Practice test 2: 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 — The Battle of the Boyne
Why? The 12 July bank holiday in Northern Ireland, also called Orangemen's Day, marks the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.Source
Correct answer: C — The Isle of Man
Why? The Crown dependencies are Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man; they belong to the Crown but are not part of the UK.Source
Correct answer: B — False
Why? False. The Bayeux Tapestry records the Norman victory of 1066 and was most probably made by English embroiderers.Source
Correct answer: A — The Speaker
Why? The Speaker of the House of Commons chairs debates in the Commons Chamber.Source
Correct answer: A — True
Why? True. St Patrick's Day on 17 March is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland.Source
Correct answer: A — 1086
Why? William ordered the survey at Christmas 1085 and it was carried out in 1086; the results form the Domesday Book.Source
Correct answer: B — King John
Why? King John sealed Magna Carta in 1215; it set out the principle that the ruler is subject to the law.Source
Correct answer: D — Boxing Day
Why? 26 December is Boxing Day, a bank holiday across the UK.Source
Correct answer: C — With political impartiality
Why? The Civil Service Code requires civil servants to serve any government, whatever its politics, in a politically impartial way.Source
Correct answer: D — Three
Why? The old Scottish Parliament was known as the three Estates of clergy, nobility and burgesses; the burgesses attended from the mid 14th century.Source
Correct answer: A — True
Why? True. Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man govern themselves through their own elected assemblies, courts and legal systems.Source
Correct answer: B — False
Why? False. Good Friday is a bank holiday in Scotland too, as it is in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.Source
Correct answer: C — Robert the Bruce
Why? At Bannockburn in June 1314, Robert the Bruce defeated a larger English army led by Edward II.Source
Correct answer: A — Religion
Why? The Human Rights Act 1998 protects everyone's freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the freedom to change religion or belief.Source
Correct answer: D — A unitary authority
Why? Councils make and carry out decisions on local services, and where one tier provides all the functions it is known as a unitary authority.Source
Correct answer: B — 11am on 11 November
Why? Fighting stopped at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, which is why Remembrance falls in November.Source
Correct answer: A — True
Why? True. The Declaration of Arbroath was a letter to the Pope asking him to recognise Scotland's independence and Robert the Bruce as its lawful king.Source
Correct answer: B — 1348
Why? The Black Death struck England in 1348 and caused a severe shortage of labour afterwards.Source
Correct answer: B — Education
Why? The Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for areas such as health and education, while defence is run UK-wide.Source
Correct answer: A — The Cenotaph in Whitehall
Why? The national service is held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, with a two-minute silence at 11am.Source
Correct answer: A — The Falkland Islands
Why? The Falkland Islands, in the South Atlantic, are one of the British overseas territories listed in the British Nationality Act 1981.Source
Correct answer: D — Henry V
Why? Henry V beat the French at Agincourt in 1415, a victory owed largely to the English longbow, during the Hundred Years War.Source
Correct answer: C — The Royal British Legion
Why? The Royal British Legion runs the annual Poppy Appeal, and poppies are sold across the UK in aid of the charity.Source
Correct answer: C — Cardiff
Why? The Senedd, home of the Welsh Parliament, is located in Cardiff Bay and is where decisions are made for Wales.Source