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title: "17 Free Life in the UK Test Practice Exams (2026) | UK Test Mate"
description: "Seventeen free Life in the UK Test practice exams. Each is 24 questions with a 45-minute timer and a pass mark of 18, in the same format as the official test."
url: https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/
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# 17 free Life in the UK Test practice exams

Every paper here is 24 questions, 45 minutes, pass at 18 — the same format as the official test. No account, no payment, no question limit. Papers are fixed, so you can re-sit one after revising and compare like with like.

> **Not sure where to start?** — Paper 1 is an even sample of the whole syllabus — sit it cold for an honest baseline. → [Start with exam 1](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-1/)

## All papers

- [Practice exam 1](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-1/) — Start here · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 2](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-2/) — Parliament and early history · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 3](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-3/) — Devolution and geography · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 4](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-4/) — Voting and the Tudors · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 5](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-5/) — Northern Ireland and the flag · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 6](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-6/) — The two Houses · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 7](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-7/) — Commons procedure and the NHS · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 8](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-8/) — Elections and the First World War · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 9](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-9/) — The civil service and 1939–45 · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 10](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-10/) — Courts and the vote for women · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 11](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-11/) — Emergencies and British science · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 12](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-12/) — Driving, discovery and modern art · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 13](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-13/) — Downing Street and Shakespeare · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 14](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-14/) — Policing and the Norman record · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 15](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-15/) — Devolution and the Reformation · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 16](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-16/) — The Lords and abolition · 24 questions
- [Practice exam 17](https://uktestmate.co.uk/practice-exams/exam-17/) — Final check · 24 questions

## What the papers cover

Each paper draws on the same eight areas the official study material covers, in the proportions below, so no single sitting is all history or all government.

| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| History and key dates | 5 |
| Government, elections and Parliament | 4 |
| Culture, sport and traditions | 4 |
| Geography of the UK | 3 |
| The UK today | 2 |
| Values and principles | 2 |
| The law and your role | 2 |
| People who shaped Britain | 2 |

## A note on "real exam questions"

The official test's questions are confidential and are published nowhere. Any site advertising "real exam questions" is showing you its own practice questions, written from the same publicly available official study material we use. That is why coverage overlaps between sites and wording never does. Ours are written in-house, every answer is factually correct, and every wrong option is plausible rather than invented nonsense.

## Study alongside the papers

- [Handbook chapters](https://uktestmate.co.uk/handbook/) — Five short study summaries
- [Common questions](https://uktestmate.co.uk/answers/) — Format, pass mark, difficulty

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