Take this Quiz: Mock test 3 | Zestly

Question 1

What is the capital city of Wales?

Accepted Answer

Cardiff

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Swansea

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Newport

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Bangor

Question 2

Which body makes laws that apply to the whole of the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

The UK Parliament at Westminster

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The Scottish Parliament

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The Welsh Parliament, the Senedd

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The Northern Ireland Assembly

Question 3

How many pence are there in a pound?

Accepted Answer

100

Answer

20

Answer

240

Answer

10

Question 4

How many wives did Henry VIII have?

Answer

Six

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Two

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Four

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Eight

Question 5

What happened in 1603 when Elizabeth I died?

Answer

England and Scotland became a single country

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Scotland became independent of England

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The English Parliament chose a new royal family

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James VI of Scotland also became James I of England

Question 6

What was the outcome of the English Civil War for King Charles I?

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He was defeated, tried and executed in 1649

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He was defeated and sent into exile in France

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He won and dissolved Parliament permanently

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He abdicated in favour of his son

Question 7

How long did Queen Victoria reign?

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From 1901 to 1936

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From 1760 to 1820

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From 1837 to 1901, more than sixty years

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From 1801 to 1837

Question 8

What was the Great Exhibition of 1851?

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The opening of the first passenger railway

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A display of industry and culture from Britain and around the world, held in the Crystal Palace

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The first Olympic Games held in Britain

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A parliamentary debate on the Reform Acts

Question 9

What was the Empire at the height of the Victorian period often said to include?

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Almost all of Europe

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No territory outside the Americas

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About a quarter of the world's population

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Only Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Question 10

Why did large numbers of people from the Caribbean, India and Pakistan come to Britain after 1948?

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They were required to come under the terms of the peace treaty

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Britain was recruiting soldiers for a new war

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They were fleeing the Second World War in Europe

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Britain needed workers to rebuild after the war and invited them

Question 11

In which year did the United Kingdom join what became the European Union?

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1957

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1993

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1973

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1945

Question 12

What was the Good Friday Agreement of 1998?

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The treaty that created the Irish Free State

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The act that joined Ireland to Great Britain

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The agreement under which the UK joined the EU

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A settlement providing for power-sharing government in Northern Ireland