What is the capital city of the United Kingdom?
Which house in the UK Parliament is elected by the public?
Which of the following is one of the patron saints of the UK?
What is the official Church of England?
Who is the head of state in the UK?
When did the UK fully decimalise its currency?
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
How many countries make up the United Kingdom?
What is the minimum age to vote in a UK general election?
When did the Battle of Britain take place?
What is the most popular sport in the UK?
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?
What document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the King?
What is the official residence of the British Monarch in London?
When did the United Kingdom leave the European Union?
Which Roman general led the invasion of Britain in 43 AD?
Who led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066?
How many wives did King Henry VIII have?
During whose reign did the English navy defeat the Spanish Armada (1588)?
Who led the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War and later became Lord Protector?
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought which monarchs to the English throne?
In which country did the Industrial Revolution first begin in the late 18th century?
When did the First World War end?
Who was the longest-reigning British monarch?
Who became King of the United Kingdom upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022?
Which royal residence in Scotland is the monarch's official Scottish home?
After the death of a monarch, who is first in the line of succession?
Where does the UK Prime Minister officially reside?
Where does the Scottish Parliament meet?
What is the devolved Welsh legislature called (since 2020)?
What is the maximum length of a UK Parliament between general elections (under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022)?
Who chairs debates in the House of Commons?
What is the capital city of Scotland?
What is the capital city of Wales?
What is the highest mountain in the UK?
Which is the longest river in Great Britain?
On which date is St George's Day, the national day of England, celebrated?
Which dish is traditionally associated with Sunday lunch in Britain?
Where is Shakespeare's reconstructed open-air theatre located in London?
Which British scientist proposed the law of universal gravitation?
Which British naturalist published 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859?
Who was the British Prime Minister during most of the Second World War?
Where is the Wimbledon tennis championship held?
Which sport is famously associated with Lord's Cricket Ground in London?
In England and Wales, how many members typically make up a jury in a Crown Court criminal trial?
Which of the following is one of the fundamental principles of British life?
Which of these is listed in the handbook as a fundamental principle of British life?
Which value is included among the fundamental principles of British life?
Which fundamental principle of British life concerns people's religions and beliefs?
Which of these fundamental principles of British life relates to taking part in local society?
According to the handbook, what are the fundamental values of British society based on?
According to the handbook, how are the values and principles of the UK protected?
According to the handbook, what has no place in British society?
When do new British citizens make a pledge to uphold the values of the UK?
In the citizenship pledge, to whom do new citizens promise to give their loyalty?
In the citizenship pledge, what do new citizens promise to respect?
Which values of the UK do new citizens promise to uphold in the citizenship pledge?
According to the citizenship pledge, what will new citizens do with the laws of the UK?
The citizenship pledge ends with a promise to fulfil what?
According to the handbook, who shares the responsibilities and freedoms that follow from the fundamental principles?
Which of these is a responsibility of anyone who wishes to be a permanent resident or citizen of the UK?
What does the handbook say residents should respect about other people's opinions?
Which of these is listed in the handbook as a responsibility of people who wish to live permanently in the UK?
Which of these responsibilities does the handbook expect of permanent residents and citizens?
Which responsibility of UK residents listed in the handbook relates to where you live?
In return for these responsibilities, which of these does the UK offer?
Which freedom offered by the UK allows people to express their views?
Which of these does the handbook list among the freedoms the UK offers?
Which legal right is listed in the handbook among the freedoms the UK offers?
Which political right does the handbook list among the freedoms the UK offers?
By applying to become a permanent resident or citizen, what does the handbook say you are agreeing to respect?
According to the handbook, what will you need in order to apply to become a permanent resident or citizen of the UK?
Is there a fee for submitting an application for permanent residence or British citizenship?
How many questions are there in the Life in the UK test?
Which parts of the handbook are the Life in the UK test questions based on?
Where can you take the Life in the UK test?
How can you book a Life in the UK test?
According to the handbook, the form you complete and the evidence you provide when applying for permanent residence or citizenship depend on what?
According to the handbook, passing the Life in the UK test is part of demonstrating what?
The UK is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and which other country?
What is the status of the rest of Ireland, outside Northern Ireland?
What is the official name of the country?
