Chapter III Test 2 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Chapter III Test 2 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Chapter III Test 2 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.
Life in the UK Chapter III Test 2
When did Alexander Fleming win the Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of penicillin?
Correct Answer: In 1945
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 after noticing a mould killing bacteria in his laboratory.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945, shared with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, who developed it into a practical medicine. Penicillin transformed the treatment of bacterial infections worldwide.