Can You Pass A Life In The Uk Test?

[emilyadders]

Hi all, my husband took his life in the UK test today and passed. He is originally from Guyana, so he needed to pass to apply for his citizenship.

I was born in England and lived here all my life, he asked me to try a practice test online and I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I could only score 15 out of 24, this makes me wonder how many people who were born here could actually pass a Life in the UK test like this one: https://uktest.net/life-in-the-uk-test-practice.html

[albaqwerty]

22/24

the two wrong were 'what cases does the County Court handle?' (or worded similarly) Never knew they dealt with divorce.

the other one was to do with England winning a cricket cup - with all due respect I think that sort of question is ideal for cricket followers/fans of any nationality :-)

Some questions do seem odd for life in the UK.

[woofgang]

thsi reads to me like somone went "Oh we have to give them an exam...what the heck can we put in it?"

[MallyJ]

21/24 not bad!

[ladybirder]

I wasn't aware that it was common belief that the Great in Great Britain was regarded as a mark of greatness.

[MallyJ]

and they misspelled Margaret!!

[ummmm]

I got 20.

Why would it be essential to know where the first Indian restaurant opened?

Some daft questions there.

[ummmm]

And we seem to have had different questions. I wonder if that's the case when the test is sat so no copying!

[-SharonA-]

Yeah, you all seem to have had different questions to me ?!?
Is there more than one quiz?

[Mamyalynne]

21

[woofgang]

Sharon each time you play you get 24 random questions from the pool of however many there are

[Peter Pedant]

// Just 4 of the questions from my first try turned up in my second//

hey chris what about this !
4 /24 is the recurrence rate - 1/6
so the number of q in the bank is 6x the no of questions in the paper (24) viz 150 give or take a drink !
ter daah

The people who came from denmark I would call Danes but ho hum

saying the norsemen came from Norway is called an anachronism ( the place that later became ...)

do we know what the pass mark is?

[teacher1]

Why would I know when Queen Victoria came to the throne ?

[New Judge]

24/24 twice for me.

However, I must agree that there are some very strange questions. Lots of history which I expect many born-and-bred people would not know about. Also some downright odd ones, e.g. "Can a policeman become a Magistrate?" Why would anybody need to know that to secure UK citizenship? Under the "revision" section they suggest candidates learn what the Giant's Causeway is and the location of the Loch Lomond within the Trossachs National Park.

[Tilly2]

24/24! Wow.

[New Judge]

Just had another go. Got one wrong!

What the bleeding hell were the "Welsh Rebellions"? Apparently they finally ended in the 15th Century (I chose 17th). Not a lot of people know that - I can be fairly certain.

[woofgang]

I know....I mean who cares who Bobby Moore is/was....or indeed anything at all about sport. I could get it if it was stuff you needed to know like voltage, tax returns, opening a bank account, getting a driving licence, seeing a doctor, the everyday stuff that you need to know but most of it seems to be random nonsense.

[New Judge]

I'm inclined to agree, Woofy. There are lots of people I know who would struggle with many of the questions. But they are perfectly sound citizens of the UK. The test must have been devised by a Civil Servant with an interest in sport, The Trossachs and the bloody Welsh Rebellions!

[woofgang]

yes NJ....can't remember the thread now but it was about employment and reasearch (which i now can't find) about the problem of putting recruitment into the hands of HR departments is that they recruit "people like them" with little or no reference to whether they are best qualified for the job....seems like only "people like them" should be allowed to become British Citizens.

[jourdain2]

I got 23/24 - but what a shockingly bad test! Nothing about attitudes (like taking your place in a queue) and viewpoints (like freedom of speech and civility if someone disagrees with you - although that seems to be disappearing). It is fact-based and too narrow i.m.o.. A free question asking something about everyday life and interreactions with others would be helpful, I feel.

[maggiebee]

21 for me - my excuse is that questions like "what cases does the County Court handle?" is irrelevant to me as we don't have County Courts in Scotland. Must have a nosy around to see if there's an equivalent test for Scotland.