Y113.3 Thatcher and the end of consensus 1979–1997 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. Which economic theory prioritised controlling the money supply to curb inflation under Thatcher?

   • Socialism
   • Corporatism
   • Keynesianism
   • Monetarism

2. What policy permitted UK council tenants to purchase their homes at discounted prices from 1980?

   • Right to Buy
   • Buy to Let
   • Affordable Homes
   • Leasehold Reform

3. Which state-owned telecommunications company was privatised by the Conservative government in 1984?

   • British Airways
   • British Gas
   • British Rail
   • British Telecom

4. Who led the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984–1985 miners' strike?

   • Joe Gormley
   • Mick Lynch
   • Arthur Scargill
   • Norman Tebbit

5. What policy led to mass street riots in Trafalgar Square in March 1990?

   • Value Added Tax
   • Bedroom Tax
   • Community Charge
   • Council Tax

6. Which 1986 financial reform deregulated the London Stock Exchange to boost international competitiveness?

   • The Big Bang
   • The Great Crash
   • Monetarism
   • Black Wednesday

7. Which Cabinet minister resigned over the Westland helicopter affair in January 1986?

   • Nigel Lawson
   • Michael Heseltine
   • Leon Brittan
   • Geoffrey Howe

8. What term described Gerald Kaufman's view of Labour's unsuccessful 1983 election manifesto?

   • Red Paper
   • Longest suicide note
   • Winter of discontent
   • New Labour pledge

9. Which foreign conflict in 1982 significantly boosted Margaret Thatcher's domestic popularity before the 1983 election?

   • Suez Crisis
   • Falklands War
   • Gulf War
   • Korean War

10. What event on 16 September 1992 forced Britain to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism?

    • Black Wednesday
    • Black Monday
    • Bloody Sunday
    • Red Tuesday

11. Which report investigated the causes of the 1981 Brixton riots and highlighted racial disadvantage?

    • Macpherson Report
    • Beveridge Report
    • Scarman Report
    • Taylor Report

12. Which legislation banned local authorities from intentionally promoting homosexuality in UK schools from 1988?

    • Section 28
    • Article 50
    • Act 10
    • Clause 4

13. Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in November 1990?

    • John Major
    • Douglas Hurd
    • Norman Lamont
    • Michael Heseltine

14. Which Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the radical monetarist budget of March 1981?

    • Ken Clarke
    • Geoffrey Howe
    • Denis Healey
    • Nigel Lawson

15. What 1980 legislation required trade unions to hold secret ballots before launching legal strikes?

    • Trade Union Act
    • Employment Act 1982
    • Employment Act 1980
    • Industrial Relations Act

16. Which advertising campaign slogan was famously used to encourage public share purchases in British Gas in 1986?

    • Tell Sid
    • Power to People
    • Right to Buy
    • Labour Isn't Working

17. Which political party won a landslide victory in the May 1997 UK general election?

    • Labour Party
    • Social Democratic Party
    • Liberal Democrats
    • Conservative Party

18. What initiative launched by John Major in 1991 aimed to improve public service quality and accountability?

    • Public Charter
    • Patient's Charter
    • Citizen's Charter
    • Social Chapter

19. Which joint declaration on Northern Ireland peace was signed by John Major and Albert Reynolds in 1993?

    • Anglo-Irish Agreement
    • Downing Street Declaration
    • Sunningdale Agreement
    • Good Friday Agreement

20. Which political group was formed in 1981 by moderate Labour politicians breaking away from their party?

    • UKIP
    • Liberal Party
    • Social Democratic Party
    • Green Party

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