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Life in the UK Test Practice 2026: Test d’entraînement 4

Test d’entraînement 4 sur 8 pour l’examen « Life in the UK Test Practice » : 24 questions supplémentaires avec réponses et explications.

  • Citoyenneté
  • Royaume-Uni
  • 200 questions
  • Vérifié le 10 octobre 2026

  1. Question 1 sur 24

    Which British admiral won the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 but was killed during it?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: C. Admiral Nelson

    Admiral Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, remembers him.

  2. Question 2 sur 24

    Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: A. The Duke of Wellington

    The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. Wellington later became Prime Minister.

  3. Question 3 sur 24

    In which year did Queen Victoria become queen?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: A. 1837

    Victoria became queen in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned until 1901, almost 64 years.

  4. Question 4 sur 24

    Which engineer built the Great Western Railway and the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: B. Isambard Kingdom Brunel

    Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a famous Victorian engineer who built tunnels, bridges, railway lines and ships.

  5. Question 5 sur 24

    Where was the Great Exhibition of 1851 held?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: B. In the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London

    The Great Exhibition was held in the Crystal Palace, a huge glass building in Hyde Park, and showed goods from across the world.

  6. Question 6 sur 24

    What did Florence Nightingale set up in London in 1860?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: C. A training school for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital

    After nursing soldiers in the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale founded the Nightingale Training School for nurses in 1860. She is seen as the founder of modern nursing.

  7. Question 7 sur 24

    What happened in Ireland in the mid-1840s?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. The potato crops failed, causing a famine in which over a million people died

    The failure of the potato crop caused a famine. Over a million people died and many more left Ireland.

  8. Question 8 sur 24

    Who was Emmeline Pankhurst?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. A leader of the suffragettes who campaigned for women's votes

    Emmeline Pankhurst, born in Manchester in 1858, led the suffragette campaign for women's right to vote.

  9. Question 9 sur 24

    In which year did women over 30 first get the right to vote?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. 1918

    In 1918 women over 30 were given the vote. In 1928 women got the vote at 21, the same age as men.

  10. Question 10 sur 24

    In which year did women get the right to vote at the same age as men?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: C. 1928

    From 1928 women could vote at 21, the same age as men.

  11. Question 11 sur 24

    When exactly did the First World War end?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: A. At 11 am on 11 November 1918

    The fighting stopped at 11 am on 11 November 1918. This is why Remembrance Day is on 11 November.

  12. Question 12 sur 24

    What happened to Ireland in 1922?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. It split in two: Northern Ireland stayed in the UK and the rest became the Irish Free State

    Ireland was partitioned in 1922. Six counties in the north stayed in the UK as Northern Ireland, and the south became the Irish Free State, later a republic.

  13. Question 13 sur 24

    Who became Prime Minister in 1940 and led Britain through the Second World War?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 and refused to surrender to Nazi Germany.

  14. Question 14 sur 24

    What was the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: B. The rescue of over 300,000 soldiers from France, helped by many small civilian boats

    Many civilian volunteers in small boats helped the Royal Navy rescue soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk. The phrase 'the Dunkirk spirit' comes from this.

  15. Question 15 sur 24

    In the Battle of Britain in 1940, which two British aircraft were most important?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: C. The Spitfire and the Hurricane

    In the summer of 1940, the Royal Air Force, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes, won the air battle against the German air force.

  16. Question 16 sur 24

    What happened on D-Day, 6 June 1944?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. Allied forces landed in Normandy, France

    On D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, which began the liberation of western Europe.

  17. Question 17 sur 24

    Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: D. Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming, from Scotland, discovered penicillin. It was later developed into a medicine that saves millions of lives.

  18. Question 18 sur 24

    In which year was the National Health Service (NHS) set up?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: A. 1948

    The NHS was set up in 1948 to give everyone healthcare based on need, not on ability to pay.

  19. Question 19 sur 24

    Which minister led the setting up of the NHS?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: C. Aneurin (Nye) Bevan

    Aneurin Bevan, Minister for Health in Clement Attlee's Labour government, led the creation of the NHS.

  20. Question 20 sur 24

    Which 1942 report became the basis of the modern welfare state?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: C. The Beveridge Report

    William Beveridge's report, Social Insurance and Allied Services, set out how to fight five 'giant evils': want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness.

  21. Question 21 sur 24

    In which year was the voting age lowered to 18?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: A. 1969

    The voting age for men and women was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1969.

  22. Question 22 sur 24

    Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the UK?
    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: B. Margaret Thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, the longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century.

  23. Question 23 sur 24

    Which of these events happened first?
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    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: A. Magna Carta

    Magna Carta was agreed in 1215, the Armada was defeated in 1588, the Great Fire was in 1666 and Waterloo was in 1815.

  24. Question 24 sur 24

    Which of these happened most recently?
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    Voir la réponse

    Réponse: B. Devolved government for Scotland and Wales

    The Act of Union was in 1707, votes for women at 21 came in 1928, the NHS began in 1948 and devolution came in 1999.

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