Description : Who is the head of the state in the UK? (A) The Prime Minister (B) The Lord Chancellor (C) The Monarch (D) The Speaker
Last Answer : (C) The Monarch
Description : In New Zealand, the head of the state is __________ (A) the British Monarch. (B) the Governor-General. (C) the Prime Minister.
Last Answer : (A) the British Monarch.
Description : Who elects the members of the House of Commons? (A) The Monarch (B) The Prime Minister (C) Electors
Last Answer : (C) Electors
Description : The Monarch of the UK __________ (A) rules and governs. (B) reigns but does not rule. (C) reigns and rules. (D) rules but does not reign.
Last Answer : (B) reigns but does not rule.
Description : In Canada, __________ holds the position of the head of the government. (A) the Governor-General (B) the Speaker (C) the Prime Minister (D) the British Monarch
Last Answer : (C) the Prime Minister
Description : The first woman prime minister in Britain was __________ (A) Margaret Drabbe. (B) Elizabeth II. (C) Margaret Thatcher. (D) Charlotte Brontѐ.
Last Answer : (C) Margaret Thatcher.
Description : Who chooses the ministers from the MPs? (A) The British Monarch (B) The Governor-General (C) The Prime Minister (D) The Speaker
Last Answer : (C) The Prime Minister
Description : Which of the following holidays is not a bank holiday in the UK? (A) Christmas Day (B) St. Patrick’s Day (C) Easter Monday (D) Boxing Day
Last Answer : (B) St. Patrick’s Day
Description : Which sport is not originated in the UK? (A) Football (B) Tennis (C) Golf (D) Horse racing
Last Answer : (D) Horse racing
Description : Which part of the UK is not represented in the Union Jack? (A) Scotland (B) Wales (C) England (D) Northern Ireland
Last Answer : (B) Wales
Description : What bird is the national bird of the UK? (A) The blackbird (B) The sparrow (C) Robin Redbreast (D) The starling
Last Answer : (C) Robin Redbreast
Description : In the UK, parliamentary elections are held __________ (A) once in three years. (B) once in four years. (C) once in five years. (D) once in six years.
Last Answer : (C) once in five years.
Description : The official head of the state in Canada is __________ (A) the Monarch of Britain. (B) its Prime Minister. (C) its Parliament. (D) its Governor-General.
Last Answer : (A) the Monarch of Britain.
Description : The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is __________ (A) the British Monarch. (B) the British Prime Minister. (C) the American President. (D) the Commonwealth’s Governor-General.
Description : Which scientist would you like to see become president/prime minister/chancellor?
Last Answer : Neil Degrasse Tyson. Why? I don’t know. He’s smart, seems like a nice guy, and has a way of explaining complex subjects in a way that even people like I can understand.
Description : The British Monarch is represented by __________ at the federal level and by __________ at the state level. (A) the Governor-General … administrators (B) the Prime Minister … ministers of states (C) the Governor-General … governors (D) the Chief Minister … state ministers
Last Answer : (C) the Governor-General … governors
Description : Who is the first Asian to be appointed as Deputy Speaker of Lord House UK?
Last Answer : Lord Swaraj Paul
Description : In the Parliamentary form of Government "He is the first among equal". Who is he? (1) President (2) Prime Minister (3) Leader of Opposition (4) Speaker of lower house
Last Answer : (2) Prime Minister Explanation: Primus inter pares (the first among equals or first among peers) is a Latin phrase describing the most senior person of a group sharing the same rank or office. The Prime ... means that even though all members of the Cabinet are equal, he or she is the most powerful.
Description : Which of the following differs from the rest? (A) “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (B) “Don Juan” (C) “The Age of Bronze” (D) “Song to the Men of England”
Last Answer : D (D is written by P.B. Shelley; the rest – by G.G. Byron.)
Description : Which of the following is different from the rest? (A) “The Forsyte Saga” (B) “A Modern Comedy” (C) “End of the Chapter” (D) “The Man of Property”
Last Answer : D (A, B, C are trilogies by J. Galsworthy; D is the first novel of the trilogy “The Forsyte Saga”.)