Which countries does the term 'Great Britain' refer to?
In the handbook, who do the words 'Britain' and 'British' refer to?
What are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man called?
Are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man part of the UK?
How are the Crown dependencies governed?
Which of these is a British overseas territory?
Are the British overseas territories part of the UK?
Where does the parliament that governs the UK sit?
Which parts of the UK have parliaments or assemblies of their own with devolved powers?
What kind of powers do the parliaments and assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have?
Who were the first people to live in Britain?
About how long ago did the Channel permanently separate Britain from the continent?
About when did the first farmers arrive in Britain?
In which English county does Stonehenge still stand?
Where is Skara Brae, the best preserved prehistoric village in northern Europe?
What can still be seen at Maiden Castle in Dorset?
The language spoken by the people of Iron Age Britain was part of which language family?
Who made the first coins to be minted in Britain?
Who led an unsuccessful Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC?
Boudicca, who fought against the Romans, was queen of which tribe?
Where in London is there a statue of Boudicca?
Why did the Emperor Hadrian build a wall in the north of England?
For about how long did the Romans remain in Britain?
When did the first Christian communities begin to appear in Britain?
In which year did the Roman army leave Britain, never to return?
Which tribes from northern Europe invaded Britain after the Romans left?
The languages spoken by the Jutes, Angles and Saxons are the basis of which modern language?
What is Sutton Hoo in Suffolk known for?
Which saint founded a monastery on the island of Iona, off the coast of what is now Scotland?
Who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury?
Where did the Vikings who raided and settled in Britain come from?
Under which king did the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England unite and defeat the Vikings?
What was the area in the east and north of England where many Viking invaders settled called?
Under which king did the people in the north unite, so that the term Scotland began to be used?
At which battle in 1066 was Harold, the Saxon king of England, defeated and killed?
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
Why is the Norman Conquest of 1066 significant in English history?
What was the Domesday Book?
Which king introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284, annexing Wales to the Crown of England?
Who led the Scots to defeat the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?
By 1200, the English ruled an area of Ireland around Dublin. What was it called?
How long did the Hundred Years War between England and France actually last?
Which king's vastly outnumbered English army defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?
What was the system of land ownership used by the Normans, in which the king gave land to his lords in return for help in war?
About what proportion of the population of England died in the Black Death, which came to Britain in 1348?
Which king was forced by his noblemen to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215?
In the Middle Ages, how did judges in England develop 'common law'?
Which of these modern English words is based on a Norman French word?
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales, a series of poems about pilgrims travelling to Canterbury?
The Wars of the Roses, which began in 1455, was fought between supporters of which two families?
In the Wars of the Roses, what was the symbol of the House of York?
Which battle in 1485 ended the Wars of the Roses?
Why did Henry VIII establish the Church of England?
Which wife of Henry VIII was the mother of Elizabeth I?
What was the Reformation?
During whose reign was the Book of Common Prayer written for the Church of England?
Why did Queen Mary, Henry VIII's daughter, become known as 'Bloody Mary'?
What was the Spanish Armada, defeated by the English in 1588?
For how many years did Elizabeth I keep Mary, Queen of Scots, a prisoner?
What was the name of Sir Francis Drake's ship, one of the first to sail right around the world?
Where was William Shakespeare born?
When Elizabeth I died in 1603, who became King James I of England, Wales and Ireland?
Which translation of the Bible into English was made during the reign of James I?
In Ireland, what were the 'plantations' encouraged by the English government?
What was the 'Divine Right of Kings', in which James I and Charles I believed?
Who were the Puritans, many of whom sat in Parliament in 1640?
What happened when Charles I entered the House of Commons to arrest five parliamentary leaders?
In which year did the civil war between Charles I and Parliament begin?
In the English Civil War, what were the supporters of Parliament called?
In which year was King Charles I executed?
After the execution of Charles I, England declared itself a republic. What was it called?
Who became Lord Protector when Oliver Cromwell died in 1658?
In which year did Parliament invite Charles II back from exile, restoring the monarchy?
What happened in London in 1666, the year after a major outbreak of plague?
Which famous architect designed the new St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London?
Who wrote a diary about the plague and the Great Fire of London that is still read today?
What did the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 guarantee?
