UK Citizenship test

[katdarn79]

After watching make Bradford British i decided i would take the test. I failed and only got 54%. Government guildlines require a score of 75% and above. I am english and have lived here all my life.

I would be interested to see what score others get.

Sorry dont have a link but if you go on ch4 website its on there.

Thanks, Kathryn x

[Old_Geezer]

45%, but that was only because I didn't spot the "who cares" answer which would, of course, always have been right. One is not against a check to see if folk claiming they wish to be British are going to make an effort to be part of this nation, rather than bring their own with them, but this test simply isn't fulfilling that role. But it's all moot anyway, the island is full and we ought not be offering the chance to make the problem worse.

[pastafreak]

Here are some sample Q's and A's for the USA citizen test....a bit different from the UK example....

http://usgovinfo.abou...rary/blinstst_new.htm

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

A. Principles of American Democracy

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

A: The Constitution

2. What does the Constitution do?

A: sets up the government
A: defines the government
A: protects basic rights of Americans

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

A: We the People

4. What is an amendment?

A: a change (to the Constitution)
A: an addition (to the Constitution)

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

A: The Bill of Rights

6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*

A: speech
A: religion
A: assembly
A: press
A: petition the government

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

A: twenty-seven (27)

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

A: announced our independence (from Great Britain)
A: declared our independence (from Great Britain)
A: said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

A: life
A: liberty
A: pursuit of happiness

10. What is freedom of religion?

A: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

11. What is the economic system in the United States?*

A: capitalist economy
A: market economy

[Traci66]

63%

[vulcan]

Here's the link for other citizenship tests.
http://www.800citizen.org/us_citizenship_test/

[Gill1941]

What a load of rubbish those questions are! I took the test out of curiosity having read about it here. Got 83% !! Don't know how! Guessed a lot. Stupid questions - nothing to do with being British in my opinion. Born and bred here. I certainly think there are more Bank Holidays than they said (4)

[quinie]

I agree with gill1941.A daft test.I think it's more important that they should be able to speak English or be willing to learn it. It costs a great deal to employ interpreters.Do migrants have to sit a driving test in this country before being allowed to drive? Wonder if this test is written in different languages??

[katdarn79]

Boyfriend just got 42%. There isnt many people that has passed on here.

[jno]

yes, if you click on the numbers in the strip at the end it shows you the correct one (in green), plus voting figures. It thinks there are four bank holidays a year. I do not. But I am an alien, so what do I know.

[trt]

So what happens if the immigrants/migrants fail, are they deported, doubt it, we are to soft!

[wiltsman]

If Daffy's link shows the typical questions asked, then although I was born and lived in Britain all my life, I only scored 42%.

Some of the questions bear no resemblance to UK Citizenship.

One I got stuck on was about the number of Bank Holidays a year. The answer was four, I put eight! I thought, New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day holiday (first Monday in May), Spring Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday and Boxing Day. That makes seven. As there was no provision to enter seven, I put eight thinking I might have missed one!. I'll have to check the internet to see where I went wrong!

[jno]

the answer should be six...

http://www.direct.gov...andholidays/DG_073741

(plus an extra one for the jubilee this year)

[starone]

I don't know how many Bank holidays there are. Is there a difference between Bank and Public holidays? I think there might be, although I have never noticed any Bank being open on Public holidays as well as Bank holidays. But seeing I only got 33% what do I know? Don't answer that!

[wiltsman]

'How many bank holidays are there per year in the UK?' is asked in the UK Citizenship Test.

The answer given is four. The actual answer is a bit ambiguous, there are normally six in England and Wales, seven in Scotland, and eight in Northern Ireland!

I would hope the question would be marked according to where the applicant was living. But how the powers that be came up with four as the answer is anybody's guess!