Practice test 11: 24 questions from all five chapters, as in the real test, where you need 18 correct answers out of 24. Pick an answer and check yourself straight away.
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Correct answer: C — Captain James Cook
Why? Captain James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, as Britain's overseas empire grew during the 18th century.Source
Correct answer: D — The Tower of London
Why? The Tower of London, a World Heritage Site begun by William the Conqueror, is home to the Crown Jewels and its Yeoman Warders, known as Beefeaters.Source
Correct answer: A — 10 to 17
Why? A youth court is a special type of magistrates' court for people aged between 10 and 17.Source
Correct answer: B — Sheep farming
Why? From the mid-18th century, Highland landowners merged farms and brought in sheep in place of cattle, pushing many people off the land and leading many to emigrate.Source
Correct answer: B — 17 March
Why? St Patrick's Day falls on 17 March and is one of the days when the Union Flag is flown in Northern Ireland.Source
Correct answer: C — Antony Gormley
Why? Antony Gormley designed the Angel of the North, a steel sculpture 20 metres tall that was completed in 1998.Source
Correct answer: B — Auld Lang Syne
Why? Robert Burns (1759 to 1796), Scotland's national poet, collected and wrote about 200 songs, of which 'Auld Lang Syne' is among the best known.Source
Correct answer: D — Successful applicants aged 18 or over
Why? You need to attend a citizenship ceremony if you are 18 or over and your application to become a British citizen has succeeded.Source
Correct answer: B — False
Why? False. A youth court has either three magistrates or a district judge, and there is no jury.Source
Correct answer: A — True
Why? True. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with their glasshouses and rare plants, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Source
Correct answer: D — Adam Smith
Why? Adam Smith's most famous work, 'The Wealth of Nations' (1776), argued that a nation's wealth lies in its production and trade rather than its stores of gold and silver.Source
Correct answer: C — 1801
Why? The Union with Ireland Act 1800 provided that Great Britain and Ireland would be united as one kingdom from 1 January 1801.Source
Correct answer: D — The Crown Prosecution Service
Why? The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police and other investigators in England and Wales.Source
Correct answer: A — Visual art
Why? The Turner Prize, first awarded in 1984, was set up to give Britain its own award for the visual arts, and it goes to a British artist.Source
Correct answer: C — Northern Ireland
Why? Irish, or Irish Gaelic, is found in Northern Ireland and is closely related to Scottish Gaelic.Source
Correct answer: A — The electoral system
Why? Passed under the Whig Prime Minister Earl Grey, the Reform Act of 1832 reformed the electoral system and began a long process of electoral change.Source
Correct answer: C — The procurator fiscal
Why? In Scotland a procurator fiscal, a prosecution lawyer, assesses the evidence and decides what action to take in the public interest, including whether to go to court.Source
Correct answer: A — Votes for all men over 21
Why? Chartism was a working-class movement built on the People's Charter, whose most important demand was the vote for all men over the age of 21.Source
Correct answer: D — The Great Western Railway
Why? Brunel (1806 to 1859) was the engineer of the Great Western Railway and also designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge and large steamships.Source
Correct answer: A — Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Why? Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park was set up in 2002, a year before the Cairngorms National Park in 2003.Source
Correct answer: B — British citizenship or settlement
Why? You may need to take the Life in the UK test as part of an application for British citizenship or for settlement in the UK.Source
Correct answer: B — A private legal meeting about a child
Why? A children's hearing is a legal meeting, held in private, that children and young people in Scotland may attend with their families to help sort out their problems.Source
Correct answer: C — The Crystal Palace
Why? Opened by Queen Victoria and backed by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition showed off British industry in Joseph Paxton's glass building, the Crystal Palace.Source