Can you pass the UK citizen test?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2011/oct/11/uk-citizenship-test-quiz

25 sample questions from the test. I scored 15 out of 25 which is a fail as you need to get 75% and above. I'm well educated, have a strong interest in history and moderate grasp of current affairs - must be bloody difficult to pass if you are a foreigner to these shores. Suspect most Brits would have to revise hard to get a pass

I get '12.' Not great at all.

I got 11 and most of those that I got right were educated guesses. Not easy at all

I got 12

Yeah I think that's a tad silly. 11/24

I got 11 right and the majority of those were guesses.

It should be remembered that there is a course / book which contains all the information that these questions relate to. So basically it's a test of your ability to learn and remember facts. We are attempting it 'blind'.

Having said that, it's a pointless test. I don't see how knowing these things would make you a good citizen.

I got 23, you lot must be as thick as pig ****.

16/24.

Looks like I'm on the 'plane out of here, although it will probably take a couple of years for my extradition to be ratified.

15, I await the Immigration Service's deportation Police.

14/24, and yes a fair few of those were pointless and pedantic.

Not a chance i can pass that. That's why you get a study book to learn this stuff. Really i don't see how proving when women were given the right to divorce their husband makes you a citizen though as i guarantee 90% of people you meet will have no clue

I don't need a citizenship test as I belong in this country.

13 for me. I guessed the vast majority.

15 for me but I guessed a lot of them. Still not good enough to be considered for UK citizenship.

Got 10/24, but really don't want to apply anyway. Nothing personal

25 for me. Great test. I would make this test compulsory for all immigrants. 24 or less and you're out.

I managed 12. Guessed a lot of them.

25 for me. Great test. I would make this test compulsory for all immigrants. 24 or less and you're out.

You are not supposed to GOOGLE the answers !

Not a chance i can pass that. That's why you get a study book to learn this stuff. Really i don't see how proving when women were given the right to divorce their husband makes you a citizen though as i guarantee 90% of people you meet will have no clue

Totally agree, if they have to have a test they should make the questions more relevant to everyday life.

You are not supposed to GOOGLE the answers !

Just because you are thick doesn't mean everyone else is.

25 for me. Great test. I would make this test compulsory for all immigrants. 24 or less and you're out.

25 correct, out of a possible 24, that is truly awesom Dune, perhaps you should be Queen.

I got 13, but I am sat here wondering how getting 24 makes you a better citizen than someone like me.

Really, who gives a f**k what year divorce became allowed ?

Just because you are thick doesn't mean everyone else is.

True, so whilst you are thick, everybody else on here is not !

15 for me - totally pointless questions in the main.

Just a thought - in how many languages is the test published? More than one?

16/24.

Looks like I'm on the 'plane out of here, although it will probably take a couple of years for my extradition to be ratified.

same as - 16/24.

15

Got a pathetic 12 but I've already had the pleasure of being detained and having my fingerprints taken by the UK Border Agency, so f**k em.

If they made this a surprise mandatory test for all UK citizens the place would be empty.

I got 14 but then I don't live in the dump and have no interest in whether divorce became accessible to all in 1857 or 1875.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2011/oct/11/uk-citizenship-test-quiz

 

25 sample questions from the test. I scored 15 out of 25 which is a fail as you need to get 75% and above. I'm well educated, have a strong interest in history and moderate grasp of current affairs - must be bloody difficult to pass if you are a foreigner to these shores. Suspect most Brits would have to revise hard to get a pass

25 for me... I would make this test compulsory for all immigrants.

Yeah, right. We all believe you.

How far back does your family history go then Dune? Pre Norman invasion? Any Irish or Hugenot blood? No ancestor ever married 'out'? No great-uncle you've forgotten? Because if not, you are just about the only true Englishman here. Oh no, hang on, what about those pesky foreign Romans, Saxons and Vikings? Or are you pure Celt? All Angle?

It's a very rare person indeed who has no immigrant/foreign blood anywhere in the past few generations of their family .. the only real variation is how recent.

Or are you pure Celt? All Angle?

The Celts originate from Austria and the Angles from Germany/Denmark

The Celts originate from Austria and the Angles from Germany/Denmark

Send them back?!

I got 10/24, i'm the worst one on here

15 mmm !

15 for me - totally pointless questions in the main.

Just a thought - in how many languages is the test published? More than one?

No. In fact that's a major part of the point of the test IMO. It's in English (or Gaelic!) only. Immigrants seeking citizenship have to study the facts in English, and have to have a reasonable level of proficiency in the language to be able to pass..... which even someone like me (whom Dune no doubt considers a lilly-livered, wishy-washy, leftie liberal) thinks is a good idea.

"Is the test only available in English?

The test is offered routinely in English. However, if you are taking the test in a centre based in Wales you may request to take a test in the Welsh language, or if taking the test in Scotland you may request to take the test in Scottish Gaelic. "

17/24 71% (I can't come in!)

My Swedish grandmother took this test a few years ago in order to gain UK citizenship (she's been living here since the 1950s), it seems unneccessarily hard tbh.

Send them back?!

Well, the neanderthal's were here before 'modern' man migrated north ( @ 30,000 BC ), maybe his roots go back that far ?

I had to pass the US citizen test. The average American would fail. Of course, it's a lot easier if you know the questions and answers and just have to learn it all.

Even today I still know more about "Real" US history both political and cultural than the average American. They still think they invented the car and started the industrial revolution.

No. In fact that's a major part of the point of the test IMO. It's in English (or Gaelic!) only. Immigrants seeking citizenship have to study the facts in English, and have to have a reasonable level of proficiency in the language to be able to pass..... which even someone like me (whom Dune no doubt considers a lilly-livered, wishy-washy, leftie liberal) thinks is a good idea.

 

"Is the test only available in English?

The test is offered routinely in English. However, if you are taking the test in a centre based in Wales you may request to take a test in the Welsh language, or if taking the test in Scotland you may request to take the test in Scottish Gaelic. "

Thanks, Ken -pleased to hear it! To my mind that IS the point of the test - the questions are almost irrelevant.

12 for me.

Has anyone passed without using Google yet?

12 for me.

 

Has anyone passed without using Google yet?

i think that is the point, you do basic research before taking the test...

and no lol

I don't need a citizenship test as I belong in this country.

Looks like you'll be the only one here - slight population crisis and a sore wrist.

I got 12. What a load of bullsh*t.

25 correct, out of a possible 24, that is truly awesom Dune, perhaps you should be Queen.

Can't vouch for it but somebody told me he was one, but she's a bit in denial..

But the question on divorce, how many hours a kid can work; some of those questions I'm not even interested in knowing and I'm generally a glutton for useless information.

Did it yesterday, got 15. Stupid test anyway, and I don't just say that because I failed. It's a stupid test because it involves nothing that will help you actually live and integrate within this country.

Ahhhh I amassed a massive 9 points out of 24 - about the lowest on here. Does that now mean that I have to move out of the United Kingdom?

Best not let the door bang on my ar$e on my way out of the country.

A friends wife had to do this for real a few years back, when we were discussing the questions both of us were baffled by both the questions and answers. Thankfully his wife breezed through the answers.

I just did the test and got 16. Bloody silly questions, but it doesn't matter, if you can't take the time to learn the answers before you take the test, well, you deserve a kick in the balls, really.