Test 17 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 17 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 17 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 Test 17
Who was the first person to sail single-handed around the world in 1966/67?
Correct Answer: Sir Francis Chichester
Sir Francis Chichester became the first person to sail single-handed around the world in 1966–1967, completing the voyage in his yacht Gipsy Moth IV.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II using the same sword that Queen Elizabeth I had used to knight Sir Francis Drake — the Elizabethan privateer who circumnavigated the globe with a crew in 1577–1580.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation in 1969; Dame Ellen MacArthur broke the solo circumnavigation speed record in 2005.