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6. When did Harold Macmillan become Prime Minister?

  • 1945
  • 1957
  • 1960
  • 1964

7. What was the overall balance of trade in 1956-60?

  • +104million
  • +226million
  • +132million
  • -94 million

8. Who stood for the Labour party in the 1959 election?

  • Harold Macmillan
  • Ghandi
  • Hugh Gaitskell
  • Jo Grimond

9. Choose the true statement:

  • Britain's inflation rate was the lowest in Europe from 1950-60.
  • Britain had a lower production rate than the USA, Netherlands, France, Italy and West Germany from 1952-59.
  • Britain's inflation was higher than the USA's and France's.
  • Britain had a higher production rate than the USA, Netherlands, France, Italy and West Germany from 1952-59.

10. "Britain had a higher......? per head than any other country excluding the USA"

  • Inflation rate
  • Production rate
  • Income
  • Hunger rate

11. Who won the election in 1959?

  • Conservative
  • UKIP
  • Labour
  • Liberals