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Thread Author: Bromptonaut	Replies: 89

New Mon 22 Nov 10 18:57   UK Citizenship Test - Bromptonaut

This came up on CycleChat and seemed worth trying here. I'm UK born/bred, 50 and towards the upper end of the junior Civil Service. I failed the UK citizenship test. How did you do?? www.ukcitizenshiptest.co.uk/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:03   UK Citizenship Test - Hard Cheese

15/24 - failed. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:04   UK Citizenship Test - Iffy

...How did you do??... Fail - 12 out of 24. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:10   UK Citizenship Test - sooty123

17/24 failed Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:05   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

I failed. I scored 13. I was guessing most of the time. Does this mean I have to go back to Yorkshire? John Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:19   UK Citizenship Test - Stuu

I failed. 13/24. I have no idea why statistics are anything to do with citizenship since many ministers cant recite their own government stats. Seems more like a pub quiz to me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:28   UK Citizenship Test - R.P.

16/24 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:36   UK Citizenship Test - Bagpuss

I got 9/24. Do I have to give my passport back? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:28   UK Citizenship Test - Duncan

13/24 Failed. Do I have to spend the rest of my life in Surrey? A lot of guessing, does it make me a bad citizen if I don't know the exact year in which womwn got the right to divorce their husbands? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:32   UK Citizenship Test - Runfer D'Hills

16/24 - I don't mind leaving if I can go somewhere nice and sunny please ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:40   UK Citizenship Test - FocalPoint

16/24. Should have been 17 - I misread one question. I'm a retired teacher with a degree and other professional qualifications; I am obviously unfit to be a citizen. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:44   UK Citizenship Test - Stuu

Strikes me that knowing stats about the muslim population is somewhat less relevant than knowing the rules about international driving licenses or something about how our political system works. Who on earth makes this stuff up? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:49   UK Citizenship Test - The Nut

Mrs. Nut used to work for a company that amongst other things ran a test centre for the Life in the UK test, none of the staff could pass the test on their first attempt. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:29   UK Citizenship Test - legacylad

I dont see a problem wi that missen. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:53   UK Citizenship Test - Statistical Outlier

Blimey, my speed guessing skills must be worthy of a UK citizen: You have passed the practice citizenship test. Questions answered correctly: 19 out of 24 (79%) Time taken: 03 minutes 06 seconds Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 19:55   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

13/24 - 54% failed. I tell you what I fail, I fail to see how most of those questions has any relevance or shows any knowledge of UK citizenship. You sure its not a joke? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:15   UK Citizenship Test - madf

You have failed the practice citizenship test. Questions answered correctly: 13 out of 24 (54%) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:16   UK Citizenship Test - madf

Edit: No practical questions: mainly irrelevant to daily life. Therfore typical civil service. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:27   UK Citizenship Test - Armel Coussine

16. Of course I've always been a bit of an alien. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:40   UK Citizenship Test - sherlock47

Fail at 16! ans I am not sure I would do any better if I retook it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:33   UK Citizenship Test - spamcan61

14/24 Fail Please don't make me go back to Luton. Does seem like an odd set of questions, nothing about cricket for starters. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:35   UK Citizenship Test - rtj70

How can knowing the answers to those questions be of any use to a new or old citizen? e.g. when did women get the right to divorce. Well they have the right now and it was wrong they didn't before 18xx (1857?). Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 20:47   UK Citizenship Test - RattleandSmoke

13/24. I failed on the some of silly questions like in the 1980's what was the biggest imigrant group or what year did women get the right to get divorced etc. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:01   UK Citizenship Test - PhilW

Miserable failure 13/24 But then it's a memory test not a test of knowledge of UK and your suitabilty to be a citizen - read the booklet, can you remember the irrelevant facts? Does it really matter that I guess 14million Under 15s (or was it U16s) rather than the correct 15 million? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:10   UK Citizenship Test - VxFan

You think that's miserable. Questions answered correctly: 8 out of 24 (33%) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:13   UK Citizenship Test - CGNorwich

This site has nothing to do with the UK Government and is simply a scam, like many similar sites, set up to extract money from immigrants. The questions are made to look difficult so that you buy their book. All official government sites end in .gov The official UK Border agency site provides examples of the information that is required to pass the test. It is of of a considerably more practical nature than that provided in the OP's link. www.lifeintheuktest.gov.uk/htmlsite/index.html If you were all taken in by this what hope does an immigrant have? Last edited by: CGNorwich on Mon 22 Nov 10 at 21:14 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:23   UK Citizenship Test - Robin O'Reliant

