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QUIZ: Would you pass the English Grammar School entrance exam from the 1940s and 1950s?

Business InsiderOct 5, 2015, 18:40 IST

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You might find the following test questions from the 1940s and 50s extremely difficult.

They come from the 11 Plus entrance exams, a entrance exam issued by British grammar schools 60 years ago. The questions have been republished in the "Eleven-Plus Book."

The exam was taken by 11-year-olds hoping to get into grammar school, the selective tier of the English state school system.

English grammar schools still run entrance exams, but the format today is different.