{"id":180,"date":"2007-02-27T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/west-penwith.org.uk\/blog\/archives\/180"},"modified":"2014-04-17T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T10:00:41","slug":"are-you-a-british-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/west-penwith.org.uk\/blog\/archives\/180","title":{"rendered":"Are you a British Citizen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The question of citizenship has come up again because the heir apparent has said that new immigrants should do community service<\/a> as well as pass a test.<\/p>\n

This test<\/a> is 45 minutes to answer 24 multiple choice questions and you have to achieve a score of 75%. Indirectly it also tests whether you can use a computer. It is actually much more a test of comprehension—have you read and understood the book—than knowledge, but in that respect I suppose it means that the candidates must have a good grasp of English (or Welsh or Gaelic).<\/p>\n

The cost is \u00a310 for the book and \u00a334 for each attempt at the test. Most of the practice tests cost money, this is one of the few that doesn’t<\/a>. Try it for yourself, this is how well I did.<\/p>\n

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  1. %age of population under 19—no idea but can make a sensible guess.\n<\/li>\n
  2. Women’s vote—OK, I know that one.\n<\/li>\n
  3. Causes of crime—again a sensible guess.\n<\/li>\n
  4. Population—a sensible guess (that is the problem with multiple choice questions)\n<\/li>\n
  5. Largest ethnic minority—I got this wrong.\n<\/li>\n
  6. Census—well I ought to know this one having worked with it for a number of years.\n<\/li>\n
  7. Religion—I got this wrong as well.\n<\/li>\n
  8. Width of country—guess again but why expect them to learn obsolete units of measurement.\n<\/li>\n
  9. Language—I would dispute “widely spoken”\n<\/li>\n
  10. Sport—not surprisingly I got this wrong.\n<\/li>\n
  11. Bank holidays—I forgot to count May Day.\n<\/li>\n
  12. Easter Eggs—I have no idea and I don’t suppose many other people do either.\n<\/li>\n
  13. Boxing Day—I know that, but celebrated is an exaggeration.\n<\/li>\n
  14. Prime Minister—I got the answer right but technically it is wrong.\n<\/li>\n
  15. Cabinet—I got this wrong.\n<\/li>\n
  16. Lords—A good guess again.\n<\/li>\n
  17. Queen—OK but again a technicality likely to trip up a foreigner.\n<\/li>\n
  18. EU foundation—ignoring the spelling mistake, I have no idea. A random guess.\n<\/li>\n
  19. EU size—I know that.\n<\/li>\n
  20. Age for public office—I got this wrong.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The site failed to add up my score but I got 12\/20 = 60%. When do I get deported?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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