I got ten, and at least half of those were guesses. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:23   UK Citizenship Test - Robin O'Reliant

I got ten, and at least half of those were guesses. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:24   UK Citizenship Test - Robin O'Reliant

So bad I said it twice. What happened there? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:27   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

that means you got 20 - you passed Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:48   UK Citizenship Test - Perky Penguin

18 out of 24 - some of the questions were a bit ambiguous. N0 17 about who can vote was odd. The answer to How many Parliamentary Constituencies are there did not include the answer "Too Many"! I have been a British citizen since before WW2 and I don't have to take an exam, luckily. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 21:39   UK Citizenship Test - RattleandSmoke

To be fair I knew it wasn't a government site, but I thought it was an official test endorsed by the government. I didn't really take any notice to be honest. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 22:45   UK Citizenship Test - Bromptonaut

>> This site has nothing to do with the UK Government and is simply a scam, >> like many similar sites, set up to extract money from immigrants. The questions are made >> to look difficult so that you buy their book. All official government sites end in >> .gov I suspect you're right CGN, though so much govt stuff is contracted out that one can never be quite sure about domain suffixes. And some organisations most of us would associate with government, for example the Parliamentary and Local Govt Ombudsmen, use .org to emphasise their independence. It was however only posted as a 'fun' thread. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Nov 10 23:13   UK Citizenship Test - Dave_

17/24 for me. I used to work with an Indian chap who'd spend every spare minute swotting up for his citizenship test. Nice as pie he was, completely unintelligible speech, but obviously very keen to become a fully-fledged citizen and we all supported him in his endeavours. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 04:42   UK Citizenship Test - Pat

16/24 for me. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 06:33   UK Citizenship Test - Netsur

63% 15/24 Some questions are irrelevant. Why do you need to know when women were given the right to divorce their husbands? Who cares about Scots Ulster dialect? Other questions contains useful items of fact which will assist in understanding the country, the way news is reported and the way we are governed. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 07:40   UK Citizenship Test - L'escargot

14 out of 24 ~ failed. Most of my answers were guesses. Last edited by: L'escargot on Tue 23 Nov 10 at 07:41 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 10:44   UK Citizenship Test - hobby

Another 13/24... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 12:46   UK Citizenship Test - madf

Right I've just asked your ISPs for your addresses. Letters confirming your expulsion from the UK will be issued in the next 7 days.. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 23 Nov 10 12:49   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

do we get the choice of where to get expulded to? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 12:56   UK Citizenship Test - movilogo

I sat for this test last year (to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain) and passed on first attempt. Although it allows 45 minutes I actually completed it in just 3 minutes. There is a book avaialble in market which is the study material for this exam. It is damn easy to pass. You just need to memorize few facts. Previously lots of migrants claimed British citizenship without learning English. This test just tries to prevent that. It also makes some money for Home Office. The current cost of citizenship application stands around £1000 for a family of 3. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 12:50   UK Citizenship Test - sherlock47

Will the regulation of ISPs and data held by them go the same way as the DVLA? Anybody with the money can buy the right to trace who posted what? Z - expulded, expulde or expulsed? Last edited by: pmh on Tue 23 Nov 10 at 12:52 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:10   UK Citizenship Test - Clk Sec

I scored 14 (58%) and failed. It's off to Oz, then. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:19   UK Citizenship Test - Armel Coussine

Of course these were multiple-choice questions in some cases requiring quite precise knowledge of government statistics. Even a dedicated news addict like me wouldn't have much of a clue. Why should they? And no provision was made for a quintessentially English answer along the lines of: 'Look, how the hell do I know? I'm not a damn government bureaucrat. Looks to me as if these are trick questions to filter out foreigners and other undesirables. Just as well I've got my passport, what?' Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:22   UK Citizenship Test - R.P.

