Life in the UK Test Practice 2026: Övningsprov 2

Övningsprov 2 av 8 för Life in the UK Test Practice: 24 fler frågor med svar och förklaringar.

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Kontrollerad 10 oktober 2026

Fråga 1 av 24
In which English county is Stonehenge?
- Kent
- Yorkshire
- Cornwall
- Wiltshire
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Svar: D. Wiltshire
Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument built in the Stone Age, stands in Wiltshire.
Fråga 2 av 24
Who led an unsuccessful Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC?
- Emperor Nero
- Julius Caesar
- Emperor Claudius
- Emperor Hadrian
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Svar: B. Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar attempted an invasion in 55 BC but did not succeed. The Romans conquered Britain later, under Claudius.
Fråga 3 av 24
In which year did the Romans, under Emperor Claudius, successfully invade Britain?
- AD 410
- AD 789
- 55 BC
- AD 43
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Svar: D. AD 43
Emperor Claudius led the successful Roman invasion in AD 43.
Fråga 4 av 24
Who was Boudicca?
- An Anglo-Saxon princess
- A Roman empress
- A Viking leader
- A queen of the Iceni who fought against the Romans
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Svar: D. A queen of the Iceni who fought against the Romans
Boudicca led the Iceni tribe of eastern England against the Romans. A statue of her stands on Westminster Bridge in London.
Fråga 5 av 24
Why was Hadrian's Wall built?
- To keep out the Picts from the north
- To mark the border with Wales
- To keep out the Vikings
- To protect London from the Saxons
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Svar: A. To keep out the Picts from the north
The Romans built Hadrian's Wall in the north of England to keep out the Picts, ancestors of the Scottish people.
Fråga 6 av 24
In which year did the Roman army leave Britain?
- AD 789
- AD 43
- AD 410
- AD 1066
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Svar: C. AD 410
The Romans left in AD 410 to defend other parts of their empire, after about 400 years in Britain.
Fråga 7 av 24
Which groups invaded Britain after the Romans left?
- The Huguenots and the Dutch
- The Normans and the Romans
- The Jutes, Angles and Saxons
- The Picts and the Scots
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Svar: C. The Jutes, Angles and Saxons
After the Romans left, tribes from northern Europe called the Jutes, Angles and Saxons invaded. Their kingdoms covered most of England.
Fråga 8 av 24
In which year did the Vikings first come to Britain?
- AD 789
- AD 410
- AD 43
- AD 1066
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Svar: A. AD 789
The Vikings first raided Britain in AD 789. They came from Denmark and Norway.
Fråga 9 av 24
Which Anglo-Saxon king united the kingdoms and defeated the Vikings?
- King Cnut
- Alfred the Great
- King Harold
- Edward I
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Svar: B. Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and defeated the Vikings.
Fråga 10 av 24
The threat of Viking attacks led people in the north to unite under one king. Who was he?
- Kenneth MacAlpin
- William Wallace
- Robert the Bruce
- James VI
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Svar: A. Kenneth MacAlpin
The threat of Viking attacks led people in the north to unite under Kenneth MacAlpin. After this, the name Scotland came into use.
Fråga 11 av 24
Who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
- King Cnut
- King Harold
- William, Duke of Normandy
- Alfred the Great
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Svar: C. William, Duke of Normandy
William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold at Hastings and became William I of England, known as William the Conqueror.
Fråga 12 av 24
What was the Domesday Book?
- A book of church laws
- A history of the Vikings
- A record of towns, villages, landowners and animals made for William the Conqueror
- The first printed Bible
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Svar: C. A record of towns, villages, landowners and animals made for William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror ordered a survey of England. It recorded who owned the land and what animals they had.
Fråga 13 av 24
The Norman Conquest of 1066 was the last time that what happened?
- England was ruled by a queen
- England was successfully invaded by a foreign power
- Wales had its own king
- The Vikings attacked Britain
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Svar: B. England was successfully invaded by a foreign power
No foreign power has successfully invaded England since the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Fråga 14 av 24
Which English king conquered Wales in the late 13th century?
- William I
- Henry VIII
- Henry V
- Edward I
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Svar: D. Edward I
Edward I took control of Wales. The Statute of Rhuddlan of 1284 brought Wales under the English Crown, and he built castles such as Conwy and Caernarfon.
Fråga 15 av 24
Who led the Scots to victory over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?
- James VI
- Bonnie Prince Charlie
- Kenneth MacAlpin
- Robert the Bruce
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Svar: D. Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn in 1314, and Scotland stayed unconquered.
Fråga 16 av 24
Which English king won the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?
- Richard III
- Edward I
- Henry VIII
- Henry V
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Svar: D. Henry V
Henry V defeated the French at Agincourt in 1415. This was one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years War.
Fråga 17 av 24
About how much of the population of England died in the Black Death of 1348?
- About one third
- Almost everyone
- About one tenth
- About three quarters
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Svar: A. About one third
The Black Death, a plague, killed about one third of the population of England. Scotland and Wales suffered similarly.
Fråga 18 av 24
Which king was forced by his noblemen to agree to Magna Carta in 1215?
- King John
- Henry II
- Edward I
- Richard I
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Svar: A. King John
In 1215 King John's noblemen made him agree to Magna Carta (the Great Charter).
Fråga 19 av 24
Why is Magna Carta important?
- It created the House of Commons
- It established that even the king had to obey the law
- It gave every adult the vote
- It ended the Hundred Years War
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Svar: B. It established that even the king had to obey the law
Magna Carta limited the king's power and established the idea that the monarch was subject to the law.
Fråga 20 av 24
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
- William Shakespeare
- William Caxton
- John Milton
- Geoffrey Chaucer
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Svar: D. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a set of poems about pilgrims travelling to Canterbury.
Fråga 21 av 24
Which two families fought each other in the Wars of the Roses?
- The Tudors and the Stuarts
- The House of Lancaster and the House of York
- The Normans and the Saxons
- The Hanoverians and the Stuarts
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Svar: B. The House of Lancaster and the House of York
The Wars of the Roses began in 1455 and were fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
Fråga 22 av 24
Who became king after winning the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?
- Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII
- Edward IV
- Henry VIII
- Richard III
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Svar: A. Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII
Henry Tudor defeated and killed Richard III at Bosworth Field and became Henry VII, ending the Wars of the Roses.
Fråga 23 av 24
Why did Henry VIII break away from the Church of Rome?
- He wanted to become Pope himself
- Parliament forced him to do it
- France had invaded England
- The Pope would not let him divorce his first wife
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Svar: D. The Pope would not let him divorce his first wife
When the Pope refused to allow Henry VIII to divorce Catherine of Aragon, Henry set up the Church of England with himself as its head.
Fråga 24 av 24
Which wife of Henry VIII gave birth to his only son, Edward?
- Catherine Howard
- Anne Boleyn
- Anne of Cleves
- Jane Seymour
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Svar: D. Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour gave Henry VIII the son he wanted, Edward, but she died shortly after the birth.

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