Take the UK citizen ship test. Will you make a good UK citizen ?

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 15:53

There is a government test for immigrants and I was wondering who, amongst the ex pats would pass it if they returned to the UK and had to sit the test.



http://www.ukcitizenshiptest.co.uk



Be honest.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:06

Hmm more difficult than I had expected

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:07

I got 19

Simbas

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:08

I failed! Only got 54%

Not so easy after all.

Geoff

Famagusta City



P.S. How about a TRNC version??

Teresa


Joined: 21/11/2007
Posts: 1018

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:15

Oh well good job i love living here because i failed, crazy questions for an English person to know let alone a foreigner.

Jonesy299


Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 367

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:25

I think being able to spell 'citizenship' properly would be a reasonable start!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:39

Failed, 54%!



Richard

hetty


Joined: 31/07/2011
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 16:43

I failed miserably and was shocked, I can't remember my score but it was embarrassingly bad, how do the immigrants pass it.

Harold2555



Joined: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1139

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:00

I got 18 with some lucky guesses!



there are books to awot up from





harold

hetty


Joined: 31/07/2011
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:02

Harold most of the immigrants cannot speak english let alone read it so again how do they pass, I think of myself as quite bright and still failed.

blade


Joined: 19/06/2010
Posts: 1286

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:05

No i failed as well,lol.

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:22

I failed miserably too and also thnk of myself as quite bright. Its not sour grapes, but I cant see the point of most of the questions. I suppose if one got hold of the handbook and had an adequate command of English and could swot up on it, one could learn most by heart, but little would be of much use afterwards!

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:39

What have most of those question got to do with becoming a citizen I would like to know.

hetty


Joined: 31/07/2011
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:41

parkview, nothing absolutely nothing.

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:49

Failed 54%

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 17:49

Failed - 58%. :(

bigbadbob


Joined: 04/08/2010
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 18:07

Failed 54% answered quiz in 6minutes.

Glasbury


Joined: 13/08/2010
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 18:09

I failed too !

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 18:13

Same score as No 1 Doyen. I doubt that the government have accurate enough records to be able to give the correct answer themselves to some of the statistical questions. It is all propaganda with an EU slant. Question for government "what percentage of MPs can keep their snouts in the trough at the same time" ? (NB Include government and opposition in your answer).

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 18:13

So looks like we're pretty much an average bunch then!!

Redwine


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 565

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 19:15

Failed!! Maybe I become an immigrant. Bet no UK citizen would pass. At least I would getter benefits than pension

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 19:34

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237054/How-I-failed-citizen-test-questions-political-correctness-claim-benefits-.html



This is a good article from the Mail online and his views on this test

denizen



Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
17/08/2011 19:54

failed 50% 12 out of 24 in 5min 37 secs.

adkdundee


Joined: 01/08/2010
Posts: 86

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 16:13

Failed. 42%. What a lot of rubbish. Totaly irelevant questions but good thread!!



ADK

jimchris09


Joined: 13/02/2009
Posts: 547

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 16:55

I got 50%...not bad as I felt i had to guess 50% of the answers...and I have been working/living overseas since 1976!



Some questions would not be common knowledge to the average person in the street!

Mad-Taff


Joined: 18/02/2010
Posts: 36

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 16:55

Failed 13 out of 24

Rickbald


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 23

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:24

Failed: 63% Perhaps I should consider moving to Cyprus

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:25

The questions should include options like.

Who are the would be rioters in UK main cities?

a) University graduated

b) Engineers

c) Business executives

d) Security personnel

cac123


Joined: 20/07/2011
Posts: 82

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:39

Is this for real !

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:42

Can I sit it again !











Spider,X

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:57

Cyprus Citizenship Test of one question. Can you immediately deposit here half a million dollars ?

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 19:14

Hellfire that was a stinker..... I passed with 20 out of 24 but it was only my years in Central Government that got me there. I suppose I'd have had to claimed asylum otherwise.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 22:27

I am to embarrassed to put my score up - I failed miserably!!



Just before we got our permantant residency the police came to our house to ask us questions about what we thought about the TRNC and they were so easy compared to these.

lesshaw42



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 05:19

i got 58%.some stupid questions there....

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 08:31

You fail if you don't know citizenship is all one word..

The test is bogus, having nothing to do with UK Gov.

Hoylemiller



Joined: 03/09/2010
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 09:03

They should make it harder...

kimig


Joined: 04/02/2008
Posts: 103

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 09:20

Failed dismally - getting the hairshirt out right now!

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 09:21

I only got 46% but would have got a much higher score if I hadn't had stoppped to think but just ticked the answer I first thought off. "he who hesitates is lost"!!



As I understand it, the real thing is much different and asks about much more general life in UK, plus a few famous names and places etc.

Tonyta


Joined: 11/06/2011
Posts: 122

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 13:55

As I am scouse I was doomed to fail as the questions did not have anything on cars and wheel caps. The government set me up, again.

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 14:17

I passed with flying colours .90%

It's all lies that I got my Pakistani gardener to fill it in for me.

Asif.I would cheat

scootex



Joined: 03/03/2009
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 14:28

I passed with flying colours .90%

It's all lies that I got my Pakistani gardener to fill it in for me.

Asif.I would cheat

he only got 63%