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THE UK TEST 11
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The
Elizabethan period is also remembered for the richness of its poetry and drama,
especially the plays and poems of?
William
Shakespeare
On
Remembrance Day, many people hold a two minute silence at 11 AM to mark the end
of the First World War at the eleventh hour, of
the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1911?
False, It should be 1918
Local
authorities are funded by (Choose
any 2 answers)?
Money
from central government,Local taxes
It
is expected that women should stay at home and not work?
False
2
minutes silence is observed on the Remembrance Day?
True
Bank
Holidays have no national or religious significance?
True
English
kings fought a long war with France was known as?
The
Hundred Years War
People
celebrate April Fool's day more than Christmas?
No
What
is the traditional meat served for Christmas Dinner?
Turkey
The
UK is a parliamentary democracy with ______ as head of state?
The
monarch
In
the 2009 Citizenship Survey, less than ______ of people identified themselves
as Jewish?
0.5%
You
can't sell cigarettes to anyone below 18 years old?
Yes,
it's correct
Who
appoints Life Peers?
The
Queen
During
the Victorian Age, the government promoted policies of free trade?
By
abolishing a number of taxes on imported goods
In
the north of ______, land was owned by members of the 'clans' (prominent
families)
(Choose
any 2 answers)?
Scotland,Ireland
What
are the two main Christian festivals (Choose
any 2 answers)?
Easter,Christmas
London
has ______ local authorities?
33
Life
Peers is a member of the House of Lords appointed by the Queen on the advice of
the PM?
True
There
are ______ national parks in England, Wales and Scotland?
15
Who
defeated the Emperor Napoleon in 1815?
Duke
of Wellington
Anyone
who does not pay enough National Insurance Contributions will not be able to
receive certain contributory benefits such as (Choose
any 2 answers)?
Jobseeker's
Allowance,A full state retirement pension
Britain
was invaded by tribes from ______ Europe: the Jutes, the Angles and the Saxons?
Northern
When
is St Valentine's Day?
February 14th
Anne
Boleyn the wife of Henry VIII was accused of taking lovers so she was executed
at?
The
Tower of London


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