Life in the UK practice test
This free mock test contains 24 Life in the UK practice questions with answer options, correct answers, and explanations. Use it to revise for British citizenship or settlement preparation alongside the official study materials.
The official Life in the UK Test uses 24 questions and a 45-minute time limit. This page keeps the full practice content available in normal HTML, then the interactive app replaces it when JavaScript is available.
Correct answer: People lived in roundhouses as well as buried their dead in tombs
The correct answer is People lived in roundhouses as well as buried their dead in tombs. During the Bronze Age people settled in roundhouses and buried their dead in tombs called round barrows.
Correct answer: MSPs
The correct answer is MSPs. Elected members of the Scottish Parliament are called Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
Correct answer: Trick or treat
The correct answer is Trick or treat. During Halloween young people will often dress up in frightening costumes to play ‘trick or treat’.
Correct answer: Both, the House of Commons as well as House of Lords
The correct answer is Both, the House of Commons as well as House of Lords. The public can listen to debates in the Palace of Westminster from public galleries in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Correct answer: The National Museum
The correct answer is The National Museum. In the UK, some of the most well-known galleries are The National Gallery, Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London, the National Museum in Cardiff, and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Correct answer: The Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe
The correct answer is The Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded annually for the best fiction novel written by an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe.
Correct answer: In Scotland, Gaelic is spoken in some parts of the Highlands as well as Islands
The correct answer is In Scotland, Gaelic is spoken in some parts of the Highlands as well as Islands. In Scotland, Gaelic is spoken in some parts of the Highlands and Islands, and in Northern Ireland some people speak Irish Gaelic.
Correct answer: True
This statement is correct. The fundamental principles of British life include: participation in community life.
Correct answer: 13 million
The correct answer is 13 million. Between 1853 and 1913, as many as 13 million British citizens left the country.
Correct answer: Stratford
The correct answer is Stratford. The principal Olympic site for the 2012 Games was in Stratford, East London.
Correct answer: Senior opposition MPs appointed by the leader of the opposition
The correct answer is Senior opposition MPs appointed by the leader of the opposition. The leader of the opposition also appoints senior opposition MPs to be ‘shadow ministers’.
Correct answer: David Lean
The correct answer is David Lean. Brief Encounter (1945) was directed by David Lean.
Correct answer: Oliver Cromwell
The correct answer is Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the English republic.
Correct answer: 1.5%
The correct answer is 1.5%. In the 2011 Census, 59% of people identified themselves as Christian.
Correct answers: Profits in self-employment, Income from property, savings and dividends, Taxable benefits
The correct answers are Profits in self-employment, Income from property, savings and dividends and Taxable benefits. People in the UK have to pay tax on their income, which includes: wages from paid employment, profits from self-employment, taxable benefits, pensions and income from property, savings and dividends.
Correct answer: 3
The correct answer is 3. There are three devolved administrations in the UK, these include: the Welsh government, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Correct answer: The judiciary
The correct answer is The judiciary. Judges (who are together called ‘the judiciary’) are in charge of interpreting the law and ensuring that trials are conducted fairly.
Correct answer: Every 3 years
The correct answer is Every 3 years. Drivers can use their driving licence until they are 70 years old.
Correct answer: Lincolnshire
The correct answer is Lincolnshire. Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of a grocer from Grantham in Lincolnshire.
Correct answer: In Cardiff
The correct answer is In Cardiff. The Welsh government and Senedd are based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
Correct answer: Formula 1 driver
The correct answer is Formula 1 driver. Jenson Button is a famous Formula 1 driver.
Correct answer: King Edward I of England
The correct answer is King Edward I of England. In 1284 King Edward I of England brought in the Statute of Rhuddlan, which annexed Wales to the Crown of England.
Correct answer: 23rd June 2016
The correct answer is 23rd June 2016. The Brexit referendum was held on 23 June 2016.
Correct answer: 18
The correct answer is 18. It is a criminal offence to sell alcohol to anyone who is under 18 or to buy alcohol for people who are under the age of 18. (There is one exception: people aged 16 or over can drink alcohol with a meal in a hotel or restaurant.