I have lived here for 30 years and have been at scool here from the 2nd form upwards. I have a daughter who is British, yet because I did not think it to be important to have a British Passport because it was quite easy to get visas. I now have to go through this all.

Waheed is correct. This is their (The Home Office) way of trying to give new rules to intergrate us, yet this is not taught in schools. Although they are now thinking about it.

 Like you I asked people in my office some of the questions & they did not know the answers. Do not dwell on these issues, you just want an end result like the rest of us, so study, pass the test and in future you can feel proud that you know more than "the natives"! In this yes, the test is worth it.

I do'nt think its worth it, but you have to do it.

I am working as a research officer in a well known organization, even worked on Home office research projects, dealing with public, and providing them help and info., I find it waste of time, as well as,money, as Waheed says, it is 100% true.

You can replace it with something worthy enough to add in to culture, economy or any other measures so that you can challange certain things, which cause drastic problems later on, because dealing with public is the most sensitive phenomenon.

Tahira 

Yes, I fully agree that it doesn't take too long to prepare and pass the test.  But I personally think that anything that has been imposed upon against the wish or doesn't carry any significance, is done mechanically and raises much higher level of ill talking or criticism.

Anyway, we need to do it so all of us wanting to get the citizenship will have to do it.  But I think that we are the best judge to point it to Home Office that this doesn't make the life different than any other British Citizen who haven't gone through this test.

It is possible that Home Office may take it off if their intension is ONLY to make people aware of "THE LIFE IN UK" !!!  

I am working in a Blue Chip company where there are so many British people working around me.  They are all born and brought up here.  But none of them has been able to answer 2 out of 5 questions correctly !!!

Even they think that this is not required at all to grant citizenship ?  Any more ideas are welcome.