Life in the UK Test — Exam 11 of 17
Exam 11 of 17 in the CitizenReady series: a fixed paper of 24 questions — the same questions every visit, so you can retake it, watch your score climb, then move on to Exam 12. Weighted like the real test (history, government and society heaviest) with the real format mix and the real pass mark of 18 out of 24 (75%). Tap an answer to check it instantly and read the explanation.
Question 1 · Chapter 1: Values & Principles
A local running club welcomes members of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, and adapts its sessions so that a member who uses a wheelchair can take a full part. Which statement does this best reflect?
Community activities are for everyone. Welcoming people of all backgrounds, and adapting activities so that disabled people can take a full part, reflects fairness, tolerance and participation in community life.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The island of St Helena, a British Overseas Territory, is historically famous as the place where which leader was exiled and later died?
Napoleon was exiled to remote St Helena in the South Atlantic in 1815 and died there in 1821.
Question 3 · Chapter 3: History
Which of the following statements about medieval England is NOT true?
The false statement is the one about land ownership: in the feudal system the king owned all the land, and granted it to his barons, who passed some to knights below them, each man owing loyalty and service to the lord above him. The other statements are all true — King John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, limiting royal power, and William the Conqueror's Domesday survey was completed in 1086.
Question 4 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Wembley Stadium in London is the home ground of which national team?
Wembley is the home of the England football team and also hosts the FA Cup Final each year.
Question 5 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Which TWO of these statements about the UK census are correct?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
Taking part in the census is a legal requirement for every household — not just homeowners — and failing to complete it can lead to prosecution and a fine. Individual census answers are kept confidential for 100 years before the records can be opened to the public.
Question 6 · Chapter 1: Values & Principles
How is the Life in the UK Test actually taken?
The test is taken on a computer at an approved test centre; it cannot be taken at home.
Question 7 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Measured by land area, which is the largest of the UK's four countries?
England covers more land than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which follow in that order.
Question 8 · Chapter 3: History
Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman Prime Minister in 1978.
Thatcher led the Conservative Party to victory in the 1979 general election, becoming the UK's first woman Prime Minister; she remained in office until 1990.
Question 9 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
London's famous theatre district, home to many long-running musicals and plays, is commonly known by what name?
London's West End is world-famous for its theatres, clustered around streets such as Shaftesbury Avenue and Drury Lane.
Question 10 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Which TWO of these payments are made to local authorities to help pay for local services?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
Council Tax is the local charge paid on homes, and business rates are the charge paid by shops, offices and other business premises; both help to fund local services. Inheritance tax is a national tax on a person's estate after they die, and the TV licence fee goes to fund the BBC rather than local services.
Question 11 · Chapter 3: History
The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 gave women the vote on the same terms as men, at the age of 21.
The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 finally put women on an equal voting footing with men at 21, a decade after some women first won the vote in 1918.
Question 12 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Cutty Sark, one of the fastest tea clipper ships ever built, is now preserved as a museum ship at which London location?
The Cutty Sark, which once raced home with cargoes of tea from China, is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich.
Question 13 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
It is an offence to drive on public roads in the UK without valid insurance.
Motor insurance is compulsory in the UK; driving uninsured is an offence and the vehicle can be seized.
Question 14 · Chapter 3: History
Which product was one of England's most valuable exports during the Middle Ages?
English wool was prized across Europe in the Middle Ages and the wool trade brought great wealth to England's landowners and merchants.
Question 15 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
John Wesley, an 18th-century preacher, is remembered as the founder of which Christian movement?
John Wesley founded the Methodist movement in the 18th century, preaching across Britain and organising his followers into societies that became the Methodist Church.
Question 16 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
In government, what is 'the Budget'?
The Budget is the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual statement to Parliament about taxation and public spending.
Question 17 · Chapter 3: History
In 1588, with the Spanish Armada threatening invasion, Elizabeth I rode to address her troops at Tilbury in Essex. In that famous speech, what did she tell them she had, despite her body being that of a woman?
At Tilbury in August 1588 Elizabeth told her soldiers that although she had the body of a weak and feeble woman, she had the heart and stomach of a king — and of a king of England too.
Question 18 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
On April Fool's Day, tradition says practical jokes should only be played before what time?
By British tradition, April Fool's jokes stop at midday on 1 April — playing one after noon makes the joker the fool.
Question 19 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
How do voters normally show their choice on a paper ballot in a UK parliamentary election?
Voters mark a cross (X) in the box next to the one candidate they choose; in first-past-the-post elections each voter picks a single candidate.
Question 20 · Chapter 3: History
King Edward the Confessor's great building project, a new abbey church consecrated in 1065 just days before his death, was which London landmark?
Edward the Confessor rebuilt the abbey church at Westminster — Westminster Abbey — as his royal burial church; it was consecrated on 28 December 1065 and Edward was buried there days later.
Question 21 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
The UK Parliament — the House of Commons and the House of Lords — meets in which building in London?
Both Houses of the UK Parliament meet in the Palace of Westminster in London, on the bank of the River Thames.
Question 22 · Chapter 3: History
Just weeks before the Battle of Hastings in 1066, King Harold had marched north and won a great victory at Stamford Bridge near York. Whose invasion force had he defeated there?
At Stamford Bridge in September 1066 Harold defeated the invasion of Harald Hardrada, king of Norway — then marched south to face William at Hastings, where he was killed.
Question 23 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
In the House of Commons, what does the Speaker do during a debate?
The Speaker is an MP who chairs Commons debates impartially, keeping order and making sure the rules of debate are followed.
Question 24 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Hansard, the official record of debates and proceedings in Parliament, takes its name from which of the following?
Hansard is named after the Hansard family, a firm of printers who first produced the official record of debates and proceedings in Parliament in the early 19th century. The name is still used for the published record today.
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