Can you pass Life in the UK Test?

[jennymanara]

Anyone applying for citizenship has to pass this test. It is based on things that people are supposed to know if they live in the UK. Can you pass it?

lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/tests/

75% pass on test 1. Some odd questions though - when the channel formed! Who knows? Who cares?!

17/24 = fail. They can sod off with their history questions!

I failed test 1&2. Passed test 3 with 83.3%. Phew!😯

Struggled a little bit with the black death!!!

I didn't know the population of the UK either.

I got one wrong but it's misleading (apparently the queen chooses life peers, but actually the government gives a list to the queen and she doesn't question it so I don't think you can say that the queen chooses them, I know exactly how the system works!)

@crustycrab Hallowe’en is originally a Celtic festival taken to the US by emigrants from the UK and Ireland. We very much celebrated it in Scotland when I was a child (long ago) and still do.

Another question made it clear they wanted you to agree that we enjoy freedom of speech. But we don't really have freedom of speech, what we have are a bunch of laws that govern what we cannot say but we cannot lean on any constitutional protections to defend what we can say.

This is an exam written by a middle classed white male who went to a public school. Obviously Britain would best be inhabited only by them, ideally

Not convinced by that ...I messed up a question on the different Eids

(I failed the test)

But we don't really have freedom of speech, what we have are a bunch of laws that govern what we cannot say but we cannot lean on any constitutional protections to defend what we can say.

That's very true.

Apparently not... failed with 16/24

What I dont understand, is why new citizens need to know half of this stuff. Hardly necessary is it to drop into conversation "did you know that after the black death a whole new class of land owners rose up" or "Wow, found out today the church of England has more than one name" or "Loch Lomand is in West Scotland"

Yes its stuff that you might absorb as general knowledge over time but its hardly essential is it

I passed the test I did easily but one of the questions I had marked wrong was incorrect! I know it's wrong because I deal with it in real life.

I thought Loch Lomond was in the east of scotland so got that wrong. I have been there as well, but I know we travelled there on a train going up the east coast.

Failed, born and raised in the UK. Some of those questions are ludicrous.

100% on test one, where's my medal?

Did chuckle at the idea of Grimsby or Scunthorpe being war memorials.

Well I failed and I was born in the uk but then I don’t even know the words to the national anthem so wasn’t expecting to pass if I’m honest.

Passed 2, failed 1.
My knowledge of Horrible Histories saved me on a few questions.

Got one question wrong that asked true or false - arranged marriages are not acceptable in the UK. I said true. The answer was false as they are legal and arranged marriages happen.
It is a totally ambiguous question as yes they are legal and happen, but many people do view them as unacceptable.

When did modern tennis evolve in England?

Who gives a shit?

Also failed test 1. 16/24.

I'll be off then...

Failed test 9.

I got most right, wasn't sure when the forced marriage act was introduced in Scotland or when the NI parliament was first established.

Passed, despite always having been crap at dates.

But passed test 1.

I can stay!

Got 17 and failed. Oh well best move abroad then lol

I had to sit it and passed easily first go. There is a study guide and if you are actually interested in passing (ie need citizenship), you'd read it and the test would be easy.

I don't mind it - if people want to belong to Britain, they should have a basic knowledge of traditions, history, laws and conventions.

Other countries have similar tests.