 Life in the UK: could you pass the citizenship test? |
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 Oct 15 2011, 07:13 PM
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Oct 15 2011, 08:31 PM
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What a strange group of questions for application. I would be hard pressed to, for example answer such for Scotland
or Wales, Or England even. I was born in Persia and arrived in the UK in 1958,after a spell in Papua and Iraq. I know a lot. (Rustling Telegraph pages), went to a cold bath boarding school. But there are things I don't know. "Werritbly so", said Uriah Heep......I made that up I think I shall be on the plane to Iran as soon as GCHQ decide my meagre score doesn't add up! (PS my folks came from Hull). ce |
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Oct 15 2011, 08:34 PM
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I scraped through with 18/24. I fail to see the point of some of the questions though. Just how does knowing the percentage of people aged up to 19 help somebody assimilate themselves into British society?
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 Oct 15 2011, 08:40 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Oct 15 2011, 08:13 PM)  Likewise. Only got 16 from 24. Shall have to decide whether I'm Scots or Irish! |
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Oct 15 2011, 09:44 PM
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I'm off too, 15 out of 24.
QUOTE 16. Which of these statements is correct? For cars and motorcycles the speed limit on single carriageways is 60mph For cars and motorcycles the speed limit on single carriageways is 70mph Doesn't it rather depend on the speed limit? -------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Oct 15 2011, 10:39 PM
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Oh bugger ! 13 / 24, and no it doesn't, the maximum allowable is 60 (unless otherwise posted)
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Oct 15 2011, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Oct 15 2011, 10:44 PM) Doesn't it rather depend on the speed limit? Yes - but it's never 70. |
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Oct 15 2011, 11:04 PM
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QUOTE (Ron @ Oct 15 2011, 09:40 PM) Likewise. Only got 16 from 24. Shall have to decide whether I'm Scots or Irish! Those are both UK nations though. I only got 13! |
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Oct 15 2011, 11:30 PM
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QUOTE 3. How might you stop young people playing tricks on you at Halloween? Call the police Give them some money Give them sweets or chocolate Hide from them Is that even for real? Any one of the 4 would achieve the desired effect.. I scored 10 out of a possible 24, I'm being forced to return to Antigua  Seriously that is a stupid set of questions. Only 2 or 3 were relevant which were the speed limit ones and the one about children's working hours. Who honestly cares about what the European Unions council is called or what the workers in the 1950's made in the West Indies... Still, if it keeps them out, I'm all for it! HAHAHA. |
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Oct 16 2011, 06:55 AM
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I noticed the Guardian plucked out some questions that are clearly were or still are on the left-wing agenda!
Woman's pay, Muslim percentages, immigration of the 80s, married women's right to divorce. I am not going to buy the handbook to find out the full range of questions they could have picked, but how very "right-on" of them. Bless. |
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Oct 16 2011, 08:37 AM
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I got 18/24. Better than I thought.
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Oct 16 2011, 10:43 AM
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16/24.
Never heard of New Deal. And really? - you should cave in to threatening kids at Halloween by bribing them? |
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Oct 16 2011, 11:29 AM
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Err, don't applicants get 'revision notes' to swot up on this stuff to give them a fair chance of passing?
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Oct 16 2011, 12:07 PM
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is there a pass mark ?? it seems that if it's meant to be 100% none of us should be in the country, oh and looking at the picture of Boris (isn't he a sweetie ?) is that the nazi salute he's attempting ?.
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Oct 16 2011, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Oct 16 2011, 01:07 PM) is there a pass mark ?? it seems that if it's meant to be 100% none of us should be in the country 75% is the pass mark. But it should be higher. That way Craig Revel Horwood would have been deported by now. |
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Oct 16 2011, 02:19 PM
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Perhaps there should be a section for catchphrases and Great Britain's best jokes.
"Don't tell him your name,Pike". Four Candles...The whole thing seems well meaning but ill thought out. I wonder what some of the comments to the blog that were deleted said. The whole thing with the exam and Boris just seems like a sketch from "Mind your Language" (late 80s). ce |
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Oct 16 2011, 02:20 PM
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QUOTE (GrumblingAgain @ Oct 16 2011, 07:55 AM) I noticed the Guardian plucked out some questions that are clearly were or still are on the left-wing agenda! Woman's pay, Muslim percentages, immigration of the 80s, married women's right to divorce. I am not going to buy the handbook to find out the full range of questions they could have picked, but how very "right-on" of them. Bless. Didn't score very highly then? |
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Oct 16 2011, 02:40 PM
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One could have fun with MPs on reselection day. Question 1. How do you justify......
The list could go on for pages so it's best to leave it to the imagination. |
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Oct 16 2011, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Oct 16 2011, 12:29 PM) Err, don't applicants get 'revision notes' to swot up on this stuff to give them a fair chance of passing? That would be Labour's way of doing it; the Tories would be to delve into something more challenging. |
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Oct 16 2011, 03:38 PM
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The rules of Cricket gambling?
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