Test 8 — Life in the UK Test Practice

About Test 8 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)

Test 8 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.

Question 1: Who was the first wife of Henry VIII?Question 2: Which court deals with serious criminal offences in Wales?Question 3: Which of the following flags is not represented in the union flag? Question 4: By which other name is the Conservative Party also known as?Question 5: Which THREE of the following are known to be main parts of the British government?Question 6: Which TWO of the following are famous horse racing events in the UK?Question 7: Which of the following is a traditional English food?Question 8: What are pantomimes based on?Question 9: What is the minimum age requirement to buy alcohol in a pub or night club in the UK?Question 10: What is the coin with the highest value in the UK?Question 11: When did Adolf Hitler come to power in Germany?Question 12: Who wrote an oratorio called ‘Messiah’, which is regularly sung by choirs at Easter time?Question 13: When were Protection Orders to protect a person from being forced into a marriage introduced in Scotland?Question 14: Which of the following events relates to the German bombing of London and other British cities at night time during the World War II?Question 15: Which of the following is England’s largest national park?Question 16: What is the opposition?Question 17: Which two languages combined form the basis of the English language?Question 18: Which of the following social changes took place during the ‘Swinging Sixties’?Question 19: When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?Question 20: Where was Emmeline Pankhurst born?Question 21: When does the Edinburgh Festival take place?Question 22: When did ‘the Concorde’ aircraft fly for the first time?Question 23: When was the Northern Ireland Parliament established for the first time?Question 24: Who invented the hovercraft?

Life in the UK Test 8

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Who invented the hovercraft?

Correct Answer: Sir Christopher Cockrell

Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999) invented the hovercraft, a vehicle that travels over water and land on a cushion of air.

The first hovercraft crossed the English Channel in 1959. Note: the database shows "Cockrell" but the correct spelling is Cockerell.