Which organisation, formed during the reign of Charles II, is the oldest surviving scientific society in the world?
Why were the events of 1688, when William of Orange took the throne, later called the 'Glorious Revolution'?
Which document of 1689 confirmed the rights of Parliament and the limits of the king's power?
According to the Bill of Rights of 1689, what religion must the king or queen be?
After the Glorious Revolution, there were two main groups in Parliament. Which modern party is still sometimes called by the name of one of them?
From 1695, what were newspapers in England allowed to do for the first time?
In the 18th century, what were constituencies with hardly any voters called?
Who were the Huguenots who came to Britain between 1680 and 1720?
What name was given to the supporters of James II who believed he was still the rightful king after 1688?
What did the Act of Union of 1707 create?
After the Act of Union of 1707, what did Scotland keep?
Why did Parliament choose George I, a German, to be king in 1714?
Who was the first man to be called Prime Minister?
Who was 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', who landed in Scotland in 1745?
At which battle in 1746 was Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated?
What happened during the 'Highland Clearances' in Scotland?
Which famous song, sung at New Year, is the best-known work of the Scottish poet Robert Burns?
Which Scottish thinker of the Enlightenment developed ideas about economics that are still referred to today?
Whose work on steam power helped the progress of the Industrial Revolution?
What did the development of the Bessemer process allow?
Richard Arkwright, who originally trained as a barber, improved which machine used in the textile industry?
What did Sake Dean Mahomet open in London in 1810?
Which group set up the first formal anti-slavery groups in Britain in the late 1700s?
Which evangelical Christian and MP played an important part in turning public opinion against the slave trade?
In which year did it become illegal to trade slaves in British ships or from British ports?
What did the Emancipation Act of 1833 do?
In which year did 13 American colonies declare their independence from Britain?
Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and was killed in the battle?
Who defeated the Emperor Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
What was created when Ireland became unified with England, Scotland and Wales in 1801?
On the Union Flag, what does the cross of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, look like?
Why does the Welsh dragon not appear on the Union Flag?
In which year did Queen Victoria become queen, at the age of 18?
During the Victorian period, the British Empire had an estimated population of more than how many people?
Which laws, repealed in 1846, had prevented the import of cheap grain?
In 1847, the number of hours that women and children could work was limited by law to how many per day?
Which engineer built the Great Western Railway, the first major railway built in Britain?
In 1851, where did the Great Exhibition open?
Which medal, honouring acts of valour by soldiers, did Queen Victoria introduce during the Crimean War?
Florence Nightingale, often regarded as the founder of modern nursing, established a training school for nurses at which London hospital in 1860?
What caused the famine in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century?
What did the Reform Act of 1832 do?
What right did Acts of Parliament in 1870 and 1882 give to married women?
Which group, founded in 1903 with the help of Emmeline Pankhurst, was the first whose members were called 'suffragettes'?
Which Prime Minister was famous for his 'wind of change' speech about decolonisation and independence for the countries of the Empire?
Against whom did Britain fight in South Africa in the war of 1899 to 1902?
Which writer, born in India in 1865, wrote The Jungle Book and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907?
Which event on 28 June 1914 set off the chain of events leading to the First World War?
The British attack on the Somme in July 1916 resulted in about how many British casualties on the first day alone?
What was the Easter Rising of 1916?
In 1922 Ireland became two countries. What was the part outside Northern Ireland called at first?
In which year did the BBC begin the world's first regular television service?
What led Britain and France to declare war on Germany in 1939?
In 1940, civilian volunteers in small boats helped the Navy rescue more than 300,000 men from the beaches around which place?
Which were the most important planes used by the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain?
What was 'the Blitz' during the Second World War?
On which date did allied forces land in Normandy, an event often referred to as 'D-Day'?
Which Scottish-born doctor discovered penicillin in 1928?
Who became Prime Minister when the Labour Party won the 1945 general election?
Which Minister for Health led the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948?
The Beveridge Report of 1942 recommended fighting five 'Giant Evils'. Which list is correct?
What did the Education Act 1944, often called 'the Butler Act', introduce?
In 1947, independence was granted to nine countries. Which of these was among them?
What was the decade of the 1960s known as in Britain?
