Life in the UK Test — Exam 9 of 17
Exam 9 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 10. 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
Ben gives up one evening a month to serve as a governor at his children's school, helping to oversee how it is run. Which principle of British life does this best show?
Serving as a school governor is a way of taking part in the life of your community, which is one of the fundamental principles of British life.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Severn Estuary, between Wales and south-west England, is famous around the world for what?
The funnel shape of the Severn Estuary produces the second highest tidal range in the world, up to about 15 metres, second only to the Bay of Fundy in Canada.
Question 3 · Chapter 3: History
Britain was not always an island. Roughly when did rising sea levels finally separate it from mainland Europe?
As the last Ice Age ended, melting ice raised sea levels and flooded the land connection to the continent, separating Britain from mainland Europe about 10,000 years ago.
Question 4 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
In Scotland's Hogmanay 'first footing' tradition, the first visitor after midnight should ideally bring symbolic gifts, such as coal or whisky, for luck and plenty.
A first-foot visitor traditionally brings symbolic gifts — such as a piece of coal, bread, salt or whisky — meant to bring the household luck and plenty for the year ahead.
Question 5 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Money raised through National Insurance Contributions is used to fund which TWO of these?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
National Insurance Contributions, paid by most working people, help to fund the state retirement pension and the NHS, together with some other state benefits. They do not pay for royal palaces or National Lottery prizes.
Question 6 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
What is the full official name of the country?
The full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Question 7 · Chapter 3: History
Julius Caesar first came to Britain with a Roman force in 54 BC.
Caesar first landed in Britain in 55 BC and returned with a larger force in 54 BC, but these expeditions did not lead to a permanent Roman conquest.
Question 8 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
A British pantomime, a much-loved Christmas theatre tradition, is best described as what?
Pantomime retells fairy tales as a noisy, funny family show, with songs, slapstick comedy and plenty of shouting back from the audience.
Question 9 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
If you will be away or cannot get to a polling station on election day, which TWO of these can you arrange in advance?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
Voters who cannot attend in person can apply in advance for a postal vote, or appoint a proxy — a person they trust who votes on their behalf at their polling station. There is no voting a week early at the town hall, and voting by telephone is not available.
Question 10 · Chapter 3: History
After his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, the future Charles II escaped capture by hiding in what?
Following the Royalist defeat at Worcester in 1651, Charles hid in an oak tree at Boscobel while Parliamentarian troops searched below - an episode remembered in the many 'Royal Oak' pub names.
Question 11 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Scottish inventor John Logie Baird is famous for pioneering which technology in the 1920s?
John Logie Baird gave some of the first public demonstrations of a working television system in the 1920s, transmitting moving pictures.
Question 12 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Cyclists must obey traffic lights and road signs, like other road users.
The Highway Code requires cyclists, like other road users, to obey traffic lights and road signs; riding through a red light is an offence.
Question 13 · Chapter 3: History
The Iron Bridge over the River Severn in Shropshire, opened in 1781, was a world first because it was built from what?
The Iron Bridge was the first bridge in the world to be made of cast iron, using iron produced in the furnaces of nearby Coalbrookdale.
Question 14 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
J. M. W. Turner, one of Britain's most celebrated artists, is especially famous for painting what?
Turner is renowned for his expressive landscapes and seascapes, in which swirling light and weather dominate the scene.
Question 15 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Hansard is the official published record of debates and proceedings in which parts of the UK Parliament?
Hansard covers both Houses of Parliament: it is the official published record of debates and proceedings in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Anyone can read it — it is published by Parliament, including online.
Question 16 · Chapter 3: History
Maiden Castle, near Dorchester in Dorset, is one of the largest surviving examples of which kind of Iron Age site?
Maiden Castle is a huge Iron Age hillfort, defended by complex rings of earth banks and ditches built long before the Roman invasion.
Question 17 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Ryder Cup is a team contest between Europe and the United States in which sport?
The Ryder Cup is a golf match played every two years between teams representing Europe and the United States.
Question 18 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
If someone cannot afford to pay for legal representation, what may be available to help them?
Legal aid can help people who cannot afford legal advice or representation, subject to eligibility rules.
Question 19 · Chapter 3: History
Skara Brae, the best-preserved prehistoric village in northern Europe, is found on which group of islands?
Skara Brae on Orkney, off Scotland's north coast, is a remarkably well-preserved Stone Age village that shows how people lived near the end of that period.
Question 20 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was created at a research institute in which country of the UK?
Dolly was cloned in 1996 at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh in Scotland, and her birth was announced the following year.
Question 21 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Who may legally supervise a learner driver practising in a private car?
A supervisor must be at least 21 and have held a full licence for that type of vehicle for at least three years; the learner must also be insured to drive the car.
Question 22 · Chapter 3: History
Under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, people who were too poor to support themselves could usually get help only by going where?
The 1834 Poor Law deliberately made relief hard to claim: the able-bodied poor could get help only inside the workhouse, whose conditions were meant to be worse than the lowest-paid job outside.
Question 23 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Which police force is responsible for policing Britain's railways and many railway stations?
The British Transport Police is the specialist force for the railway network in England, Wales and Scotland, including stations and trains.
Question 24 · Chapter 5: Government, Law & Your Role
Children travelling in a car must normally use a suitable child seat or restraint until they reach which point?
Children must normally use the correct child seat until they are 12 years old or 135 centimetres tall, whichever comes first; after that they must wear a seat belt.
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