whichway1 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 My husband has to sit this for his permanent residency. I absolutely completely and fully understand the reasons and logic behind it, although, let's be honest how many British people know the answer to the questions on British history. http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/free-tests/ how did you do? I didn't do that well :embarrassed: I'll be honest history was never my strong point. We'll be swotting for the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Big fat fail for me 58% :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Scored 75% so just scraped through. Why would you need 45 minutes though. Only took 10. You either know or you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tappers2oz Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Doesn't appear to be mobile friendly so I'll have to try it tomorrow. Although I suspect my score won't be that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Got as far as the first 3 and gave up! That's hard! Hope the Aussie one is easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I scored 79%....and I'm an Aussie.:tongue: Better go ahead and apply for my citizenship by descent soon, though...before I lose too many more brain cells. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Is it me or did there seem a lot of Scottish questions there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yes did seem a bit Scottish. i got 75%. It took me less than two minutes and my history is poor so must have guessed well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichway1 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 well i feel a bit relieved and not so alone. The Ozzie one is much easier perhaps it's hundreds of years of history versus thousands, not sure. There is another couple online that will give a different selection of random questions, must have just been luck (or not) that you pulled a lots of Scots ones. I am getting worried about this, I am close to panic, we are booked in, but next available one is a 10th April and visa expires a month after that. You can't resit until a week after the failed test (if you do), you can't even apply for the ILR until you have a certificate saying you passed the test. The trouble is I tend to do all the visa applications and research in my house and I've generally done really well, however, what with being so busy with life I suppose, I misread something months ago that Meant I thought we couldn't apply until now, when we could have applied last month and sat the test then. Maybe I am just getting panicky. I hate visas. I do always start to get really stressed and panicky towards the end. If he gets this visa this is absolutely the last one!! (Unless someone is going to pay me to do it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckleface Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Apart from the fact I scored 78% on the test the thing that surprised me was that it appears to be more of a history test than a test of whether someone understands the values of a democratic UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slean Wolfhead Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Apart from the fact I scored 78% on the test the thing that surprised me was that it appears to be more of a history test than a test of whether someone understands the values of a democratic UK. Exactly...totally irrelevant. They don't teach a lot of that in British schools these days so why a foreigner should be expected to know the forts that made up Hadrian's Wall is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 54%. History was never my strongpoint. When you review the answers though it gives a reference to what chapter and page of whatever it si you are supposed to study. If they give you something to study in preparation and you don't do it then you only have yourself to blame. You have a study paper with all the information you need for the Aussie one and I got 100% when it came to the test. I would imagine it would be the same for the English one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 My husband has to sit this for his permanent residency. I absolutely completely and fully understand the reasons and logic behind it, although, let's be honest how many British people know the answer to the questions on British history. http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/free-tests/ how did you do? I didn't do that well :embarrassed: I'll be honest history was never my strong point. We'll be swotting for the next few weeks. If it's the same test as the one for citizenship then there is a book you can get that gives you a lot of the information you need to know and has something like 5 practise tests in it. My OH did it a few years ago to get citizenship. I seem to remember it being full of questions that your average Brit wouldn't have a clue about. Although I think there were plenty of questions on the current system as well as history though. Has this changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just looked at the link. There are two tests. One is a test on chapter three of the book which is on history. The other is a simulation of the actual test, which will have more things in than history. Definitely get him the book to read up on the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realitynotincluded Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Oh what fun.... l remember doing this when in the uk.... l ended up knowing more about the uk than my English OH/friends. The difference when l did the actual test at the centre the English one wouldn't tell you what percentage you got... you either passed or didn't. l mean what's the point in that. Get a highlighter and just get dates and important sentences in ur head... if you read it like a book it doesn't sink in. GOOD LUCK My husband has to sit this for his permanent residency. I absolutely completely and fully understand the reasons and logic behind it, although, let's be honest how many British people know the answer to the questions on British history. http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/free-tests/ how did you do? I didn't do that well :embarrassed: I'll be honest history was never my strong point. We'll be swotting for the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I passed. Only took a few minutes. As others said, you either know them or its a 1 in 4 guess. Yay for my history knowledge :cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortlepuss Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 63% and only cos I've been to some of those places on my hols. What a load of old tosh. They might as well test people on cockney rhyming slang and the plot of Eastenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I got 75% as well. Not good for someone reasonably up on history. Didn't find it hard. But the Aussie is easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki244 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 54%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth 666 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 PMSL, 0%!!!! I think mine went wrong somehow though unless Stone Henge is no longer in Wiltshire, Constable wasn't a painter and The Grand National has moved from Aintree??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjg Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My husband has to sit this for his permanent residency. I absolutely completely and fully understand the reasons and logic behind it, although, let's be honest how many British people know the answer to the questions on British history. http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/free-tests/ how did you do? I didn't do that well :embarrassed: I'll be honest history was never my strong point. We'll be swotting for the next few weeks. I remember doing mine about 6 years ago. I read the book from cover to cover twice and tried out all the questions on the Brits I worked with. They mostly failed. I sat the test in a little factory in Leeds. The woman logged about twenty of us on, one by one. By the time she logged the last one on 5 minutes later, I had finished. I asked if I could go? She said no, I had to wait for everyone else to finish. 40 minutes later I finally got my mark and could go. Why she couldn't have told me earlier I don't know. Red tape at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I did not know the correct date for the Battle of Bannockburn, union with Wales, outbreak of the Civil War, and the date of the first Union flag, so, 83 per cent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Failed miserably, 58%, that really is a ridiculous test - I believe the Australian one used to be more like that but was significantly revised. Whilst there is nothing difficult about learning what would be required, how on earth does knowing the history of a country make you a better citizen - at least in the Australian one the questions are predominantly about the everyday values and modern political system, things that a citizen should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy1982 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 46%.....whoops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My husband has to sit this for his permanent residency. I absolutely completely and fully understand the reasons and logic behind it, although, let's be honest how many British people know the answer to the questions on British history. http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/free-tests/ how did you do? I didn't do that well :embarrassed: I'll be honest history was never my strong point. We'll be swotting for the next few weeks. I've just ordered the book as I need to do the test in a few months. There are some very hard questions of which everyone at work that I ask has no idea either what the answers are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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