Life in the UK Practice Test 15
Free Life in the UK practice test 15 of 52: 24 questions in the real exam format, drawn from all five chapters of the official handbook. The real test has 24 questions, a 45-minute limit and a pass mark of 18 out of 24 (75%). Tap an answer to check it instantly and read the explanation.
Question 1 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Tristan da Cunha, among the most remote inhabited islands on Earth, belongs to which British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic?
Tristan da Cunha forms a single overseas territory together with St Helena and Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which of the following crosses is NOT part of the Union Flag?
The Union Flag combines three crosses: the cross of St George for England, the cross of St Andrew for Scotland and the cross of St Patrick for Ireland. The cross of St David does not appear in it — Wales has no cross of its own in the flag.
Question 3 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Peak District holds a special place among Britain's protected landscapes because it was the first area to be designated as what?
The Peak District was designated in 1951, becoming the first National Park in the UK.
Question 4 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Cairngorms, the largest National Park in the UK, is located in which country?
The Cairngorms National Park is in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest national park in the UK.
Question 5 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Broads, a protected area famous for its network of rivers and shallow lakes, lies mainly across which two English counties?
The Broads stretch across Norfolk and Suffolk and are known for their rivers, broads (shallow lakes) and waterways.
Question 6 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Dartmoor, the wild moorland National Park known for its granite tors and roaming ponies, is in which English county?
Dartmoor National Park is in Devon, in the south west of England.
Question 7 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Exmoor National Park, known for its moorland, wooded valleys and red deer, straddles which two counties?
Exmoor lies across the border of Somerset and Devon in south-west England.
Question 8 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK, is 1,344 metres high.
The official handbook gives Ben Nevis as 1,344 metres. (Ordnance Survey remeasured it at 1,345 m in 2016, but 1,344 m is the figure the test is based on.)
Question 9 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK, rises close to which Scottish town?
Ben Nevis stands just outside Fort William, at the southern end of the Great Glen.
Question 10 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which TWO of these are banknote denominations issued by the Bank of England?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
The Bank of England issues £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, so the £5 note and the £50 note are both genuine denominations. There is no Bank of England £15 note, and the Bank of England does not issue a £100 note.
Question 11 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The largest Bank of England banknote in general circulation is the £100 note.
The £50 note is the largest denomination Bank of England banknote in general circulation.
Question 12 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Whose portrait traditionally appears on British coins?
UK coins carry the portrait of the reigning monarch, a tradition going back centuries.
Question 13 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Modern Bank of England banknotes are made from paper.
Bank of England notes are now made from a plastic polymer, which lasts longer and is harder to forge than paper.
Question 14 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Cornish is the traditional language of which English county?
Cornish is the Celtic language traditionally spoken in Cornwall and revived there in recent decades.
Question 15 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which TWO of these languages have a long tradition in Northern Ireland?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
Ulster Scots is a traditional way of speaking in parts of Northern Ireland, and Irish (Gaelic) has been spoken in Ireland for centuries, so both have a long tradition there. Welsh is the language of Wales, and Manx is the traditional language of the Isle of Man.
Question 16 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Manx is the traditional language of which island?
Manx is the Gaelic language traditionally spoken on the Isle of Man.
Question 17 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which TWO of these are traditional languages of the Channel Islands?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
Jèrriais is the traditional Norman language of Jersey and Guernésiais is the traditional Norman language of Guernsey, so both belong to the Channel Islands. Cornish is the traditional language of Cornwall in England, and Manx belongs to the Isle of Man.
Question 18 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Who holds the position of Head of the Commonwealth?
The British monarch is Head of the Commonwealth, a symbolic role linking its member countries.
Question 19 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which description of the Commonwealth is correct?
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of independent states, most of them former parts of the British Empire, working together on shared values and development.
Question 20 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The United Kingdom holds a permanent seat, with the power of veto, on which United Nations body?
The UK is one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, each of which has the power of veto.
Question 21 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The United Kingdom was a founding member of NATO, which was set up in 1949.
NATO was founded in 1949, with the UK among its founding members, as a mutual defence alliance.
Question 22 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which international organisation did the United Kingdom formally leave in January 2020?
The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020, following the 2016 referendum. It remains a member of NATO, the Commonwealth and the Council of Europe.
Question 23 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Only some Commonwealth countries have the monarch as their head of state.
Only some Commonwealth countries (the Commonwealth realms) have the monarch as head of state; most member countries are republics with their own head of state.
Question 24 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which historic county is the largest in the United Kingdom?
Yorkshire is the largest of the historic counties, traditionally divided into three ridings.
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