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Life in the UK Practice Test 37 (2026) — free, with answers

24 original practice questions in the official Life in the UK Test formats — multiple choice, select TWO, TRUE or FALSE and “which statement is correct”. The real test has 24 questions in 45 minutes with a 75% pass mark (18 of 24). Every answer below includes an explanation. Written from the official study material; no log-in, completely free.

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1. Which TWO volunteering roles can you take on with the police?

  1. Becoming a special constable
  2. Becoming a lay — non-police — representative
  3. Becoming a Chief Constable
  4. Becoming a Police and Crime Commissioner
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Answer: A and B — Becoming a special constable; Becoming a lay — non-police — representative

You can volunteer with the police as a special constable or a lay representative, and you can apply to become a magistrate.

2. Roughly how long does giving blood take?

  1. About an hour
  2. About five minutes
  3. About half a day
  4. About three hours
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Answer: A — About an hour

Donated blood helps people with a wide range of injuries and illnesses, and giving blood takes only about an hour.

3. Which organ can a living person donate?

  1. A kidney
  2. A heart
  3. A lung and a kidney together
  4. None — donation is only after death
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Answer: A — A kidney

Registering as an organ donor makes it easier for your family to decide when you die, and living people can also donate a kidney.

4. What does volunteering mean?

  1. Working for good causes without payment
  2. Working part-time for a charity for a wage
  3. Serving on a jury
  4. Paying money to a charity
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Answer: A — Working for good causes without payment

Volunteering is unpaid work for good causes; it can also help you practise English and develop work skills for your CV.

5. Which TWO charities are named as working with homeless people?

  1. Crisis
  2. Shelter
  3. Age UK
  4. the NSPCC
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Answer: A and B — Crisis; Shelter

Age UK works with older people and the NSPCC with children; Crisis and Shelter work with the homeless.

6. Which charity is named as working with animals?

  1. The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)
  2. Friends of the Earth
  3. Cancer Research UK
  4. The British Red Cross
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Answer: A — The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)

The PDSA is named as a charity working with animals; Friends of the Earth and the National Trust are environmental charities.

7. What does 'NSPCC' stand for?

  1. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  2. The National Service for the Protection of Children and Carers
  3. The National Support Programme for Community Care
  4. The National Society for Public Care and Charity
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Answer: A — The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

The NSPCC is named as a charity working with children.

8. Which TWO benefits come from using recycled materials to make new products?

  1. Less energy is used
  2. Fewer raw materials need to be extracted from the earth
  3. More landfill space is created
  4. Products become cheaper to import
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Answer: A and B — Less energy is used; Fewer raw materials need to be extracted from the earth

Recycling also means less rubbish is created, so the amount going into landfill is reduced.

9. Which TWO reasons are given for shopping locally?

  1. It helps businesses and farmers in your area and in Britain
  2. It reduces your carbon footprint
  3. It lowers your council tax
  4. It shortens shop opening hours
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Answer: A and B — It helps businesses and farmers in your area and in Britain; It reduces your carbon footprint

The things you buy have not had to travel as far, so shopping locally reduces your carbon footprint.

10. Why are walking and using public transport described as good ways to protect the environment?

  1. They create less pollution than using a car
  2. They are always faster than driving
  3. They are free
  4. They reduce the need for recycling
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Answer: A — They create less pollution than using a car

Walking or using public transport where you can creates less pollution than using a car.

11. Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. The words 'Britain', 'British Isles' and 'British' are used to refer to everyone in the UK.
  2. The word 'British' refers only to people living in England.
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Answer: A — The words 'Britain', 'British Isles' and 'British' are used to refer to everyone in the UK.

'Great Britain' names only England, Scotland and Wales, but 'Britain', 'British Isles' and 'British' are used of everyone in the UK.

12. Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? Great Britain includes Northern Ireland.

  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
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Answer: B — FALSE

Great Britain refers only to England, Scotland and Wales; add Northern Ireland and you have the United Kingdom.

