Chapter III Test 4 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Chapter III Test 4 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Chapter III Test 4 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.
Life in the UK Chapter III Test 4
Which British scientist was awarded a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of the DNA molecule?
Correct Answer: Francis Crick
In 1953, Francis Crick (1916–2004) and James Watson, working with insights from Rosalind Franklin's X-ray images, revealed the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule at Cambridge University.
This discovery transformed biology and medicine. Crick and Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.