Home Office History Test

The Home Office have updated their “Life in the UK” test for migrants wishing to settle in this country with a greater emphasis on British History.

Here are 10 sample questions  from the new test, which they believe will help migrants to integrate more successfully into the country by having a better understanding of British history and culture. Key figures that people will be expected to know about include The Home Office says key figures will feature in their questions, including:

• Writers such as William Shakespeare and Robert Burns 
• Scientists Isaac Newton and Alexander Fleming
• Engineers and industrialists such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Richard Arkwright
• Politicians including Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee

Do you agree with these choices, and is history crucial to understanding the British better? Please let us know.

PS: Here is a further test from the Huffington Post and David Cameron's interview with David Letterman where he had to answer similar questions...

PPS: Here is the Guardian's view on the new test...