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
Which British scientist led the development of the atomic bomb?
Correct Answer: Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, working at the University of Manchester and later Cambridge, led the team that first split the atom in 1917.
His pioneering nuclear research laid the scientific foundation for the atomic age. British scientists trained in this tradition later contributed to the Manhattan Project, the wartime programme that developed the atomic bomb.