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Test 38 — Life in the UK Test Practice

About Test 38 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)

Test 38 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.

Question 1: Which of the following cities is not in Wales?Question 2: The evacuation of British and French soldiers from France during the Second World War gave rise to which famous phrase?Question 3: In which year did Queen Victoria become queen?Question 4: Who wrote the books ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility’?Question 5: More women than men study at university.Question 6: Which of the following is NOT a fundamental principle of British life?Question 7: As a permanent resident or citizen of the UK, what should you do?Question 8: In which of the following years did England win the World Cup?Question 9: During the Battle of Trafalgar, which countries did Britain fight against?Question 10: What is the name given to the first formal anti-slavery groups set up in the late 1700s?Question 11: Why did Ireland suffer a famine in the middle of the 19th century?Question 12: Who is in charge of appointing the local Chief Constable?Question 13: What sort of battle was ‘the Battle of Britain’?Question 14: What does the money from the National Insurance Contributions pay for (CHOOSE TWO)?Question 15: How many British casualties were there on the first day of the Battle of the Somme?Question 16: When was the first Union Flag created?Question 17: Which of the following territories is not part of the UK?Question 18: What do Sir Terence Conran, Clarice Cliff and Thomas Chippendale have in common?Question 19: People on the electoral register with ages between 18 and 70 can be asked to serve on a jury.Question 20: Which Saxon king of England was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?Question 21: What did Britain experience a growth in during the 'Swinging Sixties'?Question 22: Women in Britain today make up about one third of the workforce.Question 23: Which programme helps 16 and 17 year-olds develop their skills and take part in community projects?Question 24: When did the BBC start the world’s first regular television service?

Life in the UK Test 38

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More women than men study at university.

Correct Answer: True

True. In the UK, more women than men study at university. Women have outnumbered men in higher education since the late 1990s, and the gap has continued to widen.

This reflects the broader pattern in education where girls outperform boys at GCSE and A-level examinations on average. The higher participation rate of women in university is part of a significant social change — as recently as the 1970s, fewer women than men went to university. Today, women make up approximately 57% of undergraduate students in the UK.