This practice test is presented in a format that closely resembles the Official Test.
Just a bit of fun :)
http://www.ukcitizenshiptest.co.uk/
Failed!
You have failed the practice citizenship test.
Questions answered correctly: 16 out of 24 (67%)
I failed too.
Failed miserably!
Tricia
failed 54%
I failed. Wonder if I now qualify for full state benefits and free everything else::) ::)
That is a joke, failed again.
I've done it before many times - and failed each time. I'm an English language trainer and several years ago used to test people who had to pass the minimum level of English language skills (very low in my opinion) for their citizenship. The glossy paperwork, folders, publicity etc that the gov't produced for that effort must have cost a fortune. Then they discovered that other people (like me!) were getting paid for testing people, and invented this stupid test so they would get the income (is it £36 per test???).
And, KT Lawson, I haven't yet met anyone who has taken the test who is on benefits. In fact most of them are better off than I am.
Failed ::) ::) ::)
I don't believe it, surely this must be a joke. I am English or whatever and don't even understand the questions, certainly don't know the answers. What complete idiot thought this one up. I am not even going to try again, failed twice. ;D ;D and I don't care, what a load of cr.p.
I had a Russian student (married to an Englishman) who got 100% for the test. Mind you, she studied the book so hard she probably learnt it off by heart. But she always has a ready answer with some daft gem of info she learnt from studying it. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
I failed..
I now await my free car and all the other trappings.
Quote from: MickW on July 23, 2009, 22:30:59
I failed..
I now await my free car and all the other trappings.
??? ??? ??? ??? ???
I suppose I've failed, insofar as I cannot get access to the questionnaire.
Typical government site, total and absolute utter crap.
valmarg
I passed
QuoteYou have passed the practice citizenship test.
Questions answered correctly: 22 out of 24 (92%)
The answer accepted as correct to question 9 is not entirely accurate as prescription charges were scrapped in Wales in 2007.
I didn't... got 67% first time, 100% second. (Having checked the answers) I'm with Groucho Marx... " I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member" ::)
23 out of 24. I think it helps that I currently live in Belgium so have a more detached view of UK life and an appreciation of the differences and nuances of EU life.
I've never seen such a load of crap questions. Most of them should have a third/fifth button "Why should I care ?"
Do I care how many days there are in a school year?,
Do I care which year women got the right of divorce?,
Do I care how many parliamentary constituencies are there?,
Do I care where European Parliament meet?
DO I care how many under 19s there are ?,
Do I care what the official report of the proceedings of Parliament is called ?
Do I care what the governing body of the EU is called ?
What a load of poppy-thingy.
Failed! 17 out of 24 :(
I await deportation to somewhere nice and warm such as Aus or Hawaii or Bahamas, St kitts anywhere I can relax on the beach away from Gordon Brown and his cronies.
Well that's depressing, only got 50% :'(
I'm a failure too. Did manage to pass second time around once I had seen all the answers. Still got two wrong.
Quote from: asbean on July 23, 2009, 22:32:34
Quote from: MickW on July 23, 2009, 22:30:59
I failed..
I now await my free car and all the other trappings.
??? ??? ??? ??? ???
I don't understand either? Where are these cars? Is it just in your county, Mick?
I failed too and if there's some scheme for Yorkshiremen who fail, that's totally unfair for other parts of the country.
I'm not going to take the test I'm claiming Grandfather rights already a paid up member, ;)
Oh, thank goodness! I feel a bit relieved as I too failed the test but felt sure you'd all pass it (so I kept my results quiet, lol!) ;D
Close, but no cigar. ;D 17/24
I had no clue about some of the history questions at all, and could only guess.
It does show how difficult it is to define Britishness, or the attributes of a good citizen.
I can beat that - I only got thirteen the first time round :-[
Having checked, the ones I got wrong were:
Q5: Many job applications will require a covering letter
- didn't pay attention and went for ID (which is what we require if they are offered the job)
Q6: 'Ulster Scots is a dialect which is spoken in Northern Ireland.'
- thought it was a trick question
Q7: In which year did married women get the right to divorce their husband?
Q9: Which of the following TWO types of people get their prescriptions free of charge?
- had to decide between pregnant women/new mothers and children - only true in England anyway
Q10: 'Adults who have been unemployed for six months are usually required to join New Deal if they wish to continue receiving benefit.'
Q11: The number of children and young people up to the age of 19 in the UK is
Q12: The percentage of people in the UK in 2001 who said they were Muslims was
I thought 3.4 % but it's 2.7% - may have been watered down by the Eastern European influx
Q14: 'You can attend a hospital without a GP's letter only in the case of an emergency.'
- is this really true? What about drop in centres?
Q17: Which TWO of the following can vote in all UK public elections?
- oops
Q23: Which of these statements is correct?
Children aged 13-16 cannot work more than 12 hours in any school week
Children aged 13-16 cannot work more than 10 hours in any school week
Q24: Which of the following statements is true?
The governing body of the EU is the Council of the European Union <- true
The governing body of the EU is the Council of Europe
- Never heard it called or reported as that
I would say the only relevant question above was about who can vote, but having failed I'm now biased :)
Seriously, why the questions on Europe and benefits? Surely there are far more important facts appertaining to our national identity?
Question "Where's the stiff upper lip?"