Just had an e-from the Home Office - I'm being deported to the Maldives... Last edited by: Pugugly on Tue 23 Nov 10 at 13:23 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:56   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

Been there. Thought I better had before it disappeared beneath the waves. Muslim country so no booze except on "uninhabited" islands. The definition of uninhabited being "not inhabited by natives", so all of the tourist islands are uninhabited. Not much in the way of roads, as there is not much in the way of land, so no real opportunity for cars or motorbikes. You can only visit inhabited islands by invitation. A new island is appearing out of the sea, the rubbish dump. Tough luck PU! John Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:23   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

>> Will the regulation of ISPs and data held by them go the same way as >> the DVLA? Anybody with the money can buy the right to trace who posted what? >> >> Z - expulded, expulde or expulsed? Don't ask me - clearly I am not fit or qualified to use English. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:28   UK Citizenship Test - Stuu

The simple test of Englishness is to as people to queue. Anyone who refuses or leaves the queue is out, anyone who stays the course is in. Apparently we are known for our ability to wait in line so anyone who can manage it should be just fine :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:42   UK Citizenship Test - Mapmaker

"Correct. The Church of England is called the Anglican Church in other countries and the Episcopal Church in Scotland." So if it's only the Church of England in England, then surely neither of these is an alternative name? Since when do under 18s not get free prescriptions? "This Handbook is the only official test book written by the Home Office Life in the UK Advisory Group, the people who set the citizenship test." So maybe they are official? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:43   UK Citizenship Test - R.P.

All prescriptions are free in Wales....typical Anglocentric stuff. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 13:53   UK Citizenship Test - TheManWithNoName

What a pile of crap. I failed but I'm not bitter. Just baffled at the type of obscure questions. Some historical others just pointless. It hardly confirms whether you can settle in the UK or not. Perhaps a question should be: Q. You have just arrived in the UK from (insert name of dry, dusty far away country of your choice). Can you claim benefits immediately? Yes. No. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:05   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

They ought to ask questions such as; Which Englishman holds the World land speed record? a/b/c/ Which Englishmen last won the F1 championship? a/b/c What did his Dad do for a living (no clues) Name three badge engineered variants of the Austin Cambridge (no clues given). What happened in 1066? Apologies to Scots/Irish/Welsh but with another 20 questions to go I've left room for you! Well, this is a car site, wodya expect? :-) John Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:07   UK Citizenship Test - R.P.

Sounds more relevent....last question would be Do you want to buy a cyclecarrier ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:12   UK Citizenship Test - Stuu

No offense to anyone involved in this area of things, but is anyone really suprised by the questions? You know they were formulated by a commitee of people who have very little touch with reality even before you start. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:14   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

Just imagine being stuck somewhere with them. The conversation. Agh! John Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:20   UK Citizenship Test - R.P.

We may mis-understand the whole thing, thinking about it it's more about reading and understanding English, difficult to fake the answers without doing basic reading and learning in the main language of the country you want to live in. So given the constraints of the test it may actually be quite an effective one. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:24   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

Possibly, but; the questions need to be issued randomly otherwise you only need to remember a,b,a,c,b,b,a etc where are you when you take this test i.e could you be accompanied or a sub. played? If that's what it is about then it should be face to face and a verbal test or conversation. John Last edited by: Tooslow on Tue 23 Nov 10 at 14:24 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 15:19   UK Citizenship Test - movilogo

>> the questions need to be issued randomly That indeed happens in real test. People sitting on same exam room, get different sets of questions chosen randomly. The questions are mostly silly. But for those who never read history of UK, local education system, how parliament works etc, some bits were interesting to know. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 15:52   UK Citizenship Test - Dog

>>Q. You have just arrived in the UK from Can you claim benefits immediately?<< David Cameron has announced he intends to make it much more difficult to claim benefits. From next Monday all claim forms will only be printed in English. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 15:55   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

"will only be printed in English" but as it is a government form, not English as we know it. Jim. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:01   UK Citizenship Test - Old Navy

>> >>Q. You have just arrived in the UK from Can you claim benefits immediately?<< >> >> David Cameron has announced he intends to make it much more difficult to claim benefits. >> >> From next Monday all claim forms will only be printed in English. >> And will probably provide translators at great expense. Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 23 Nov 10 at 16:01 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:03   UK Citizenship Test - Iffy

...And will probably provide translators at great expense... Maybe, maybe not. At least the political will is now pointing in the right direction. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:09   UK Citizenship Test - Bromptonaut

>> At least the political will is now pointing in the right direction. I thonk Dog was being ironic. In any event they'd certainly have to be printed in Welsh and probably Scots Gaelic. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:12   UK Citizenship Test - Iffy

...I thonk Dog was being ironic... Shame, sounded too sensible to be true. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:15   UK Citizenship Test - movilogo

UK driving theory test can be taken in 20 different languages! God knows why it is so! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:19   UK Citizenship Test - Iffy

...UK driving theory test can be taken in 20 different languages! God knows why it is so... Road signs are in one language. Apart from far-flung unimportant parts of the realm - good afternoon, PU and Harleyman. :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:27   UK Citizenship Test - hobby

