Life in the UK Practice Test 38
Free Life in the UK practice test 38 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 4: Modern Society
At the Athens Olympics of 2004, Dame Kelly Holmes won gold medals in which TWO running events?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
Dame Kelly Holmes achieved a famous double at Athens 2004, winning gold in both the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. Her golds came in those two middle-distance events — not the 100 metres or the marathon.
Question 2 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Cheltenham Festival, held each March, is one of the biggest events in which sport?
The Cheltenham Festival is a major National Hunt horse-racing meeting, famous for races such as the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Question 3 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The final of the PDC World Darts Championship, played over the Christmas and New Year period, is held at which London venue?
The PDC World Darts Championship is staged at Alexandra Palace in London, nicknamed 'Ally Pally' by fans.
Question 4 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by people of which faiths?
Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains. Known as the Festival of Lights, it marks light and goodness triumphing over darkness and evil, and homes and temples are lit with lamps to celebrate it.
Question 5 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Welsh rarebit, despite its name, is a savoury dish best described as what?
Welsh rarebit is a rich, seasoned cheese sauce poured over toasted bread — it contains no rabbit at all.
Question 6 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Black pudding, served as part of cooked breakfasts in many parts of the UK, is a type of what?
Black pudding is a type of blood sausage, sliced and fried, and it is a traditional part of breakfasts in many parts of Britain and Ireland.
Question 7 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
A traditional steak and kidney pie is filled with which combination of ingredients under its pastry crust?
Steak and kidney pie is a classic savoury pie filled with diced beef and kidney cooked in a rich gravy.
Question 8 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The white cliffs of Dover, one of England's most famous coastal sights, are made of which rock?
The white cliffs of Dover are formed from chalk, which is why they are such a brilliant white where the sea has cut them away.
Question 9 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Forth Bridge, the great cantilever bridge near Edinburgh, was built to carry what across the Firth of Forth?
The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge: its red steel cantilevers have carried trains across the Firth of Forth since 1890.
Question 10 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The national stadium of Wales, home to the Welsh rugby team, stands in which city?
Wales's national stadium stands in Cardiff, in the heart of the city beside the River Taff, and hosts Welsh rugby and football internationals.
Question 11 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Shipping Forecast, a much-loved BBC radio broadcast, gives weather information mainly for whom?
The Shipping Forecast on BBC radio gives weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles, for the benefit of sailors.
Question 12 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Last Night of the Proms traditionally ends with the audience joining in with which patriotic song?
The Last Night of the Proms features a rousing sequence of patriotic music, including 'Rule, Britannia!', with the audience singing along.
Question 13 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The famous 'Hallelujah' chorus, sung by choirs especially around Christmas and Easter, comes from which work by Handel?
The 'Hallelujah' chorus is the best-known section of Handel's oratorio The Messiah.
Question 14 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Sir David Attenborough is best known to British audiences for presenting programmes about what?
Sir David Attenborough has presented landmark BBC nature documentaries about wildlife and the natural world for decades.
Question 15 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The National Trust, one of Britain's largest charities, was set up to protect and care for what?
The National Trust looks after historic houses, gardens, countryside and coastline, keeping them open for the public to enjoy.
Question 16 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, held in London each May, is the country's most famous show devoted to what?
The Chelsea Flower Show is Britain's most prestigious gardening show, where designers create show gardens and new plants are launched.
Question 17 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Lord's, in London, is a world-famous cricket ground often called the 'home' of cricket.
Lord's Cricket Ground in London is known around the world as the 'home of cricket'.
Question 18 · 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 19 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Twickenham Stadium in south-west London is the home of which sport's English national side?
Twickenham is the home stadium of the England rugby union team and the headquarters of the game in England.
Question 20 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The London Eye, standing on the South Bank of the Thames, is best described as what?
The London Eye is a huge observation wheel whose enclosed capsules give passengers views across the capital as it slowly turns.
Question 21 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Glastonbury Festival, Britain's best-known open-air music festival, is held in which county?
The Glastonbury Festival of contemporary performing arts is held on farmland near Pilton in Somerset.
Question 22 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Peter Rabbit, the mischievous rabbit in a blue jacket, was created in stories and watercolours by which writer and illustrator?
Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit and a much-loved series of little books about animals.
Question 23 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with its White Rabbit and Mad Hatter, was written by which author?
Lewis Carroll (the pen name of Charles Dodgson) wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.
Question 24 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
In the long-running BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, the Doctor travels through time and space in the TARDIS, which from the outside looks like what?
The TARDIS is disguised as an old-fashioned blue police box — not to be confused with the red telephone box, a separate British icon.
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