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Rights — Civic Duties & Participation
2 official civics questions from the 2025 version (128 questions) of the USCIS naturalization test — the 2025 test applies if USCIS received your Form N-400 on or after October 20, 2025. Topic area: american government — c: rights and responsibilities. On test day the officer asks up to 20 questions from the full bank of 128 and you need 12 correct.
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Official civics questions and answers
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Why is it important to pay federal taxes?
Give one of these accepted answers:
- Required by law
- All people pay to fund the federal government
- Required by the (U.S.) Constitution (16th Amendment)
- Civic duty
It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.
Give one of these accepted answers:
- Required by law
- Civic duty
- Makes the draft fair, if needed
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All 26 topics in the 2025 version (128 questions)
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- Principles — Constitution & Amendments· FREE MODULE
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- Congress — Structure, Counts & Terms· FREE MODULE
- Presidency & Executive Branch· FREE MODULE
- Judiciary & Supreme Court
- Federalism — Federal vs State Powers
- Current Officeholders & Your State
- Rights — Voting & Resident-vs-Citizen
- Rights — Citizenship, Pledge & Oath
- Rights — Civic Duties & Participation — you are here
- Colonial — Peoples & Settlement
- Colonial — Revolution & Independence
- Colonial — The Founders
- Colonial — 1787 Constitution & Federalist Papers
- 1800s — Expansion, Civil War & Lincoln
- 1800s — Reconstruction Amendments & Suffrage
- 1900s — World Wars
- 1900s — Great Depression & FDR
- 1900s — Cold War & Communism
- 1900s — Rights Movements & Suffrage
- Recent History & American Heritage
- Symbols — Flag, Capital, Statue, Anthem & Motto
- National Holidays
- English Component — Reading & Writing (M-715)