WrittenOfficial questions · adapted
OCPM — Geneva's official questionnaire
The official exam content, as multiple-choice. Other questions are possible at the exam.
Duration not published by the canton. One hour, according to candidates who sat the exam.
Real exam — How the test works
Real exam: written test by convocation at the OCPM (in French) — no oral knowledge exam. Geneva publishes the same catalogue twice: a PDF giving only the right answers, and an online quiz that also shows the wrong options. From it, some questions come whole from the canton, options included. We adapt the others: some transcribed from the tutorial modules, where the wrong options are ours, and some where the canton expects several answers that we bundle into one. The catalogue announces more questions than it publishes: at the exam you may meet questions that are not here.
There is no oral test on knowledge in Geneva: it is checked only in writing. An integration hearing (personality enquiry) does take place, conducted by a sworn investigator from the canton or the municipality — it concerns integration and respect for fundamental rights, not a civic quiz.
| Topic | federal | cantonal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Switzerland & Cantons | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Politics | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Customs & Traditions | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Rights & Duties | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Total | 25 | 20 | 45 |
Sample questions
Parmi ces écrivains célèbres, lesquels ont habité à Genève ?
Histoire · cantonal question
Quels sont les deux plus grands cours d'eau qui traversent notre canton ?
Suisse et Cantons · cantonal question
Quels sont les 2 éléments qui constituent les armoiries de Genève ?
Suisse et Cantons · cantonal question
Quels sont les 4 termes qui caractérisent « L'Esprit de Genève » ?
Us et Coutumes · cantonal question
Voter constitue-t-il un droit ou un devoir à Genève ?
Droits et Devoirs · cantonal question
Quelles sont les 4 langues nationales en Suisse ?
Suisse et Cantons
Quelles sont les deux principales chaînes de montagnes qui traversent la Suisse ?
Suisse et Cantons
Dans la liste ci-dessous, quels sont les lacs situés au moins partiellement en Suisse ?
Suisse et Cantons
Questions and correct answers come from the canton's official questionnaire. Where the original is an open question, the three wrong answers are ours.
Simulated written exam
45 communes in the canton
No commune matches.
« Le Quiz proposé à la fin des cinq modules du didacticiel vous permet d'évaluer votre niveau de connaissances de la Suisse et du canton de Genève. »
www.ge.ch ↗
Written (MCQ). The official exam content, as multiple-choice. Other questions are possible at the exam.
45 questions (official) · 60 min (estimate) · 40 correct answers out of 45 to pass (official).
The official source is www.ge.ch, published by Office cantonal de la population et des migrations (OCPM), République et canton de Genève. The app prepares you for it free of charge — Official questions · adapted. ↗
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Each canton sets its own exam. These pages say what each one asks, from the canton's own published material.
Swiss Naturalization Test
Aargau
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Bern
Fribourg
Glarus
Grisons
Jura
Lucerne
Neuchâtel
Nidwalden
Obwalden
Schaffhausen
Schwyz
Solothurn
St. Gallen
Thurgau
Ticino
Uri
Valais
Vaud
Zug
Zurich