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  3. Chapter 3 practice test: Britain in the twentieth century

Life in the UK chapter 3 test: Britain in the twentieth century

The real test mixes questions from across the handbook. This one keeps to Britain in the twentieth century, so you can find out which facts you don't know yet.

Study notes: Britain in the twentieth century

Questions

19

the real test has 24

Time allowed

36 min

in timed mode

Pass mark

15

75%, as on the day

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Answer at your own pace. No timer, and you can come back later.

  1. Question 1 of 19

    In which year did women get the right to vote at the same age as men?
  2. Question 2 of 19

    What happened at Dunkirk in 1940?
  3. Question 3 of 19

    What happened during the Great Depression of the 1930s?
  4. Question 4 of 19

    Who invented the jet engine?
  5. Question 5 of 19

    Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
  6. Question 6 of 19

    When did Germany surrender, ending the Second World War in Europe?
  7. Question 7 of 19

    When did the First World War end?
  8. Question 8 of 19

    What happened on 6 June 1944, known as D-Day?
  9. Question 9 of 19

    What was the Blitz?
  10. Question 10 of 19

    What was the Battle of Britain?
  11. Question 11 of 19

    Whose assassination helped trigger the First World War?
  12. Question 12 of 19

    Roughly how many British casualties were suffered on the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
  13. Question 13 of 19

    In which year did Winston Churchill become prime minister?
  14. Question 14 of 19

    Which Scot made the first television pictures in the 1920s?
  15. Question 15 of 19

    Which British mathematician developed the idea of the 'Turing machine', which became important to modern computing?
  16. Question 16 of 19

    What event began the Second World War in 1939?
  17. Question 17 of 19

    Who was a leader of the suffragette movement?
  18. Question 18 of 19

    In 1918, which women were given the vote?
  19. Question 19 of 19

    In which year did the First World War begin?

0 of 19 answered

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