Life in the UK test practice questions

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The values and principles of the UK

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Which of these is one of the fundamental British values?

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Correct answer: C — Individual liberty

Why? The fundamental British values are democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of people with different faiths and beliefs.Source

The values and principles of the UK

Which of these is one of the fundamental British values?

Respect and tolerance towards people of other faiths and beliefs is one of the fundamental British values.

Under the Human Rights Act 1998, everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and what?

In the citizenship pledge, a new citizen promises to observe the UK's laws faithfully and to uphold its what?

At a citizenship ceremony, what can someone make instead of the oath if they prefer not to swear by God?

In the oath of allegiance at a citizenship ceremony, new citizens promise to be faithful to the Prime Minister.

How many questions are there in the Life in the UK test?

What score do you need to pass the Life in the UK test?

Which of these is a 'protected characteristic' under UK equality law?

Which law sets out the 'protected characteristics' that are covered by anti-discrimination rules in Great Britain?

Which two values are both fundamental British values?

The Human Rights Act 1998 protects people from being held in slavery or made to do forced labour.

Which right does the Human Rights Act 1998 protect?

The freedom to hold opinions and to share information and ideas is protected as which right?

Under the Human Rights Act 1998, which of these is prohibited in all circumstances?

At the end of a citizenship ceremony, what are new citizens presented with?

Who needs to attend a citizenship ceremony?

You may need to pass the Life in the UK test as part of which kind of application?

Applicants aged 65 or over must still pass the Life in the UK test.

Which of these is one of the protected characteristics listed in the Equality Act 2010?

What is the UK?

Which list correctly names the four parts of the United Kingdom?

'Great Britain' and 'the United Kingdom' are two names for exactly the same area.

Which of these islands is a Crown dependency and not part of the UK?

The Crown dependencies have their own elected law-making assemblies and do not send MPs to the UK Parliament.

Which of these is a British overseas territory?

What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?

Which city is the capital of Wales?

Which saint's cross was added to the Union Flag in 1801, giving the flag its present design?

On which date is St David's Day, the day of the patron saint of Wales?

Which patron saint's day is celebrated on 30 November?

St George's Day, the day of England's patron saint, is on 23 April.

Which Celtic language is recognised in law as an official language of Scotland?

Where does the Welsh language have official status in law?

In which two parts of the UK do some banks issue their own banknotes?

Which of the four nations of the UK has by far the largest population?

Which city is the capital of Scotland?

In which part of Edinburgh does the Scottish Parliament sit?

Where is Parliament Buildings, the home of the Northern Ireland Assembly?

Which two islands, with their smaller neighbours, make up the Channel Islands?

Who is responsible for the defence and international relations of the Crown dependencies?

The monarch is head of state of the Crown dependencies, such as Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

Gibraltar has which status in relation to the UK?

St Helena is a Crown dependency, like Jersey.

The first Union Flag, created in 1606, combined the flags of which two countries?

On which date is St Patrick's Day?

In which part of the UK is the Irish language (Gaeilge) found?

Which of these languages used in the UK is a Germanic language rather than a Celtic one?

To which family of languages does Welsh belong?

Cornish is a Germanic language, closely related to English.

Which language is used throughout the whole UK?

A long and illustrious history

Stonehenge, the prehistoric stone circle, stands in which English county?

Skara Brae, a Stone Age village uncovered by a storm in 1850, is on which Scottish islands?

In which year did the Roman emperor Claudius launch his invasion of Britain?

Hadrian's Wall runs from coast to coast across which part of Britain?

The Antonine Wall, a Roman frontier in central Scotland, ran between which two waters?

After Roman rule ended in the early 5th century, Angles, Saxons and Jutes from continental Europe began to settle in Britain.

Alfred the Great, who defeated a Viking army in 878, was king of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom?

In the 9th century, Kenneth MacAlpin became king over which two peoples?

The Norman Conquest began when Duke William defeated King Harold's army near Hastings. When was that battle?

The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of the Roman invasion of Britain.

William the Conqueror had a survey made of who held land in England and what it was worth. In which year was the Domesday survey carried out?

Which king agreed to Magna Carta in 1215 under pressure from his barons?

By the later Middle Ages, Scotland's Parliament was made up of how many Estates?

Who led the Scots to victory over the English army at Bannockburn in 1314?

The Declaration of Arbroath (1320) asked the Pope to recognise Scotland as an independent kingdom.

In which year did the Black Death first strike England?

Which English king won the Battle of Agincourt against the French in 1415?

In which year did Henry Tudor defeat and kill Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth?

Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York in 1486 united which two royal houses?

Why did Henry VIII break with the Pope and make himself head of the Church in England?

How many times did Henry VIII marry?

Edward VI, Henry VIII's son, was a committed Protestant.

Mary I carried on the Protestant reforms begun under her brother Edward VI.

In which year did Philip II of Spain send the Armada against Elizabeth I's England?

Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in England in 1587 on the orders of which monarch?

Which town was the playwright William Shakespeare's home town?

Which preacher is seen as the chief architect of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland in 1560?