PLAB 1 mock test, written new each time you click Generate

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The free sample is 25 questions in the PLAB 1 format, with a 25 minute timer: the pace of the real paper, one minute a question. You get your score, your result by area and an explanation for every question, and you can print the sample paper as a PDF marked as a practice paper. No account and no card.

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PLAB 1 format at a glance

The mock follows every row above: 180 questions, a 3 hour timer, five options from A to E, one mark for each correct answer, blanks scoring nothing, and a printable A to E answer sheet. The PLAB 1 fee, dates and pass rates are in the table further down.

Format facts, and where each one comes from

• The exam covers common, important or acute conditions seen by a doctor in a Foundation Year 2 role, plus the management of long term conditions seen in primary care.Source: https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-our-registers/plab/plab-1-guide/what-is-the-plab-1-exam
• Questions relate to current best practice in the UK, to hospital equipment routinely available in the UK, and to published evidence rather than local arrangements.Source: https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-our-registers/plab/plab-1-guide/what-is-the-plab-1-exam
• PLAB is blueprinted against the MLA content map, and the GMC states the PLAB test for international medical graduates is compliant with the Medical Licensing Assessment requirements.Source: https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/medical-licensing-assessment/plab-and-the-mla

Format checked on September 12, 2026. These pages are reviewed once a quarter by the person who runs MedUni Exam, and the review is what moves the date above. If a number here is out of date, write to support@meduniexam.com and it gets fixed.

How a generated paper spreads its 180 questions

The GMC publishes no weighting for the ten areas it reports your result in, and picks each live paper against a sampling grid it does not publish. So every generated paper uses our own split: half of the questions spread evenly over the ten areas and half following a count of the GMC's 85 published sample questions, rounded to whole questions.

What the questions look like

We measured the GMC's 85 published sample questions (GMC sample questions, read October 11, 2026): the scenario has a median of 61 words, 84 of the 85 lead-ins are a question that starts with "Which", none is negative, about a quarter carry a block of investigations with reference ranges, and the options are short (a median of two words) and mostly in alphabetical order. A generated paper follows those numbers. The three questions below are invented to show the shapes; none is a real, sample or recalled PLAB question.

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How each paper is written and checked

When you click Generate, a new paper is written for you: 180 questions spread over the ten areas as above, to the September 2026 MLA content map at the level of a Foundation Year 2 doctor, in English, the language PLAB 1 is taken in, with UK practice and British spelling inside the questions (MLA content map). Every question is written by AI models and then answered blind by a second model from another family. If that answer differs from the key, the question is thrown away and written again. One more review looks for flaws, ambiguity, factual errors and topics outside the map. No question is copied from a real, sample or recalled paper, and two questions in one paper may not test the same thing.

You do not wait for the whole paper: the timer can start once the first questions are ready, and the rest arrive while you work. A second mock is a new paper, never the first one again.

The PDF, the answer sheet and your score report

The full mock downloads as three PDFs: an A4 question booklet, a separate answer sheet with a row of A to E boxes for each of the 180 questions, and an answer key with an explanation for every question. Print the booklet and the sheet, set a timer for three hours, and mark the sheet in pencil: the GMC's 2023 external examiner report suggested that downloading a mark sheet and practicing lining answers up with it might help candidates, since many have only taken tests on screen (GMC external examiner report 2023). Every page says it is a MedUni Exam practice paper, not an official exam paper, and carries no GMC logo or mark.

Online, your report shows your score out of 180, your percentage, your result in each of the ten areas with our own area tags, the questions you left blank or flagged, your pace, and every question with its key and explanation. It shows no pass or fail and no predicted pass mark, because the GMC sets the pass mark for each test and publishes no fixed figure.

PLAB 1 dates

• November results: December 17, 2026
• February test: February 11, 2027, in UK and EU centers only
• February results: March 25, 2027
• May and August 2027: the GMC has not published the days yet.

Dates from the GMC results page (GMC, your results).

What the mock cannot do

• It is not a GMC paper, and MedUni Exam has no connection to the GMC. Every question is written new to the MLA content map; none comes from a real, sample or recalled paper.
• The GMC publishes no weighting for the ten areas, so the split above is ours and the area tags in your report are ours too.
• It cannot predict a pass. The GMC sets the pass mark for each test and the mock is not calibrated against live papers, so it reports your score, your percentage and your areas, not a result.
• No pictures: about 6 percent of the GMC sample questions carry a clinical image, and here the finding is described in words instead.
• The live booklet's typeface and page layout are not published. The PDF follows the GMC's own sample question document, so it is close in structure, not a copy of a live booklet.
• Questions are checked by models, not by a doctor. The checks remove most errors, not every one.
• Pencil, answer sheet and the pressure of the hall are real only if you print the PDF and sit down with a timer.
• PLAB 2 is a clinical and professional skills assessment with stations. Nothing here prepares you for that.

PLAB 1 mock test questions answered

How many questions are in the PLAB 1 mock test?

180, with three hours to answer them, the same as the real PLAB 1 paper. Each question is a short clinical scenario, one question and five options, and you choose the single best answer. That is one minute per question on average.

Is the PLAB 1 mock test free?

The first 25 questions are free, with a 25 minute timer, a score and an explanation for every question, and no sign-up. The full 180 question paper is paid.

Is every mock the same paper?

No. Each time you click Generate, a new paper is written for you, so a second mock is a different set of 180 questions in the same format.

Are these PLAB 1 past papers?

No. The GMC does not publish past PLAB 1 papers. It publishes 85 sample questions on its own site, and they are worth doing. Every question in this mock is written new to the GMC's MLA content map, and none comes from recalled exam content.

Can I download the PLAB 1 mock as a PDF?

Yes. The full mock comes as an A4 question booklet with a separate A to E answer sheet, so you can practice marking a paper sheet in pencil the way the exam is marked, plus an answer key with explanations. Every page says it is a MedUni Exam practice paper, not an official exam paper.

Does PLAB 1 have negative marking?

No. The GMC gives one mark for each correct answer and your score is the number you get right, so a blank answer never helps. The mock scores the same way.

What score do I need to pass PLAB 1?

The GMC sets a new pass mark for each test using the Angoff method plus one standard error of measurement, and publishes no fixed number in advance. So the mock reports your score out of 180, your percentage and your result in each of the GMC's ten areas, and does not predict a pass.

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Published September 12, 2026, updated October 22, 2026.