Life in the UK test

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1.Which TWO books were written by Rudyard Kipling?
  1. Three men in a boat
  2. Lord of the flies
  3. Just So Stories
  4. The Jungle Book
2.After the abolition of slavery from the British Empire in 1833, how many Indian and Chinese were employed to replace freed slaves?
  1. 1 million
  2. 2 million
  3. 3 million
  4. 4 million
3.Which organisation was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst?
  1. Children in need
  2. World Wildlife Fund
  3. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  4. Women's Social and Political Union (Suffragettes)
4.Which TWO countries were allies of Britain in the First World War?
  1. Germany
  2. Serbia
  3. Hungary
  4. Canada
5.Which British scientist co-invented the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner?
  1. Sir Peter Mansfield
  2. Sir Tim Berners-Lee
  3. Sir Robert Edwards
  4. James Goodfellow
6.What was the period from 1066 to about 1485 known as?
  1. The Stone Age
  2. The Bronze Age
  3. The Iron Age
  4. The Middle Ages
7. Which English monarch could not speak English?
  1. Queen Anne
  2. George I
  3. Queen Mary
  4. Henry VIII
8.Which TWO of the following have their own currencies?
  1. Northern Ireland
  2. Scotland
  3. Wales
  4. Isle of Wight
9. What was invented by Sir Tim Berners Lee in the 1990s?
  1. LED TVs
  2. LCD monitors
  3. The Internet
  4. Smartphones
10.Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?
  1. St Alypius
  2. St Ambrose
  3. St Augustine
  4. St Possidius
11.Which of the following was commissioned by William the Conqueror to list ownership of land and animals in England?
  1. The Domesday questionnaire
  2. The Domesday list
  3. The Domesday register
  4. The Domesday Book
12.In 1847, what was the maximum number of hours women and children could work in a day?
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 16
13.Which political party did Winston Churchill belong to?
  1. Labour
  2. Tories
  3. Liberal Democrats
  4. UK Democratic
14. On which island is Skara Brae situated?
  1. Channel Islands
  2. Isle of Wight
  3. Isle of Man
  4. Orkney Islands
15.What are the TWO chambers of British Parliament?
  1. The Senate
  2. The National Assembly
  3. The House of Lords
  4. The House of Commons
16.In 1776, how many American colonies declared their independence from Britain?
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 14
17.Against which country did Britain fight in the Crimean War?
  1. France
  2. Spain
  3. Turkey
  4. Russia
18.Which country was poet and writer Dylan Thomas from?
  1. Ireland
  2. Wales
  3. Scotland
  4. England
19.Who wrote Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?
  1. Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. Robert Burns
20.Which Saxon King was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
  1. William
  2. Henry
  3. Alfred
  4. Harold
21.Who opened the first curry house in Britain?
  1. N. R. Pathak
  2. Jane Daly
  3. Sake Dean Mahomet
  4. Girish Chandra
22.Between 1853 and 1913, roughly how many British citizens left the country to settle overseas?
  1. 5 million
  2. 9 million
  3. 13 million
  4. 19 million
23.Which statement is NOT true about King Henry VIII?
  1. He was succeeded by his daughter Mary
  2. He broke away from the Church of Rome
  3. He married six times
  4. He had a son called Edward
24. Whose assassination on 28 June 1914 sparked the beginning of World War I?
  1. Joseph Stalin
  2. Giuseppe Musolino
  3. Gavrilo Princip
  4. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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