Test 36 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 36 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 36 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 36
The settlement of Scottish and English Protestants in Ulster during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, who took over land from Catholic landholders, is known as what?
Correct Answer: Plantations
The settlement of Scottish and English Protestants in Ulster — taking over land confiscated from Catholic landholders — is known as the Plantations. This policy began under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was greatly expanded under King James I.
The Ulster Plantation began formally in 1610 and involved large grants of confiscated land being given to Protestant settlers from Scotland and England. This policy had lasting consequences for Irish history and is a root cause of the religious and political divisions that persisted in Northern Ireland into the 20th century.