Which Scotsman developed the television in the 1920s and made the first television broadcast between London and Glasgow in 1932?
Which British mathematician invented the 'Turing machine' in the 1930s, a theory that influenced the development of computer science?
What did Sir Frank Whittle, a Royal Air Force engineer officer, develop in Britain in the 1930s?
In 1996, two British scientists led a team that was the first to succeed in cloning a mammal. What was the animal called?
Who is the British inventor of the World Wide Web?
In 1982, which British overseas territory in the South Atlantic was invaded by Argentina?
Which Scotsman developed radar, after proposing that enemy aircraft could be detected by radio waves?
Approximately how far is it from John O'Groats on the north coast of Scotland to Land's End in the south-west corner of England?
What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?
Which statement about the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern Ireland is correct?
In which part of Scotland is Gaelic spoken?
Approximately what share of the UK population lives in England?
Approximately what proportion of the workforce in Britain today is made up of women?
In the 2009 Citizenship Survey, what percentage of people in the UK identified themselves as Christian?
Who is the spiritual leader of the Church of England?
Who is the head of the Church of England?
What kind of Church is the Church of Scotland?
In which parts of the UK is there no established Church?
Apart from the Protestant Churches, which is the biggest Christian denomination in the UK?
On which date is St David's Day, the patron saint's day of Wales?
On which date is St Andrew's Day, the patron saint's day of Scotland?
Which patron saint's day is celebrated on 17 March?
In which parts of the UK is the patron saint's day an official holiday?
What is Boxing Day?
At Easter, what does Good Friday mark?
What are the 40 days before Easter known as?
What is the day before Lent starts called?
Which festival, celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs, is often called the Festival of Lights?
Which festival is celebrated for eight days, with a candle lit each day on a stand of eight candles called a menorah?
What does Eid al-Fitr celebrate?
Vaisakhi is a Sikh festival that celebrates what?
What is 31 December called in Scotland?
Which event does Bonfire Night on 5 November remember?
Which flower do people wear for Remembrance Day?
In Northern Ireland, the anniversary of which event in July is also a public holiday?
In which years has the UK hosted the Olympic Games?
The Paralympics have their origin in the work of Dr Sir Ludwig Guttman at which hospital?
Who was the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes, in 1954?
Who captained the English football team that won the World Cup in 1966?
Sir Steve Redgrave won gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games in which sport?
Who in 2004 became the fastest person to sail around the world single-handed?
Who was the first Briton to win the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 metres?
In 2012, Andy Murray became the first British man since 1936 to win a singles title in a Grand Slam tournament. Which tournament did he win?
What is the Ashes?
The Six Nations Championship is the most famous competition in which sport?
Where is the Grand National horse race held?
Which place in Scotland is known as the home of golf?
Which organisation has organised the Proms since 1927?
Which composer wrote the Water Music for King George I?
Which composer wrote the Pomp and Circumstance Marches?
Which composer is best known for the operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd?
What is the National Eisteddfod of Wales?
Which murder-mystery play by Dame Agatha Christie has been running in London's West End since 1952?
In a traditional pantomime, who plays the character of the Dame?
What is the biggest and best-known part of the Edinburgh Festival?
What does the Turner Prize, established in 1984, celebrate?
Which composer wrote The Planets, a suite of pieces themed around the planets of the solar system?
Which architect designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall?
Who designed the grounds around country houses in the 18th century so that the landscape appeared to be natural?
Which writer created the detective Sherlock Holmes?
Where are some of the best-known British poets buried or commemorated?
Which of these poets was inspired to write about his experiences in the First World War?
What is an allotment?
Which flower is particularly associated with Wales?
Haggis is a traditional food associated with which part of the UK?
In which year were films first shown publicly in the UK?
Which awards, hosted by BAFTA, are the British equivalent of the Oscars?
Nick Park has won Oscars for animated films featuring which characters?
What is the money from TV licences used to pay for?
From what age can people drink wine or beer with a meal in a hotel or restaurant, as long as they are with someone over 18?
What is 'Big Ben'?
Where is the Eden Project, with its giant greenhouse-like biomes, located?
Where is the Giant's Causeway, a land formation of columns made from volcanic lava?
What is the largest expanse of fresh water in mainland Britain?
