The repeat rate is the thing nobody tells you
Every free theory test site has a question bank. Almost none of them tell you how big it is, and the size decides whether practising teaches you anything.
Two papers of 50 questions drawn from the same bank of N share roughly 2,500 divided by N questions. From a bank of 60 that is 42 of your 50 the second time round. You score beautifully and you have learned the bank, not the subject, which is worse than not practising because you walk into the real test confident.
This bank is 132 questions, so a second sitting repeats about 19. The page reports that figure above the test rather than in the small print, and it will keep reporting it if the bank ever shrinks.
43 out of 50, and the other pass mark almost nobody knows
The multiple choice section is 50 questions in 57 minutes and the pass mark is 43. That is 86 per cent, which is a high bar: seven wrong and you are out.
The hazard perception test is marked separately, out of 75, and the pass mark is 44. That is 58.7 per cent. Two very different bars in the same appointment, and you have to clear both on the same day.
Most people revise as though the whole thing were one 86 per cent test, then meet the clips having never practised the clicking. It is worth knowing which half you are actually weak on.
Why there are no video questions here
Three of the real 50 are based on a short silent video clip showing a typical drive through a town centre or along a country road, and you can replay it as often as you like during the test.
There is no honest way to practise that with written questions, so this does not try. Describing a clip in a paragraph and asking about the paragraph trains reading comprehension, which is not the skill being tested. You get 50 written questions on the same topics and a clear statement that the video part is not covered.
Two of the three official books are free
DVSA names three sources its questions are based on: The Highway Code, Know your traffic signs, and Driving: the essential skills.
The first two are published free on gov.uk. The third is a book you buy, so nothing here is written from it: that is a rule on this site rather than an oversight, and it costs nothing because the Highway Code carries the overwhelming majority of what the test examines.
So every question below cites a Highway Code section, and the section's rule range is in the link itself. Get one wrong and you can go and read the actual paragraph, which is more than the official practice test offers.
The areas are ours, and that is worth saying
Your result is broken down by area, because a score of 38 tells you nothing you can act on and "you lost six of them on road signs" tells you where to spend the evening.
Those ten areas are grouped from the Highway Code's own structure. They are not DVSA's categories, because DVSA does not publish any: the gov.uk pages give the question count, the time and the video questions, and nothing about bands or categories.
Plenty of practice sites present a category list as though it were official. Inventing one would have been easy and it would have been the same dishonesty as hiding the repeat rate.
Your pass lasts two years, and people lose it
A theory test pass certificate is valid for two years. gov.uk puts the consequence plainly: if you have not passed the practical by then, "you'll have to pass the theory test again."
The common way to waste it is to book the theory early to get it out of the way, then take eighteen months to be ready for the practical, then lose a driving test slot to a delay. If the practical is more than a year away, there is no advantage in sitting the theory yet.
Right twice in a row, and why once is not enough
The questions, the marking and your progress all stay in your browser. No sign up, no email, no trial, and no limit on how many times you sit it.
Questions you get right twice in a row retire from your revision list, because getting a four-option question right once is a one in four accident and twice is one in sixteen. That progress is stored on your own device, so clearing your browser data clears it.
Common questions
Are these the real theory test questions?
No, and nobody's are. DVSA does not publish the live bank, and it says the same about its own free practice test: "The questions are not used in the real test, but they are based on the same topics as the test." So original questions written against the published sources is the standard rather than a compromise. Every answer here links to the Highway Code section it came from, which DVSA's own practice test does not do.
What is the real pass mark?
43 out of 50 for the multiple choice, in 57 minutes. That is 86 per cent, so you can afford seven wrong. The hazard perception part is marked separately at 44 out of 75, which is only 58.7 per cent, and you have to pass both on the same day. Almost nobody knows the hazard perception bar is the softer one.
Why are there only 50 questions here when the real test has video questions?
Three of the real 50 are based on a short silent video clip of a driving scenario. There is no honest way to practise that with still questions, so this does not pretend to: it gives you 50 written questions on the same topics. Faking a video question with a paragraph of description would teach you to read a paragraph.
How many questions repeat if I sit it twice?
About 19 of 50, and the page tells you rather than hiding it. Two papers of 50 drawn from a bank of 132 share roughly 50 squared over 132 questions. That matters because a small bank makes you feel ready when you are only remembering answers: a 60 question bank would hand back 42 of your 50 on the second attempt.
How long is a theory test pass valid?
Two years. If you do not pass the practical inside that, gov.uk is blunt about it: "you'll have to pass the theory test again." People book the theory early to get it out of the way and then lose it, which is an avoidable £23.
Where do the topic areas come from?
The Highway Code's own structure, and they are ours rather than DVSA's. gov.uk publishes the question count, the time limit and the fact that three questions use a video, and it does not publish question categories or difficulty bands: that was checked on 17 August 2026. Presenting a made-up list as official categories would be the sort of invention this whole page is built to avoid.
What should I revise from?
The Highway Code and Know your traffic signs, both free on gov.uk, which are two of the three books DVSA names. The third, "Driving: the essential skills", is a paid book and nothing here is written from it. Every question below links to the section it tests, so a wrong answer takes you to the paragraph rather than to a forum argument.