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: Catherine of Aragon
The correct answer is Catherine of Aragon. Catherine of Aragon was the earliest wife of Henry VIII.
Correct answer: Welsh
The correct answer is Welsh. The Welsh flag does not appear on the Union Flag because, when the earliest Union Flag was formed in 1606 from the flags of Scotland and England, the Principality of Wales was already untied with England.
Correct answer: Every summer
The correct answer is Every summer. The Edinburgh Festival takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland, every summer.
Correct answer: In 1969
The correct answer is In 1969. The ‘Concorde’, the world’s only supersonic passenger aircraft, earliest flew in 1969.
Correct answer: The Tories
The correct answer is The Tories. The modern Conservative Party is still sometimes referred to as ‘The Tories’.
Correct answer: In 1922
The correct answer is In 1922. The Northern Ireland Parliament was earliest set up in 1922.
Correct answer: The second largest party in the House of Commons
The correct answer is The second largest party in the House of Commons. The second-largest party in the House of Commons is called the opposition.
Correct answer: Norman French and Anglo-Saxon
The correct answer is Norman French and Anglo-Saxon. After the Norman Conquest, the king and his noblemen had spoken Norman French and the peasants had continued to speak Anglo-Saxon.
Correct answers: The cabinet, The judiciary, The police
The correct answers are The cabinet, The judiciary and The police. In the UK, there are several different parts of government.
Correct answer: In 1933
The correct answer is In 1933. Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933.
Correct answer: Sir Christopher Cockerell
The correct answer is Sir Christopher Cockerell. Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910-99), a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s.
Correct answer: The Crown Court
The correct answer is The Crown Court. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, serious criminal offences are tried in front of a judge and a jury in a Crown Court.
Correct answer: 18 years old
The correct answer is 18 years old. To buy alcohol in a pub or night club you must be 18 or over, but people under that age may be permitted in some pubs with an adult.
Correct answer: £2
The correct answer is £2. The coin with the highest value in the UK is the £2 coin.
Correct answer: 2011
The correct answer is 2011. Forced Marriage Protection Orders were brought in in 2008 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007.
Correct answers: The Grand National, Royal Ascot
The correct answers are The Grand National and Royal Ascot. Famous horse-racing events in the UK include Royal Ascot and the Grand National.
Correct answer: The Blitz
The correct answer is The Blitz. The Blitz relates to the German bombing of London and other British cities at night time in the course of the World War II
Correct answer: George Frederick Handel
The correct answer is George Frederick Handel. George Frederick Handel wrote an oratorio, Messiah, which is sung regularly by choirs, often at Easter time.
Correct answer: 1999
The correct answer is 1999. Since 1999, hereditary peers have lost the automatic right to attend the House of Lords.
Correct answer: The Lake District
The correct answer is The Lake District. The Lake District is England’s largest national park.
Correct answer: The position of women in the workplace was improved
The correct answer is The position of women in the workplace was improved. The position of women in the workplace was improved in the course of the ‘Swinging Sixties’.
Correct answer: Manchester
The correct answer is Manchester. Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858.
Correct answer: Roast beef
The correct answer is Roast beef. Roast beef is a traditional English food.
Correct answer: Fairy stories
The correct answer is Fairy stories. Pantomimes are based on fairy stories and are light-hearted plays with music and comedy, enjoyed by family audiences.