The London Eye was originally built as part of which celebration?
Which is the highest mountain in Wales?
Which is England's largest national park?
Which group campaigned in the 1830s and 1840s for reforms such as secret ballots and payment for MPs?
In 1918, the right to vote was extended to which group?
Since which year has the UK had a fully democratic voting system, with men and women over 21 able to vote?
Why is the British constitution often described as ‘unwritten’?
The UK has a constitutional monarchy. What does this mean?
After a General Election, whom does the monarch invite to become Prime Minister?
The monarch meets the Prime Minister regularly. Who makes the decisions on government policies?
At the opening of each new parliamentary session, the monarch makes a speech. What does it summarise?
What is the National Anthem of the UK?
As part of the citizenship ceremony, what do new British citizens do?
Which of the following is one of the responsibilities of an MP?
What are members of the House of Lords known as?
Since which year has the Prime Minister been able to nominate life peers to the House of Lords?
In which year did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?
Which chamber of Parliament has the power to overrule the other, although this power is not used often?
How is the Speaker of the House of Commons chosen?
If an MP dies or resigns, what is the fresh election in their constituency called?
MPs are elected using the ‘first past the post’ system. What does this mean?
Many MPs hold regular local meetings where constituents can talk to them in person about their concerns. What are these called?
Besides 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister has a country house outside London. What is it called?
Which cabinet minister is responsible for the economy?
Which cabinet minister is responsible for crime, policing and immigration?
What is the second-largest party in the House of Commons called?
How often does Prime Minister’s Questions take place while Parliament is sitting?
Who appoints the ‘shadow ministers’ who form the shadow cabinet?
What do pressure and lobby groups do?
Which of the following is true of civil servants in the UK?
Which of these policy areas remains under the control of the central UK government rather than the devolved administrations?
In which languages can members of the Welsh Parliament (Senedd) speak, with its publications produced in both?
In which year was the Scottish Parliament formed?
How many members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are there?
The Northern Ireland Assembly was established soon after which agreement?
What are the elected members of the Northern Ireland Assembly called?
Where does the Northern Ireland Assembly meet?
What are the official reports of proceedings in Parliament called?
The UK has a free press. What does this mean?
Apart from British citizens, which adult residents of the UK can vote in General Elections?
To be able to vote in a parliamentary or local election, where must your name be?
On election day, during which hours are polling stations open?
Most member states of the Commonwealth were once part of what?
The UK originally decided not to join the European Economic Community (EEC). In which year did it become a member?
What is the Council of Europe, of which the UK is a member, responsible for?
What is the UK’s position on the United Nations Security Council?
What have the member countries of NATO agreed to do?
What is civil law used for?
Is it legal in the UK to carry a weapon, such as a knife, for self-defence?
Which of the following is one of the duties of the police in the UK?
What should you do if you think someone is trying to persuade you to join an extremist or terrorist cause?
Judges are responsible for interpreting the law and ensuring trials are conducted fairly. Who can interfere with this?
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in which court are most minor criminal cases dealt with?
In Scotland, which court deals with minor criminal offences?
In England, Wales and Scotland, which of these is usually true of magistrates and Justices of the Peace?
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, where are serious criminal offences tried in front of a judge and a jury?
How many members does a jury have in Scotland?
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, an accused person of what age would normally have their case heard in a Youth Court?
Which courts deal with a wide range of civil disputes, such as recovering money owed, personal injury and breaches of contract?
In England and Wales, the small claims procedure is used for claims of less than what amount?
Which of the following is one of the principles included in the European Convention on Human Rights?
In which year was the UK one of the first countries to sign the European Convention on Human Rights?
Which Act incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law?
UK laws ensure that people are not treated unfairly in any area of life or work because of which of the following?
In the UK, who can be prosecuted for being violent towards their partner?
Which statement about female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK is correct?
Under UK law, what is the difference between an arranged marriage and a forced marriage?
Which of these is one of the shared values and responsibilities that everyone in the UK is expected to accept?
What is the minimum age to become a school governor?
Political party members try to persuade people to vote for their candidates, for example by knocking on doors. What is this called?
Which of these is a way to volunteer with the police?
What is volunteering?
How are members of a jury chosen?