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Life in the UK Test

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Since November 2005, "Life in the UK Test" is a mandatory exam for all candidates for British citizenship. Since 2007, it is also required for those who wish to apply for an Indefinite Leave to Remain, or permanent residency in the United Kingdom.

The test is based on the manual called "Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship - 2nd Edition". The only testable chapters are 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The official questions are not published and their distribution is punishable by law.

You have 45 minutes to answer 24 questions and you are only allowed 6 mistakes.

Our Complete Training Kit contains 1000 practice questions that cover the entire testable material. We only offer questions that cover topics likely to appear on the exam.

One of the most popular features of our Complete Kit is Express Training: we selected only those questions that are extremely important and that are most likely to be asked. Express Training also allows you to quickly review the textbook: every time you fail a question, we will show you the page of the official manual that you should review.

We recommend to start with a Simulated Test. Our Advanced Result Analysis will show your weaknesses right away; for example, if you see that most of your mistakes come from the questions about the Government, you may want to review that topic by taking a few tests based only on Chapter 4 (How the United Kingdom is Governed).

BritishTest offers a 100% money back guarantee in case of a failed test. Our training system is efficient and easy to use. You can start practicing immediately: your access key will be instanty delivered to your email or mobile phone.

Our goal is to prepare you for the test quickly and easily. Hundreds of clients have used our training program and successfully passed their Life in the UK test.

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Failed: 85.94%
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The amount of time it takes to obtain a completion certificate, on average:

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Top 5 Hardest Questions

#1 - What percentage of Christians in the UK are Roman Catholic?

  10%
  20%
  5%
  25%

#2 - How many seats does the UK hold in the European Parliament?

  78
  58
  68
  88

#3 - A newborn must be registered within

  4 weeks of the birth
  2 weeks of the birth
  3 days of the birth
  6 weeks of the birth

#4 - Which of the following countries does not operate a system of proportional representation?

  Northern Ireland
  Wales
  Scotland
  England

#5 - What is the second largest party in the House of Commons called?

  Shadow Cabinet
  Liberal Party
  the Whips
  Opposition


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Latest Comments
July 26th, 2010 3:07 PM
vs India flag
people are right in saying that when british people do not know the answers of these questions, why should overseas people remember crazy data about uk in percentages and history in 17th, 18th and 19th century.

July 7th, 2010 12:07 PM
Gorav India flag
Most british citizens don't even know the answers to these question we are expected to answer. I got most of my work colleagues (all british citizens) to take the demo test and they all failed. Just goes to prove how unnecessary some of these questions really are.

June 11th, 2010 10:00 AM
Mr. Englishman United Kingdom flag
Is that the best name you could come up with to pretend you are English? Considering your less than adequate grammer and spelling, I am assuming English is not your first language. Failed the test recently perhaps? That said, I do not blame you for hating the test as I only scored 7/12 which is terrible for a 38 year old Brit like me! I should be thrown out the country immediately! The test is a bit rediculous and I would only consider it valid if the vast majority of Brits scored 100%.

June 10th, 2010 3:06 AM
wayne smith United Kingdom flag
this is ridicul;ous,I don,t know the answers to most questions,how is someone from oversees supposed to know them.This test should be based around the do,s and don,ts,the law in general and how to conduct yourself in a mixed community.It,s a complete joje!

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