In 1948 the Representation of the People Act removed some anomalies from the electoral system. Which of the following reforms was enshrined in the Act?
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The voting age was reduced to 18
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The University seats were abolished, so that university graduates were denied their extra vote
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Voting was made compulsory in parliamentary elections
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The deposit required to be paid by parliamentary candidates was raised to £50
Q.2.
Who was the only woman in Attlee's government?
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Margaret Bondfield
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Barbara Castle
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Jennie Lee
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Ellen Wilkinson
Q.3.
What proportion of British industry had been nationalised by Labour in 1951?
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35%
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50%
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20%
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40%
Q.4.
In 1947 the new Minister of Education raised the school leaving age to what?
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15 years old
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14 years old
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16 years old
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17 years old
Q.5.
Which Liberal economist and government supporter, the author of the "General Theory", urged a policy of full employment and state stimulation of the economy?
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John Maynard Keynes
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William Beveridge
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Friedrich Hayek
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Walter Balogh
Q.6.
Labour's 1918 Constitution provided for the state control of industry in the interests of employees and the wider public. Which clause of the Constitution set out this intention?
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Clause 4
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Clause 231
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Clause 95
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Clause 101
Q.7.
In 1947 Hugh Dalton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was forced to resign. On what grounds did he hand in his resignation?
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He had been fiddling his parliamentary expenses
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He had confided budget secrets to a journalist just as he was about to deliver his budget speech
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He had been accused of having an affair with a female M.P.
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He had been plotting to remove Attlee as prime minister and had been found out
Q.8.
Which cabinet minister, the founder of the NHS in 1948, was ridiculed by Churchill, now Leader of the Opposition, as the "Minister of Disease"?
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Ernest Bevin
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Aneurin Bevan
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John Strachey
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Michael Foot
Q.9.
"A sheep in sheep's clothing." - This rather cruel jibe by Churchill was made about which Labour minister?
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Herbert Morrison
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Tom Williams
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Emmanuel Shinwell
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Clement Attlee
Q.10.
The coal industry was nationalised. By what named was its controlling body now known?
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The Coal Corporation
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British Coal
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Carbogen
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The National Coal Board
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