Description : The Tate Gallery is named after __________ (A) the city it is in. (B) the street it is in. (C) its founder. (D) its sponsor.
Last Answer : (C) its founder.
Description : Trafalgar is __________ (A) a cape. (B) a town. (C) a square. (D) a bay.
Last Answer : (A) a cape.
Description : Loch Ness is __________ (A) a person. (B) a lake. (C) a valley. (D) a river.
Last Answer : (B) a lake.
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 : 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 : __________ is a Scottish writer. (A) Archibald Cronin (B) Jonathan Swift (C) Bram Stoker (D) Joseph Conrad
Last Answer : (A) Archibald Cronin
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 : 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 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 : 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 : 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.
Description : Eisteddfod is the festival of __________ culture. (A) Welsh (B) Scottish (C) Irish (D) English
Last Answer : (A) Welsh
Description : The Speakers’ Corner is in __________ (A) Kensington Gardens. (B) St. James’s Park. (C) Hyde Park. (D) the House of Commons.
Last Answer : (C) Hyde Park.
Description : Greater London is __________ (A) a part of London. (B) the official name of the city. (C) the counties around London. (D) the city and the areas around it.
Last Answer : (D) the city and the areas around it.
Description : On St. David’s Day, Welshmen wore __________ (A) a rose or a daffodil. (B) a shamrock or a leek. (C) a leek or a daffodil. (D) a thistle or a rose.
Last Answer : (C) a leek or a daffodil.
Description : On the Welsh flag, we can see __________ (A) three crosses. (B) a lion. (C) a dragon. (D) a daffodil.
Last Answer : (C) a dragon.
Description : England consists of __________ (A) 9 districts. (B) 9 states. (C) 9 counties. (D) 9 regions.
Last Answer : (D) 9 regions.
Description : The 6 th of June 1944 is called __________ (A) V-Day (Victory Day). (B) D-Day (an important day). (C) L-Day (Labour Day). (D) C-Day (Constitution Day).
Last Answer : (B) D-Day (an important day).
Description : The British Empire stopped existing in __________ (A) the 1920s. (B) the 1930s. (C) the 1940s. (D) the 1950s.
Last Answer : (C) the 1940s.
Description : The country was called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in __________ (A) 1707. (B) 1801. (C) 1922. (D) 1931.
Last Answer : (C) 1922.
Description : England and Scotland were united as the Kingdom of Great Britain in __________ (A) 1301. (B) 1536. (C) 1660. (D) 1707.
Last Answer : (D) 1707.
Description : The British Parliament has had two houses since __________ (A) 1215. (B) 1265. (C) 1301. (D) 1536.
Last Answer : (B) 1265.
Description : The Normans conquered England in __________ (A) 55 B.C. (B) 43 A.D. (C) 410 A.D. (D) 1066.
Last Answer : (D) 1066.
Description : The Anglo-Saxons were __________ (A) Celtic inhabitants. (B) Germanic tribes. (C) Roman invaders. (D) Scandinavian vikings.
Last Answer : (B) Germanic tribes.
Description : Julius Caesar came from Rome to the British Isles in __________ (A) 55 B.C. (B) 43 B.C. (C) 43 A.D. (D) 55 A.D.
Last Answer : (A) 55 B.C.
Description : Llyn-Din means __________ (A) a lonely port. (B) a white land. (C) a foggy place. (D) a picturesque settlement.
Last Answer : (A) a lonely port.
Description : St. Patrick is the patron of __________ (A) England. (B) Scotland. (C) Ireland. (D) Wales.
Last Answer : (C) Ireland.
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 British monarchs are crowned in __________ (A) Westminster Abbey. (B) St. Paul’s Cathedral. (C) the Tower. (D) Buckingham Palace.
Last Answer : (A) Westminster Abbey.
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 : Great Britain includes __________ (A) England, Scotland, Wales. (B) England and Scotland. (C) England and Wales. (D) England and Ireland.
Last Answer : (A) England, Scotland, Wales.
Description : The United Kingdom consists of __________ (A) England, Scotland, Wales. (B) Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (C) England and Scotland. (D) Great Britain and the Irish Republic.
Last Answer : (B) Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Description : Who came to the British Isles after the Romans had left Britain? (A) The Normans (B) The Anglo-Saxons (C) The Britons (D) The Danes
Last Answer : (B) The Anglo-Saxons
Description : Who was the first king to be crowned in Westminster Abbey? (A) King Arthur (B) King Alfred (C) Henry VIII (D) William the Conqueror
Last Answer : (D) William the Conqueror
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 : 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 : 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 : 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.)