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Exam 16 — Life in the UK Test Practice

About Exam 16 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)

Exam 16 is a free 24-question timed mock examination 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.

Question 1: When was the United Nations set up?Question 2: Where is the Giant’s Causeway located?Question 3: What happened to Mary, Queen of Scots, after being sent to prison for 20 years by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I?Question 4: What is one of the highest-grossing film franchises produced in the UK?Question 5: Who can hear cases in Youth Courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (two answers)?Question 6: What is the Queen’s speech about during the opening of the UK Parliament?Question 7: Who was the leader of the Labour Party who introduced a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly?Question 8: Nick Park has won four Oscars for his animated films, including three for films featuring:Question 9: Which Paralympic athlete has won gold medals for swimming at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games?Question 10: Who can apply for the National Citizen Service programme?Question 11: Who was the British scientist who co-discovered the structure of the DNA molecule in the 1950s?Question 12: How old do you have to be to drive a moped in the UK?Question 13: Which historical monument did William the Conqueror build?Question 14: Who became Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher and played an important part in the Northern Ireland peace process?Question 15: Who came from the Netherlands to become the British monarch?Question 16: Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for:Question 17: What percentage of the UK population has a parent or grandparent born outside of the UK?Question 18: What is the maximum amount you can claim through the small claims procedure in Scotland and Northern Ireland?Question 19: Who should you contact to report a terrorist activity?Question 20: What did Isaac Newton discover?Question 21: Each of the UK countries is associated with a flower symbol, which country is associated with the rose?Question 22: Under which name was the movement of opinion against the authority of the Pope during the times of Henry VIII known?Question 23: What is the Commonwealth?Question 24: What kind of movies did Academy Award winner Nick Park specialise in?

Life in the UK Exam 16

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for:

Correct Answer: The construction of the Great Western Railway.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for the construction of the Great Western Railway — the first major railway in Britain.

Running from Paddington Station in London to the south-west and Wales, it opened in 1838. Brunel also built the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Britain — the world's first large ocean-going iron steamship.