>> Since when do under 18s not get free prescriptions? >> I think it said "18 and under"... 18 yr olds don't get free prescriptions normally! Zero, I'll send you details of where i want to go!! ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 14:39   UK Citizenship Test - Bromptonaut

>> Since when do under 18s not get free prescriptions? Under 16s get free prescriptions. 16-18 year olds get them while in full time education. (According to Direct Gov). Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 15:36   UK Citizenship Test - Old Navy

15/24 for me, will they let me back in next time? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 15:56   UK Citizenship Test - madf

>> 15/24 for me, will they let me back in next time? >> Not if we have anything to do with it :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:03   UK Citizenship Test - Old Navy

Walked into that one. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 16:58   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

Your a sweaty now ON. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 19:18   UK Citizenship Test - AnotherJohnH

another failure: Questions answered correctly: 17 out of 24 (71%) and it took 6 minutes to guess/fudge. If they are really playing multiple choice, there should be points deducted for badly wrong answers... but you'd need some relevant questions first. When is Christmas, and what does it represent? What side of the road do people drive on? What is the unit of currency? etc Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 19:29   UK Citizenship Test - MD

Started it, got issed off and left. What in Heavens name did most of the questions have to do with anything pertinent? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 19:32   UK Citizenship Test - Clk Sec

Come on, Martin, you've got to be seen to fail the test, like the rest of us. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 19:35   UK Citizenship Test - AshT

16/24 - failed. If the questions represent the UK today I'm not sure I want to be a part of it anyhow. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Nov 10 23:30   UK Citizenship Test - Statistical Outlier

I'm getting a little concerned I'm the only one to have passed. While I can accept it was mere statistical fluke, I'm the one that will get through a set of double, one way, one door locked swing doors on the fourth attempt. This doesn't happen to me... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 09:14   UK Citizenship Test - madf

>> I'm getting a little concerned I'm the only one to have passed. By statistics, someone has to pass if they answer multiple questions choices on a random basis. I believe it's called a "Statistical Outlier" :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 09:19   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

Dont they get deleted as "bad observations"? Watch out SO! John Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 09:41   UK Citizenship Test - R.P.

When everyone's gone SO with the possible exception of our resident snail - can you turn the lights out ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 09:33   UK Citizenship Test - L'escargot

It's only a practice test. For those with a desire to learn it could prove useful. I'm going to go through it repeatedly until I get all the right answers, and then I'll apply to take the official test. Zut alors et sacré bleu. Last edited by: L'escargot on Wed 24 Nov 10 at 09:36 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 09:36   UK Citizenship Test - Clk Sec

>>I'm going to go through it repeatedly until I get all the right answers That's cheating. Back to rural Lincolnshire with you, I say... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 09:41   UK Citizenship Test - madf

>> >>I'm going to go through it repeatedly until I get all the right answers >> >> That's cheating. Back to rural Lincolnshire with you, I say... >> "Zut alors et sacré bleu." said the snail. Send him back to the transit camp in France so he can practise his French...says I.. And apply to become a French citizen... Last edited by: madf on Wed 24 Nov 10 at 09:43 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 13:25   UK Citizenship Test - Cliff Pope

When I applied for a passport recently I had to sit in a special booth and answer questions by video link. I stumbled on "When is your second daughter's birthday?" and had to admit that I didn't know. I passed, so that was presumably the right answer, for a man. An imposter would have swotted it up and come out too pat. I did remember my wife's birthday, but only after a bit of embarrased raking of memory and a shamefaced grin. That too was probably the right response. Mr Memory Man would have been rumbled straight away. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 15:13   UK Citizenship Test - L'escargot

>> Send him back to the transit camp in France .............. :-D Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 16:05   UK Citizenship Test - Clk Sec

>>And apply to become a French citizen... Though he could end up in the soup... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 15:32   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

>> >>I'm going to go through it repeatedly until I get all the right answers >> >> That's cheating. Back to rural Lincolnshire with you, I say... That's not cheatin, they calls it lernin in the fens. They aint got nos teachers sees, the last one was burned in a wicker man. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 15:34   UK Citizenship Test - Tooslow

That's how Ireland got into the Euro.... John Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 16:00   UK Citizenship Test - Zero

Yes - someone gave them multiple choice yes or no Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 24 Nov 10 16:22   UK Citizenship Test - Crankcase

"Yes now or yes later, it's up to you", surely. Reply to this message | Report message