Test 5 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 5 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 5 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 5
Which of the following is NOT a British invention of the 20th century?
Correct Answer: Radioactivity
Radioactivity is not a British invention of the 20th century. It was discovered by Henri Becquerel (French) in 1896 and further studied by Marie Curie (Polish-French).
The other three are all British: radar was developed by Robert Watson-Watt, the Turing machine was conceived by Alan Turing, and the World Wide Web was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.