Life in the UK Test 1

Jun 10, 2020

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Testrada

in Life in the UK tests

1. The symbol of the House of Tudor was a sign that

the Houses of York and Lancaster were allies

The Houses of Lancaster and Boleyn were allies

the Houses of York and Lancaster were enemies

The Houses of York and Stuart were allies

2. How many members does the UN Security Council have?

20, sometimes referred to as G-20

7, sometimes referred to as G-7

3. Housesteads and Vindolanda are

tribal leaders who fought against Roman invasions

forts that were part of the Hadrian’s Wall

places where Viking invaders stayed and mixed with local communities

burial places of Anglo-Saxon kings in modern Suffolk

4. After the Glorious Revolution, some constituencies were controlled by a single family. What were they called?

Pocket boroughs

Rotten Boroughs

Highland Clearances

crofts

5. Chief Constables are

appointed by the government and must comply with the government’s instructions

democratically elected by the public

independent of the government

6. What is Burns’ best-known work?

Pride and Prejudice

Canterbury tales

Hamlet

Auld Lang Syne

7. Radio and TV must give political parties balanced coverage, so that time is divided equally between rival viewpoints.

FALSE

TRUE

8. Dylan Thomas was born in

Cardiff

Swansea

Leeds

London

9. Small claims can be issued online.

FALSE

TRUE

10. During the Victorian period, the British Empire grew to cover

all of Australia, large parts of India, and South America

all of India, Australia and large parts of Africa

all of Africa, Australia and large parts of India

11. The Church of England is known in the United States as

the Episcopal Church

the Presbyterian Church

the Church of the United Kingdom

12. Name an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s.

David Hockney

Adam Smith

Adam Scott

Thomas Gainsborough

13. Who is the head of the Church of England?

the Archbishop of Canterbury

The monarch

the Pope

the Prime Minister

14. Hannukah is celebrated for

15. Mothering Sunday is the Sunday

three weeks before Easter

two weeks after Ash Wednesday

four weeks before Christmas

16. Florence Nightingale is

the engineer who built the Clifton Suspension Bridge

the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1970s

often regarded as the founder of modern nursing

the author of Sense and Sensibility

17. Who designed the Queen’s House at Greenwich in the 17th century?

John Macleod

John Barbour

Inigo Jones

Tom Jones

18. What are the traditional pub games?

Pool and darts

Cricket and Football

Chess and Cards

Dominoes and cards

19. In a democracy, the whole adult population gets a say either by direct voting or by choosing representatives to make decisions on their behalf.

TRUE

FALSE

20. Since 1958, the Prime Minister has had the power to nominate

peers just for their own lifetime.

members of the House of Commons

21. What is written in newspapers is controlled by the government.

TRUE

FALSE

22. Who is Sir John Betjeman?

the captain of the English rugby team

a contemporary British poet

discoverer of insulin

a medieval Scottish scientist

23. What is “individual registration”?

the system of registration for voting in Northern Ireland

the system of election of the hereditary peers in the House of Lords

the system of elections for the Welsh Assembly

24. King Henry’s army defeated the French in the

Battle of the Boyne

Battle of Agincourt

Battle of Bannockburn

Battle of Hastings

Life in the UK Test 1

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