Life in The UK Test
Britain since 1945 3
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Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?
The radio telescope was developed by Sir Bernard Lovell.
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Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
Before new laws were passed in the 1960s it was quite common for employers to ask women to leave their jobs when they married.
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How many countries were granted independence in 1947?
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Born in 1883, Clement Attlee studied at Oxford University and became a barrister before giving it up to do social work, eventually becoming a Labour MP. Where was he a social worker?
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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Which TWO of these professions did Margaret Thatcher train as before becoming an MP?
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Which of the followings statements is correct?
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Who is credited with the invention of the hovercraft?
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ISAF is working to ensure that Afghan territory cannot be used to plan attacks on the international community by groups such as which of the following?
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What position did Clement Attlee hold in the wartime coalition government?
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After the General Election of 2010, what type of government was formed?
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Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of which of the following?
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Roughly how many people died in the years after 1969 as a result of unrest in Northern Ireland?
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Many social laws were liberalised during the 1960s, for example in relation to divorce and abortion.
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Which were the first colonies granted independence by the Labour Party in 1947?
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The Northern Ireland Assembly was elected in 1999, suspended in 2002 and reinstated again in 2007.
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What was the main reason immigration fell during the 1960s?
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What nationality is Sir Robert Watson-Watt, who developed radar in the 1930s?
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