Description : Joan Rowling wrote __________ books about Harry Potter. (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
Last Answer : (C) 7
Description : __________ wrote, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” (A) George Orwell (B) Alan Sillitoe (C) Dylan Thomas (D) Oscar Wilde
Last Answer : (A) George Orwell
Description : Which of the following dramatists wrote in the style of the Theatre of the Absurd? (A) G.B. Shaw (B) Sean O’Casey (C) T.S. Eliot (D) Samuel Beckett
Last Answer : (D) Samuel Beckett
Description : Which of the following authors is an Irish writer? (A) Oscar Wilde (B) Arthur Conan Doyle (C) William Golding (D) Walter Scott
Last Answer : (A) Oscar Wilde
Description : __________ is a Scottish writer. (A) Archibald Cronin (B) Jonathan Swift (C) Bram Stoker (D) Joseph Conrad
Last Answer : (A) Archibald Cronin
Description : Which of the following writers did not belong to the Angry Young Men? (A) John Braine (B) Kinsley Amis (C) John Wain (D) John Osborne
Last Answer : (A) John Braine
Description : __________ is not a Lake Poet. (A) Samuel Coleridge (B) William Wordsworth (C) Thomas Moore (D) Robert Southey
Last Answer : (C) Thomas Moore
Description : __________ is considered “the father of the English poetry”. (A) Robert Burns (B) George Gordon Byron (C) Percy Bysshe Shelley (D) Geoffrey Chaucer
Last Answer : (D) Geoffrey Chaucer
Description : George Berkeley, Jeremy Bentham, Adam Smith were __________ (A) British philosophers. (B) British inventors. (C) British composers. (D) British painters.
Last Answer : (A) British philosophers.
Description : Which of the following names is not appropriate for the list? (A) James Maxwell (B) Henry Cavendish (C) Charles Darwin (D) Thomas Moore
Last Answer : D (D is a poet; the rest are scientists.)
Description : Which of the names is different from the rest? (A) Christopher Wren (B) Joshua Reynolds (C) Thomas Gainsborough (D) John Constable
Last Answer : A (A is an architect; the rest are painters.)
Description : Which of the names differs from the rest? (A) Walter Scott (B) Arthur Conan Doyle (C) Robert Stevenson (D) George Bernard Shaw
Last Answer : D (D is an Irish dramatist; the rest are Scottish writers.)
Description : Which name is inappropriate for the list? (A) Jonathan Swift (B) Oscar Wilde (C) Benjamin Britten (D) Daniel Defoe
Last Answer : C (C is a composer; the rest are writers.)
Description : Which of the names does not fit the list? (A) William Blake (B) William Wordsworth (C) William Shakespeare (D) William Byrd
Last Answer : (D) William Byrd
Description : Who were King Arthur’s companions? (A) Merry men (B) The Knights of the Round Table (C) Legendary heroes (D) Common warriors
Last Answer : (B) The Knights of the Round Table
Description : Englishmen eat their dinner at __________ (A) 12 a.m. (B) 2 p.m. (C) 6 p.m. (D) 8 p.m
Last Answer : (C) 6 p.m.
Description : Guy Fawkes is __________ (A) a famous historian. (B) a national hero of Britain. (C) an English poet. (D) the man who wanted to set fire to the British Parliament.
Last Answer : (D) the man who wanted to set fire to the British Parliament.
Description : Madame Tussaud’s is __________ in London. (A) a circus (B) a theatre (C) a museum (D) an art gallery
Last Answer : (C) a museum
Description : The limerick is named after __________ (A) the person who invented it. (B) the pub where it was first introduced. (C) the town in which it was created. (D) the genre it belongs to.
Last Answer : (C) the town in which it was created.
Description : The kilt is __________ (A) an English hat. (B) a Scottish skirt. (C) an Irish coat. (D) a kind of Welsh trousers.
Last Answer : (B) a Scottish skirt.
Description : Which prefix is used in Scottish family names? (A) O’… (B) Mac… (C) Gil… (D) Fitz…
Last Answer : (B) Mac…
Description : Cockney is __________ (A) bookish English. (B) plain English. (C) spoken English. (D) illiterate English.
Last Answer : (D) illiterate English.
Description : The nickname of the Liberal Party is __________ (A) the Whigs. (B) the Tories. (C) the Elephants. (D) the Liberals.
Last Answer : (A) the Whigs.
Description : Wimbledon is associated with __________ (A) horse racing. (B) soccer. (C) tennis. (D) cricket.
Last Answer : (C) tennis.
Description : How many universities and colleges are there in Great Britain? (A) total 10 (B) total 100 (C) total 1000 (D) not known
Last Answer : (B) total 100
Description : What is the student quarter in London? (A) Westminster (B) The City (C) Bloomsbury (D) Latin Quarter
Last Answer : (C) Bloomsbury
Description : Which name does not fit the list? (A) Eton (B) Harrow (C) Rugby (D) Sussex
Last Answer : (D) Sussex
Description : Common Entrance is associated with __________ (A) a primary school. (B) a secondary school. (C) a public school. (D) all of the above.
Last Answer : (C) a public school.
Description : The public school is __________ (A) a comprehensive school for bright children in which the tuition is free. (B) a specialized school for talented children in which the tuition fee is quite low. (C) a ... children in which the tuition fee is very high. (D) a common boarding school for all children.
Last Answer : (C) a private school for privileged children in which the tuition fee is very high.