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Free PLAB 1 taster · no card · marked like the exam
Twenty original PLAB 1 questions, with the reasoning after every one
Two questions from each of ten clinical areas, from cardiorespiratory medicine to ethics, set at the level of a doctor starting F2. You see the answer and the reasoning after each question and a marked report at the end. The first five are open to anyone; a free account unlocks the rest and keeps your report.
Single best answer
Five options and one mark each. The real PLAB 1 is 180 questions in three hours.
Set at F2 level
PLAB 1 tests the common, important and acute conditions a doctor starting F2 should be able to manage.
Reasoning you can use
Every answer comes with Core Lens takeaways, a deeper dive and the traps examiners like to set.
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Core Revision is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the General Medical Council. The questions are original, not past PLAB papers.
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Your taster report
How you did and what it does and doesn’t mean
By area
Read this before you read the number
There is no fixed percentage to aim for in PLAB 1. The GMC sets the pass mark for each exam using the Angoff method plus one standard error of measurement, at the standard expected of a doctor starting F2. Twenty questions can’t predict your result. What they can show is where to start: the areas you missed here are the ones to put first in your plan.
Source: GMC, PLAB 1 guide, “Your results”.
Question by question
The full bank has 1,500 questions like these
Every question comes with the same reasoning, across all ten areas, plus full-length timed mocks. The PLAB Pass is £29.99 for six months with no auto-renewal. If your exam doesn’t go your way, email us and we’ll extend it free to your next sitting.