Life in the UK Mock Exam 21

All 24 questions in Mock Exam 21

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1. Which tribes invaded Britain after the Romans left, giving English its roots?

   • Jutes, Angles and Saxons
   • Vikings and Normans
   • Romans and Gauls
   • Picts and Scots
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   A. Jutes, Angles and Saxons

2. Who is the spiritual leader of the Church of England?

   • The monarch
   • The Archbishop of Canterbury
   • The Moderator
   • The Pope
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   B. The Archbishop of Canterbury

3. What is the official full name of the country?

   • British Isles Union
   • Great Britain and Ireland
   • England, Scotland and Wales
   • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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   D. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4. County Courts mainly deal with:

   • Civil disputes
   • Immigration appeals
   • Constitutional matters
   • Serious crimes
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   A. Civil disputes

5. Who was the first person in England to print books using a printing press?

   • William Caxton
   • John Barbour
   • William Wren
   • Geoffrey Chaucer
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   A. William Caxton

6. Handel, a German-born composer who became a British citizen, wrote which oratorio often performed at Easter?

   • Messiah
   • Façade
   • Peter Grimes
   • The Planets
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   A. Messiah

7. Who was Britain's first woman Prime Minister?

   • Theresa May
   • Indira Gandhi
   • Margaret Thatcher
   • Golda Meir
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   C. Margaret Thatcher

8. Female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK is:

   • Legal with parental consent
   • Legal if performed abroad
   • A criminal offence
   • A civil matter only
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   C. A criminal offence

9. Which of these is NOT one of the five fundamental British values in the handbook?

   • Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs
   • Absolute monarchy
   • Democracy
   • Individual liberty
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   B. Absolute monarchy

10. The Senedd (Welsh Parliament) is based in which city?

    • Bangor
    • Swansea
    • Cardiff
    • Newport
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    C. Cardiff

11. In which languages, other than English, can the test be taken by special arrangement?

    • Welsh or Scottish Gaelic
    • French or Polish
    • Irish Gaelic only
    • Urdu or Punjabi
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    A. Welsh or Scottish Gaelic

12. Debates in the House of Commons are chaired by the:

    • Leader of the Opposition
    • Lord Chancellor
    • Prime Minister
    • Speaker
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    D. Speaker

13. True or false: it is a legal requirement that men and women in the UK are not discriminated against because of their gender.

    • False
    • True
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    B. True

14. What is the longest river in the UK?

    • River Trent
    • River Clyde
    • River Severn
    • River Thames
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    C. River Severn

15. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own parliaments or assemblies with:

    • No political power
    • Devolved powers in defined areas
    • Full independence
    • Only ceremonial powers
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    B. Devolved powers in defined areas

16. The national Church of Scotland is:

    • Presbyterian
    • Methodist
    • Anglican
    • Roman Catholic
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    A. Presbyterian

17. True or false: there is an established (official) Church in Wales and Northern Ireland, just as in England.

    • True
    • False
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    B. False

18. Haggis, made from sheep's stomach stuffed with offal, suet, onions and oatmeal, is a traditional dish of:

    • England
    • Northern Ireland
    • Wales
    • Scotland
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    D. Scotland

19. Roughly how many approved test centres are there across the UK?

    • About 100
    • About 10
    • About 300
    • About 30
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    D. About 30

20. True or false: the BBC began the world's first regular television service in 1936.

    • True
    • False
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    A. True

21. True or false: the Second World War ended in 1945.

    • True
    • False
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    A. True

22. If an MP dies or resigns mid-term, a fresh election in that constituency is called a:

    • Special election
    • Snap election
    • Re-election
    • By-election
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    D. By-election

23. Self-employed people pay their tax through a system called:

    • Council Tax
    • Self-assessment
    • National Insurance
    • PAYE
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    B. Self-assessment

24. The National Health Service (NHS) was established in:

    • 1958
    • 1948
    • 1951
    • 1945
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    B. 1948