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Test 5 — Life in the UK Test Practice

About Test 5 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)

Test 5 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: What is the Commonwealth?Question 2: Which of the following countries belongs to the Commonwealth?Question 3: Where is the centrepiece to the Remembrance Day service known as Cenotaph located?Question 4: A good way to support your local community is to shop for products locally. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?Question 5: Which of the following is a fundamental principle of life in the UK?Question 6: Members of the Welsh government are elected every four years on the basis of:Question 7: Which flower is associated with Scotland?Question 8: What is the money from TV licences used for?Question 9: Which TWO of the following charities work with homeless people?Question 10: Which British Prime Minister was famous for the speech ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat’?Question 11: In which category did Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean win gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1984?Question 12: The Northern Ireland Assembly cannot make decisions on:Question 13: What name is given to the tombs where people buried their dead during the Bronze Age?Question 14: Who was the first person to lead a Roman invasion in Britain in 55 BC?Question 15: How old do you need to be to be able to play the National Lottery?Question 16: Which of the following territories does not belong to Great Britain?Question 17: Which of the following countries did NOT belong to the Allies during World War I?Question 18: Which famous architect designed St Paul’s Cathedral after it was destroyed by a fire in 1666?Question 19: Which court deals with minor criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?Question 20: Who wrote The Lord of the Rings?Question 21: Where is the five-day race meeting attended by members of the Royal Family and known as Royal Ascot celebrated?Question 22: What is the first line of the National Anthem of the UK?Question 23: According to the 2011 Census, what percentage of the population identified themselves as Buddhist?Question 24: Who has to pay national insurance contributions in the UK?Question 25: Which of the following is NOT a British invention of the 20th century?

Life in the UK Test 5

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Life in the UK Test question illustration

How old do you need to be to be able to play the National Lottery?

Correct Answer: 16 years old

According to the Life in the UK Handbook, you need to be 16 years old to play the National Lottery.

The Handbook states this as the minimum age. Note that in practice, the minimum age was raised to 18 in April 2021, but the test answer remains 16 as stated in the official study material.