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German Citizenship Test: People and Society — 44 questions

Everyday life, work, family, school, religion and living together: your rights and obligations in day-to-day German life. This block covers 44 of the 300 general questions, so on average about 4.4 of the 30 general questions in your exam will come from it.

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This question belongs to “Mensch und Gesellschaft” (people and society) and covers everyday life: employment and dismissal, renting, compulsory schooling, family, religion and tolerance. The logic is nearly always the same: the correct answer respects other people's freedom, stays within the law, and uses the official route — an authority, a court, the works council, a counselling service — rather than pressure, force or taking matters into your own hands.

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2 In Germany, parents can decide until their child's 14th birthday whether the child participates in …

Correct: religious education classes.
23 In Germany, most employed people are …

Correct: employed by a company or government agency.
35 How does the German state finance social insurance?

Correct: Social contributions
36 Which measure provides social security in Germany?

Correct: health insurance
45 To which insurance system does long-term care insurance belong?

Correct: Social insurance
50 The economic system in Germany is called …

Correct: social market economy.
68 Why does the state control the school system in Germany?

Correct: because it is its duty according to the Basic Law
95 What applies to most children in Germany?

Correct: Compulsory schooling
97 What do you automatically pay in Germany when you have a permanent job?

Correct: Social insurance
99 Who pays for social insurance in Germany?

Correct: Employers and employees
100 What does NOT belong to the statutory social insurance?

Correct: Life insurance
101 Trade unions are interest groups of …

Correct: employees.
118 Who may become a member of the roughly 40 Jewish Maccabi sports clubs?

Correct: all people
132 Many people in Germany do volunteer work in their free time. What does that mean?

Correct: They work voluntarily and unpaid in clubs and associations.
135 Whom do trade unions represent in Germany?

Correct: employees
149 What is an example of antisemitic behaviour?

Correct: denying the Holocaust
171 Social market economy means the economy …

Correct: is based on supply and demand, but the state ensures social balance.
182 What is the Jewish house of prayer called?

Correct: synagogue
241 Mrs Seger is having a child. What must she do to receive parental allowance?

Correct: She must submit an application to the parental allowance office.
242 Who decides whether a child in Germany goes to kindergarten?

Correct: the parents/legal guardians
244 What school qualification is normally needed to begin studying at a university in Germany?

Correct: the Abitur (A-levels equivalent)
248 The upbringing of children in Germany is primarily the responsibility of …

Correct: the parents.
249 Who is mainly responsible for child-rearing in Germany?

Correct: the parents
250 In Germany, one has the best chances of a well-paid job if one …

Correct: is well educated.
255 For child-rearing problems, parents in Germany can get help from the …

Correct: youth welfare office.
257 An adult woman wants to obtain her Abitur in Germany after the fact. She can do this at …

Correct: an evening school (Abendgymnasium).
258 What is the youth welfare office in Germany allowed to do?

Correct: It can take a child that is being beaten or forced to go hungry out of the family.
259 The career information centre (BIZ) at the Federal Employment Agency in Germany helps with …

Correct: finding an apprenticeship.
261 A man wants to obtain his Abitur at the age of 30 in Germany. Where can he do this? At …

Correct: an evening school (Abendgymnasium).
264 At which festival do people in Germany wear colourful costumes and masks?

Correct: on Rosenmontag (Carnival Monday)
268 A young woman wants to get her driving licence. She is afraid of the test because her mother tongue is not German. What is correct?

Correct: She may be able to take the theory exam in her mother tongue. There are more than ten languages to choose from.
269 In Germany, children from the age of three until starting school have a right to …

Correct: a kindergarten place.
270 The adult education centre (Volkshochschule) in Germany is an institution …

Correct: for further education.
271 What is a Christmas tradition in Germany?

Correct: decorate a Christmas tree
273 For child-rearing problems in Germany, you go to …

Correct: the youth welfare office.
284 What one needs to know for work is changing very quickly in the future. What can one do?

Correct: Adults must continue learning even after their training.
285 Mrs Frost works as a permanent employee in an office. What does she not have to pay from her salary?

Correct: Sales tax (VAT)
286 Which organisation in a company helps employees with problems with the employer?

Correct: the works council
291 Why must one state in the German tax return whether one belongs to a church or not? Because …

Correct: there is a church tax that is linked to income and wage tax.
293 What is an Easter tradition in Germany?

Correct: paint eggs
294 Whitsun (Pentecost) is a …

Correct: Christian holiday.
295 Which religion has shaped European and German culture?

Correct: Christianity
296 In Germany, the last four weeks before Christmas are called …

Correct: Advent.
297 From which country have most migrants come to Germany?

Correct: Turkey

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