Life in the UK Practice Test 19
Free Life in the UK practice test 19 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?
The Menai Strait, crossed by famous bridges, separates the island of Anglesey from what?
The Menai Strait is the narrow stretch of water between Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, crossed by the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which is the largest island in Scotland, a single island with a double name?
Lewis and Harris is one single island — the largest in Scotland and the third largest in the British Isles. The northern part is called Lewis and the southern part Harris.
Question 3 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Many people think of John o' Groats, but which headland is actually the northernmost point of mainland Britain?
Dunnet Head, in Caithness, extends about 2.3 miles further north than John o' Groats and is the most northerly point of the British mainland.
Question 4 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which of the following is NOT a capital city of one of the countries of the UK?
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, Cardiff is the capital of Wales and Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. Glasgow is Scotland's largest city, but it is not a capital — Scotland's capital is Edinburgh.
Question 5 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
What is the southernmost point of mainland Great Britain?
Lizard Point in Cornwall is the southernmost point of mainland Great Britain. Land's End, although very famous, is the most westerly point of mainland England rather than the most southerly.
Question 6 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Ness Point, the easternmost point of Great Britain, is found in which Suffolk town?
Ness Point at Lowestoft in Suffolk is the easternmost point of Great Britain, and the first place in the UK to see the sunrise.
Question 7 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which is the largest island in England?
The Isle of Wight, off the Hampshire coast, is the largest island in England. Holy Island (Lindisfarne) and Lundy are much smaller, and Sheppey lies off the Kent coast.
Question 8 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The famous White Cliffs, a symbol of Britain seen by travellers arriving by sea, stand near which Kent town?
The White Cliffs of Dover are chalk cliffs on the Kent coast near Dover, facing France across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
Question 9 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Durdle Door, a natural limestone arch formed by the sea, is on the coast of which English county?
Durdle Door stands on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, a stretch of coastline in southern England famous for its rock formations and fossils.
Question 10 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Cheddar Gorge, known for its towering limestone cliffs and show caves, is in which English county?
Cheddar Gorge is in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. The area is also famous for giving its name to Cheddar cheese.
Question 11 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Old Man of Hoy, a dramatic sea stack of red sandstone, rises from the sea off which Scottish island group?
The Old Man of Hoy stands off the island of Hoy in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. At about 137 metres tall, it is one of Britain's best-known sea stacks.
Question 12 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The lighthouse on Muckle Flugga, a rocky islet north of Unst in Shetland, is notable for what?
Muckle Flugga lighthouse, first lit in 1858, is the most northerly lighthouse in Britain, standing close to Out Stack, the most northerly rock in the UK.
Question 13 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Bass Rock, a volcanic island in the Firth of Forth, is world-famous as home to the largest colony of which seabird?
Bass Rock hosts more than 150,000 northern gannets, the world's largest colony of the species on a single rock. The scientific name of the gannet, Morus bassanus, comes from the rock.
Question 14 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which Scottish loch is the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, plunging to about 310 metres?
Loch Morar, in the Highlands near Mallaig, reaches a depth of about 310 metres, making it the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles — deeper than Loch Ness.
Question 15 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which of the following is NOT a national flower of one of the countries of the UK?
The rose is the national flower of England, the thistle is the national flower of Scotland and the daffodil is the national flower of Wales. The leek is also a Welsh emblem, but it is a vegetable, not a flower — Wales's national flower is the daffodil.
Question 16 · 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 17 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
How many Scottish banks are currently authorised to issue their own banknotes?
Three Scottish banks — the Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank — issue their own sterling banknotes, which circulate alongside Bank of England notes.
Question 18 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
What is the name of Wales in the Welsh language?
Wales is Cymru in Welsh. Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, and Kernow is the Cornish name for Cornwall.
Question 19 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
What is Scotland called in Scottish Gaelic?
Scotland is Alba in Scottish Gaelic. Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales, and Mannin is the Manx name for the Isle of Man.
Question 20 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
A Welsh village often shortened to Llanfairpwll is famous for having one of the longest place names in Europe. On which island is it?
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on Anglesey, off the north-west coast of Wales. Its full name is one of the longest place names in Europe.
Question 21 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The Tynwald, one of the oldest parliaments in the world, is the parliament of which Crown Dependency?
The Tynwald is the legislature of the Isle of Man, a Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea. Gibraltar, by contrast, is a British Overseas Territory, not a Crown Dependency.
Question 22 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Hillsborough Castle is the monarch's official residence in which part of the UK?
Hillsborough Castle, in County Down, is the official residence of the monarch in Northern Ireland. The monarch's official residence in Scotland is the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
Question 23 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Durham's cathedral and castle stand together on a hill high above a loop of which river?
Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle occupy a wooded peninsula formed by a tight loop of the River Wear in north-east England, and together form a World Heritage Site.
Question 24 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which river is the longest river that flows entirely within England?
The Thames, at about 346 km, is the longest river flowing entirely within England. The Severn is longer overall but rises in Wales and flows through both countries.
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