Aargau Einbürgerungstest — Staatsbürgerlicher Test (Swiss Citizenship, Canton Aargau)

Applicants for ordinary naturalisation in the canton of Aargau aged 16 or over must pass the cantonal civic knowledge test (staatsbürgerlicher Test) before they apply. It has 45 multiple-choice questions with four options and one correct answer, drawn at random from a published pool of about 330 (11 democracy and federalism, 5 welfare state, 10 rule of law, 13 history, 6 civil society), taken on a computer at the applicant’s municipality in 40 minutes. It is passed with at least three quarters right, i.e. 34 of 45 (KBüG § 6a, KBüV § 3). It costs CHF 50 (KBüV § 15) and can be repeated after two months. The full question catalogue with answers is published free by the Aargau municipalities on gemeinden-ag.ch.