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Prime Ministers

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many Prime Ministers has the UK had?

a)

50

b)

55

c)

60

d)

65

2.

Which of these is not part of the 'core executive'?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Cabinet

c)

The Monarch

d)

Government Departments

3.

What is the official title of the Prime Minister?

a)

First Minister of the Cabinet

b)

Chief Executive

c)

Leader of the Commons

d)

First Lord of the Treasury

4.

The first Prime Minister was?

a)

William Pitt the Younger

b)

Lord Liverpool

c)

Sir Robert Walpole

d)

Sir Robert Peel

5.

What does Primus Inter Pares mean?

a)

First past the post

b)

First among equals

c)

First above others

d)

First come first served

6.

True or False? The Prime Minister before David Cameron was Tony Blair?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which King introduced the office of Prime Minister?

a)

George I

b)

George II

c)

George III

d)

George IV

8.

Which of these statements is incorrect?

To become PM...

a)

...you need to be an MP.

b)

...you need to be an MP and leader of the largest party.

c)

...you need to be an MP and born in the UK.

d)

...you need to be the leader of the largest party.

9.

True or false?

The PM's Office has around 100 civil servants.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of these is a royal prerogative power?

a)

Sign treaties

b)

Control the armed forces

c)

Declare war

d)

Dismiss ministers

e)

They are all royal prerogative powers

11.

Name the PM.

a)

John Major

b)

Tony Blair

c)

Gordon Brown

d)

James Callaghan

12.

Who is missing from this sequence?


Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown, May, Johnson

a)

Cameron

b)

Callaghan

c)

Clegg

d)

Chamberlain