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LITUK

Final pass

Exam Day

Use this page when the test is close: confirm the format, repair weak areas, scan high-yield facts, and avoid the confusions that cost marks.

24

questions

45 min

time limit

18/24

pass line (75%)

£50

official booking fee

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Test-day checklist

  • Bring the same original ID document you used when booking, or the accepted share code if that is how you booked.
  • Your name on the booking must match your ID.
  • Do not rely on photocopies, screenshots or expired documents.
  • Arrive with enough time for the test centre identity checks.
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Final 20-minute scan

Confirm the format

  • 24 multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes.
  • 18 correct answers is the pass line.
  • Book and manage the test through GOV.UK.

Refresh exact numbers

  • 650 MPs; devolved members: Scotland 129, Wales 60, Northern Ireland 90.
  • Juries: 12 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; 15 in Scotland.
  • Official handbook religion figures: 59% Christian, 25% no religion, 4.8% Muslim.

Scan common traps

  • PM is not directly elected; the monarch is head of state.
  • Human Rights Act 1998 is linked to the Council of Europe, not the EU.
  • Scotland uses Sheriff Courts; England, Wales and Northern Ireland use Crown Courts for serious criminal cases.

High-yield facts

By study unit

These are not a replacement for the topics. They are the final compact check for facts that often decide close scores.

650

MPs

1066

Norman Conquest

1215

Magna Carta

1689

Bill of Rights

1948

NHS

1998

Good Friday Agreement

84/8/5/3

Population shares

Values and Principles

Topics
  • British values: democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, tolerance and participation.
  • Citizens are expected to obey the law, respect others' rights and take part in community life.

History

Topics
  • 1066: Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings.
  • 1215: Magna Carta established that the king was subject to the law.

Society and Culture

Topics
  • Capitals: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
  • Pound sterling: 100 pence; coins 1p to £2; notes £5 to £50.

Government and Law

Topics
  • 650 MPs sit in the House of Commons; peers sit in the House of Lords.
  • The Prime Minister is usually the leader of the party with the most MPs.

Last-minute pairings

Keep these separate

Beveridge

vs

Bevan

1942 welfare report vs 1948 NHS.

Magna Carta

vs

Bill of Rights

1215 limits the king; 1689 confirms constitutional monarchy.

12 jurors

vs

15 in Scotland

England, Wales and Northern Ireland use 12.

Commons

vs

Lords

MPs are elected; peers are not elected.

Confusables

Don't Mix These Up

Use this section when you are already close to passing: it is for facts that look similar under test pressure.

Jury (England/Wales/NI)

12

Jury (Scotland)

15

Scotland does everything bigger — 15 jurors, 129 MSPs

Henry VII (7th)

Started Tudors

Won Battle of Bosworth 1485

Henry VIII (8th)

Broke with Rome

6 wives, Church of England

7 = STARTED it. 8 = BROKE it.

1918

Women vote at 30

1928

Women vote at 21

10 years to equality. Age goes DOWN, year goes UP.

Turner

Dramatic skies

The Fighting Temeraire

Constable

Peaceful countryside

The Hay Wain

Turner TURNED up the drama. Constable was CONSTANT and calm.

Lancaster

🌹 Red Rose

York

🤍 White Rose

Lancaster = red rose. York = white rose. Henry VII combines them into the Tudor rose.

1665

The Plague

1666

Great Fire

Five-sick, six-fix. Plague then Fire, one year apart.

1805 — Nelson

Battle of Trafalgar

1815 — Wellington

Battle of Waterloo

T before W (alphabetical). Nelson dies at Trafalgar, Wellington wins at Waterloo.

Alexander Fleming

Penicillin (medicine)

Ian Fleming

James Bond (fiction)

Alexander = real science. Ian = fiction. Same surname, completely different.

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