Life in the UK Test

1.What is the population of the United Kingdom?

A) just under 59 million people

B) just above 46 million people

C) around 70 million people

D) just under 34 million people

2.Why did the British Government encourage immigration in the late 1940s?

A) because of the decolonisation

B) to help with the reconstruction after the World War II

C) to give refuge to people from communist countries

D) none of the above – the British Government did not encourage immigration in that period

3.How does the British Government attempt to prevent unauthorized immigration?

A) by examining closely the claims of those seeking asylum

B) by prohibiting immigration from certain countries

C) by establishing an Iron Curtain, in the late 1980s

D) none of the above, the British Government does not attempt to prevent unauthorized immigration

4.Since wheh did women receive voting right at the same age as men?

A) 1882

B) 1918

C) 1928

D) 1948

5.Women in Britain make up

A) 35% of the workforce

B) 51% of the workforce

C) 45% of the workforce

D) 50% of the workforce

Right answers:

1A – 2B – 3A- 4C – 5C