13. Where does the parliament that governs the UK sit?

  1. Westminster
  2. Holyrood
  3. Stormont
  4. Cardiff Bay
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Answer: A — Westminster

The UK is governed by the parliament sitting in Westminster; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also have parliaments or assemblies of their own.

14. What kind of powers do the parliaments and assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland hold?

  1. Devolved powers in defined areas
  2. Full powers over every area of government
  3. Powers only over ceremonial matters
  4. No legal powers at all
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Answer: A — Devolved powers in defined areas

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have parliaments or assemblies of their own with devolved powers in defined areas.

15. Which TWO of the following are Crown dependencies?

  1. The Channel Islands
  2. The Isle of Man
  3. St Helena
  4. The Falkland Islands
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Answer: A and B — The Channel Islands; The Isle of Man

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown dependencies; St Helena and the Falkland Islands are British overseas territories.

16. Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. The Crown dependencies have their own governments and are not part of the UK.
  2. The Crown dependencies are governed directly from Westminster as part of the UK.
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Answer: A — The Crown dependencies have their own governments and are not part of the UK.

They are closely linked with the UK but are not part of it, and have their own governments — that phrase is the exam fact.

17. How are the British overseas territories related to the UK?

  1. They are linked to the UK but are not a part of it
  2. They are counties of the UK
  3. They are independent Commonwealth members
  4. They are governed by the Crown dependencies
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Answer: A — They are linked to the UK but are not a part of it

Like the Crown dependencies, the overseas territories — such as St Helena and the Falkland Islands — are linked to the UK but not part of it.

18. What are judges together called?

  1. The judiciary
  2. The magistracy
  3. The bench of peers
  4. The bar
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Answer: A — The judiciary

Judges — the judiciary — interpret the law and make sure trials are conducted fairly, and the government cannot interfere with this.

19. If judges agree that an action of the government is illegal, the government must do which TWO things?

  1. Change its policies
  2. Or ask Parliament to change the law
  3. Resign
  4. Pay a fine to the court
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Answer: A and B — Change its policies; Or ask Parliament to change the law

The government must either change its policies or ask Parliament to change the law.

20. If judges find that a public body is not respecting someone's legal rights, they can order it to do which TWO things?

  1. Change its practices
  2. Pay compensation
  3. Dismiss its staff
  4. Close down
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Answer: A and B — Change its practices; Pay compensation

Judges can order a public body to change its practices, to pay compensation, or both.

21. In England, Wales and Scotland, magistrates and Justices of the Peace usually work on what basis?

  1. Unpaid, without legal qualifications, with training and a legal adviser
  2. Paid, and legally qualified
  3. Paid, without legal qualifications
  4. Unpaid, but legally qualified
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Answer: A — Unpaid, without legal qualifications, with training and a legal adviser

They are members of the local community who receive training and are supported by a legal adviser; Northern Ireland instead uses legally qualified, paid District Judges.

22. Who hears minor criminal cases in Northern Ireland?

  1. A District Judge or Deputy District Judge, who is legally qualified and paid
  2. Unpaid magistrates
  3. A sheriff
  4. A jury of 15
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Answer: A — A District Judge or Deputy District Judge, who is legally qualified and paid

Northern Ireland works differently from England, Wales and Scotland on this point.

23. Which court is described as probably the most famous criminal court in the world?

  1. The Old Bailey
  2. The Court of Session
  3. The High Court in Edinburgh
  4. The Royal Courts of Justice
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Answer: A — The Old Bailey

Serious offences in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are tried before a judge and jury in a Crown Court; the Old Bailey is the most famous of them.

24. In Scotland, where are the most serious cases, such as murder, heard?

  1. At a High Court, with a judge and jury
  2. At a Sheriff Court, with a sheriff sitting alone
  3. At a Justice of the Peace Court
  4. At a Crown Court
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Answer: A — At a High Court, with a judge and jury

Serious Scottish cases go to a Sheriff Court with a sheriff alone or with a jury; the most serious go to a High Court.

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