Test 39 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 39 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 39 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 Test 39
What name was given to the members of the Women’s Social and Political Union founded in 1903?
Correct Answer: Suffragettes
The members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters in Manchester, were known as Suffragettes.
The Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote using increasingly direct methods, including:
- Smashing shop windows
- Chaining themselves to railings
- Hunger strikes while imprisoned
- Acts of arson