In general, the test it selves is not difficult as the question will be taken from a book (less than 100 pages). A university student learn about 3-5 books of 200-400 pages in order to pass an exam. In "life in the uk test", you know already that the question will come from chapter 2-6 (less than 100 pages), it should not be a problem to pass, if you prepare it.
But you should not underestimate as the questions might be testing your memory as well. The sort of question you might be asked: (this question appear on online practice test)
In 2001 what was the population of Pakistani descent?
a. 0.7 million
b. 0.6 million
c. 0.5 million
d. 0.4 million
because the questions are randomly chosen by computer, you will never know which figures is going to be asked. So to ensure that you will be able to answer this sort of question on the real test (without guessing), you need to memorise all of figures (population, percentage, etc).
This is what is written in the Official book "life in the UK" that you need to memorise:
UK Population 2001
Million UK Population %
White 54.2 92
Mixed 0.7 1.2
Indian 1.1 1.8
Pakistani 0.7 1.3
Bangladeshi 0.3 0.5
Other Asian 0.2 0.4
Black Caribbean 0.6 1.0
Black African 0.5 0.8
Black other 0.1 0.2
Chinese 0.2 0.4
Other 0.2 0.4
For 1 question that you anticipate to be asked during the test, you need to memorise 22 figures/number. This sort of question is not about understanding but testing your memory.
My critics is that, where is the point to test such things? You remember today, you will forget it next week. Also, in 2011 this figure will be changing.
ali541 wrote:Hi to all on the forum. the life in the uk test which has been introduced by the gobverment to detwermine our britishness. i was wondering if people could share their experiences of how the test it, how easy or hard did they find, did they pass etc etc
My wife will be taking the test so just wanted to get views and opinions from people who have taken it or from people who know people who have taken it
Riz
