Life in the UK Test Practice 2026: Övningsprov 5
Övningsprov 5 av 8 för Life in the UK Test Practice: 24 fler frågor med svar och förklaringar.
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Svar: B. John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird developed television in the 1920s.
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Svar: D. Sir Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle, a Royal Air Force engineer, developed the jet engine.
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Svar: C. Alan Turing
Alan Turing developed the idea of a machine that could carry out any calculation. He also worked as a codebreaker in the Second World War.
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Svar: C. Francis Crick
Francis Crick and his American colleague James Watson discovered the structure of DNA in 1953.
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Svar: A. Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Information was first passed successfully through it in December 1990.
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Svar: D. She was the first mammal cloned from an adult cell
Dolly was cloned by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.
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Svar: B. The monarch
The monarch is the head (Supreme Governor) of the Church of England.
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Svar: A. The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the Church of England.
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Svar: A. Presbyterian
The national church of Scotland is Presbyterian. It is governed by ministers and elders, not by the state.
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Svar: A. The Moderator
The Moderator chairs the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is appointed for one year only.
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Svar: A. Wales and Northern Ireland
There is no established church in Wales or Northern Ireland.
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Svar: B. 1 March
St David's Day is on 1 March.
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Svar: D. 17 March
St Patrick's Day is on 17 March. It is an official holiday in Northern Ireland.
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Svar: D. 23 April
St George's Day is on 23 April.
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Svar: C. 30 November
St Andrew's Day is on 30 November.
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Svar: C. Scotland and Northern Ireland
St Andrew's Day in Scotland and St Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland are official holidays, although in Scotland not all businesses close.
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Svar: D. The birth of Jesus Christ
Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and is a public holiday.
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Svar: C. Boxing Day
Boxing Day, 26 December, is a public holiday.
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Svar: B. Pancake Day
On Shrove Tuesday many people eat pancakes. Lent, a 40-day period before Easter, starts the next day, on Ash Wednesday.
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Svar: C. Diwali
Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil and the gaining of knowledge. There is a famous celebration in Leicester.
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Svar: B. Hanukkah
Hanukkah is in November or December. It remembers the Jews' struggle for religious freedom.
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Svar: C. The end of Ramadan
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims have fasted for a month.
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Svar: A. The Scottish name for New Year's Eve
In Scotland, 31 December is called Hogmanay. In Scotland, 2 January is also a public holiday.
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Svar: D. The failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to kill the king
A group of Catholics led by Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. People still mark the plot's failure with fireworks and bonfires.
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