Answer "Right above this trembling lower one Sir"
less of what you need to know, more of what they'd like you to need to know.
never really had a strong sense of UKness anyway
I failed too! I really don't see how many of the questions are relevant to settling in this country and integrating!
KittyKatt
I very much doubt it reading through the comments, and I'm not even sure that I'd want to become a UK citizen if I wasn't already one!
My Australian grandfather settled in England and was living here at the outbreak of WWII. He tried to get into the Forces but was rejected because of being too old, and married with five children. He eventually got into the RNVR by being economical with the truth about his personal circumstances. At the end of the war he thought it would be a nice idea to become a British citizen but when he got the application papers he said the the questions in them were too bl**dy personal and didn't go ahead.
It always amused us that even when he was in his eighties, whenever he'd been abroad he still had to come in back into the UK through the immigrant control channel.
I Failed :'(.
But so did my American wife who i beat ;D
Failed miserably, but have to say, many questions I really don't need to know the answer to... Does it really matter to me how many young people there are in the country... I realise this matters to economists, etc, but really...
I can't even find one question on that list that relates to this countries past and great history, the majority of the questions seem to be aimed at pointing new comers to this country in the direction of the DHSS, ;)
Quote from: pennsylvannia planters on July 24, 2009, 11:50:06
I Failed :'(.
But so did my American wife who i beat ;D
Beating your wife was outlawed the same Act that allowed women to get a divorce. Was it 1857? :)
Modified
I'll get me coat...
is it raining where you are
I got 50%
A Quango is what? I didn't see a checkbox for a 'huge money sink with no real results'.
Quote from: jonny211 on July 24, 2009, 15:51:03
I got 50%
A Quango is what? I didn't see a checkbox for a 'huge money sink with no real results'.
An unelected body put into place by the government of the day, and I think Gordy is already up to thirty, ;)
The Council of the European Union is also an unelected body which I think is quite an important anomaly in the supposedly democratic west.
Things like divorce laws and education and child labour speak of respect for a large proportion of the citizenship - something sadly lacking for women and girls in many societies and for all children conscripted into war and/or prostitution as is happening in some parts of the world.
Personally I don't think anyone should apply for citizenship anywhere without knowing some basic facts about theirr new home and yes, there should be an extension of this particular programme to teach about important historic events and people that have shaped British society. This should also be taught in schools so that everyone appreciates the freedoms as well as the responsibilities of living in a free-ish society.
Quote from: jonny211 on July 24, 2009, 15:51:03
I got 50%
A Quango is what? I didn't see a checkbox for a 'huge money sink with no real results'.
Quasi non governmental organisation... anything potentially useful (and therefore contentious) kept at arms length to avoid accountability.
Quote from: Obbelix on July 24, 2009, 17:01:44
This should also be taught in schools so that everyone appreciates the freedoms as well as the responsibilities of living in a free-ish society.
well said Obbelix
can't be bothered to take the test, I'm sure I would fail.
I have worked with a couple of guys who took the test, and they passed. They said some of it was a bit odd but I just remember them being so chuffed to get their citizenship
This test does just not matter because the country is not our own anymore, we share this country with anyone who wants to come here legally or illegally, Gordy says we still need more people to come to this country, great like Yosser said 'Give us a job' , ;)
Quote from: Obbelix on July 24, 2009, 17:01:44
Personally I don't think anyone should apply for citizenship anywhere without knowing some basic facts about theirr new home and yes, there should be an extension of this particular programme to teach about important historic events and people that have shaped British society. This should also be taught in schools so that everyone appreciates the freedoms as well as the responsibilities of living in a free-ish society.
I totally agree, but the majority of the questions in that test had nothing to do with that.
On a side-note many of those things are covered in education (at all levels).....
I know that I do lots of sessions with my tutor group on a range of issues...
I've got an headache, or is it a headache. Let's change the subject.
A friend of mine told me that his daughters did a subject at school called 'modern history' which I would think being fair would pass for questions for the Citizens test, so he asked them the question 'Do you know a British prime minister from the early twentieth century' the answer was no, then he asked them did they know who Gandhi was, and quick as a flash they gave him the size of his flip flop measurement, ;D ;D , chill out Borlotti, ;D
I failed too :(
I passed, but only because I saw all the answers and remembered them, probably call that cheating, but don't really care, what a stupid test.
Failed ???
Yes I failed too....63%...what do you have to get to pass. Just as well I didn't have to do it for real.
Failed 16 out of 24 :o
I can't believe Rosebud beat me, 50% 50 bloody %, how many did you say Sam. ??? I shall wait up now for my freebies to arrive. :-X ;D ;D ;D
It's no wonder you failed, Kev, you spend most of your time abroad on holiday anyway, don't you? ;D ;D :-X ;D ;D
I'm not even gonna look at it. I get bluddy confused as it is without getting it into my head that I don't really qualify to be a citizen of the UK ;D
Failed! 50% - what a load of rubbish >:(
Lushy x
I failed too. :-[
I failed as well.
Then there again none of us read the book before we did the test. It appears that it gave all the answers!
There were questions that are questionable. Like going to the hospital. I attended the hospital the other month to see my father-in-law. But i did not have a doctors letter.
So effectively this test is only checking how good a short term memory a non-citizen has and how good they are at taking a test.
in despair Bill