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Courts and the vote for womenLife in the UK Test practice exam 10
Paper 10 covers the courtroom and the long campaign for women’s suffrage — two areas where the exact numbers and years matter.
What this paper is like
Practice exam 10 follows the shape of the official test exactly: 24 multiple-choice questions, 45 minutes on the clock, and 18 correct answers needed to pass — 75%. You can flag questions and come back to them, and if you close the tab mid-paper we save your place so you can pick it up where you left off.
The paper is fixed, so exam 10 is always exam 10 — useful if you want to re-sit it after revising and compare scores honestly. Courts and juries, suffrage, sport.
Topic mix in this paper
| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| History and key dates | 5 |
| Government, elections and Parliament | 4 |
| Culture, sport and traditions | 4 |
| Geography of the UK | 3 |
| The UK today | 2 |
| Values and principles | 2 |
| The law and your role | 2 |
| People who shaped Britain | 2 |
Three questions from this paper
These are real questions from exam 10, shown with the answer and the reason behind it. The other 21 are in the timed paper.
Sample question 1
How many people sit on a jury in a Crown Court in England and Wales?
- 12 — correct
- 15
- 10
- 8
Why: A Crown Court jury in England and Wales has 12 members; in Scotland a criminal jury has 15.
Sample question 2
In which year did women in the UK gain the right to vote at the same age as men?
- 1928 — correct
- 1918
- 1900
- 1945
Why: Some women over 30 could vote from 1918; in 1928 the voting age for women was equalised with men at 21.
Sample question 3
Which sporting event is held at Wimbledon?
- A tennis championship — correct
- A horse race
- A golf open
- A rowing regatta
Why: The Wimbledon Championships are the oldest tennis tournament in the world, played on grass in south-west London.
How to use this paper
- Sit it cold, once. No notes, no pausing. A first score tells you what you actually know.
- Read every explanation in the results, including the ones you got right by guessing.
- Revise the weak topic in the handbook chapters, then re-sit this same paper.
- Move on to a paper you have not seen once you are scoring 21 or more here.