Catalogue question 132 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Many people in Germany volunteer in their free time. What does that mean?
- They work as soldiers.
- They work voluntarily and unpaid in clubs and associations. Correct
- They work in the federal government.
- They work in a hospital and earn money doing so.
Why — for every option
- A — Military service is a paid, full-time or compulsory activity, not volunteering in the sense meant here.
- B — Correct: volunteering means voluntary, unpaid work, for example in sports clubs, fire brigades or social organisations.
- C — Government work is a paid, full-time position, not volunteering.
- D — Paid work in a hospital is gainful employment, not volunteering — the core of volunteering is precisely that it is unpaid.
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