Our own questions on the topics of the CCSE exam, most tagged with the question of the free Cervantes manual they cover, and mock exams under real exam conditions: 15 of 25
For Spanish citizenship: the CCSE is a test of Spain only.
Questions: Manual CCSE 2026 numbering · checked November 5, 2026
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The CCSE has 25 questions, multiple choice and true or false, on the Constitution, the institutions, the territory, culture and Spanish society, in 45 minutes. You pass with 15 right answers. It is set by the Instituto Cervantes and required for Spanish nationality by residence, together with a DELE A2 or higher; nationals of countries where Spanish is an official language are exempt from the DELE only.
Facts checked on November 5, 2026.
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Since 2014, who has reigned in Spain?
Right answer: Felipe VI. (Felipe VI.)
Felipe VI has been King since 19 June 2014, when his father Juan Carlos I abdicated. Felipe V was Spain's first Bourbon king, in the 18th century, and Leonor is the Princess of Asturias, heir to the Crown. Fact checked on 5 November 2026.
What are the stripes of the Spanish flag like?
Right answer: Tres franjas horizontales, roja, amarilla y roja, con la amarilla de doble anchura. (Three horizontal stripes, red, yellow and red, the yellow one twice as wide.)
Article 4.1 of the Constitution describes the flag: three horizontal stripes, red, yellow and red, the yellow one twice as wide as each red one.
Spain is negotiating a dual-nationality treaty with another country. Which institution directs that negotiation?
Right answer: El Gobierno. (The Government.)
Article 97 of the Constitution entrusts the Government with directing domestic and foreign policy. The Cortes authorise the most important treaties and the King signs them, but political direction belongs to the Government.
A Government bill becomes law when...
Right answer: lo aprueban las Cortes Generales y el rey lo sanciona. (the Cortes Generales pass it and the King signs it.)
Legislative power belongs to the Cortes (article 66): the bill is debated and voted in Congress and the Senate. Then the King signs and promulgates it and it is published in the Official State Gazette (article 91).
According to the Constitution, with regard to Castilian all Spaniards have...
Right answer: el deber de conocerlo y el derecho a usarlo. (the duty to know it and the right to use it.)
Article 3.1 says that all Spaniards have the duty to know Castilian and the right to use it. It does not force anyone to use it in private life, and the co-official languages may be used in their communities.
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25 questions in 45 minutes, multiple choice and true or false, on five topics: government and law, rights and duties, territory, culture and history, and Spanish society. You pass with 15 right answers. This trainer has 266 questions in our own words on every topic, with mock exams under the same rule.
Anyone applying for Spanish nationality by residence, including nationals of Spanish-speaking countries, who are exempt from the DELE but not from the CCSE. Under-18s and people with judicially modified capacity are exempt from both and prove their integration another way. People who were schooled in Spain and passed compulsory secondary education (ESO) can be dispensed from both by the Ministry of Justice.
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No. The CCSE is set by the Instituto Cervantes. Our questions are written in our own words from the Constitution, the laws and official websites, and most are tagged, with a date, with the question of the free Cervantes manual they cover. Test yourself with the manual and the free official app before the exam. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Instituto Cervantes. CCSE is a test of the Instituto Cervantes.
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