyne 23. Jane Daly wasthe Irish girl with whom Sake Dean Mahomet eloped in 1786the fifth wife of Henry VIIIthe woman who founded a training school for nursesthe author of the Canterbury Tales 24. Since 1999, hereditary peers have lost the automatic right to attend the House of Lords.TRUEFALSE Loading...