SQE1 sample questions: the free SRA set, and how to use it
The SRA gives you 220 free SQE1 sample questions across FLK1 and FLK2. They come in two sets: 130 pre-tested questions taken from real SQE1 exams, now published with the exact share of candidates who got each one right, and the original set of 90. They are the best free resource you have — and most people use them wrong.
Where to get the free SRA sample questions
All 220 are free on the SRA’s SQE site, split into the two sets. Download both the FLK1 and FLK2 papers from the official SQE sample questions page. Treat the 130 pre-tested questions most seriously: real candidates sat them, and the SRA now shows you how hard each one actually was.
How to use them properly
- Timed, closed-book, one sitting. From January 2027 the real exam gives you about 1m48s a question with nothing in front of you. Doing samples untimed with notes open flatters your score and tells you nothing about readiness.
- Use the performance data. For the 130 pre-tested questions the SRA tells you what share of candidates answered correctly. Miss one that 80% got right, and that is a priority gap.
- Save a set for the end. Keep a clean FLK1 and FLK2 set back as a genuine mock in your final fortnight, rather than burning all 220 in week one.
Here's one at that standard — try it
This question is taken from the bank. Answer it to see the worked reasoning and the tutor. You do not need to sign up to try it.
Two individuals carry on a catering business as an ordinary partnership in England. Their agreement allocates the first GBP 20,000 of each year's profit to one partner for managing the business and divides the remainder equally. They call the priority allocation her 'salary'. The year's profit exceeds GBP 20,000. How is her GBP 20,000 allocation treated for income tax purposes?
Why 220 free questions is not a study plan
From January 2027 the real SQE1 is 340 single-best-answer questions (170 in FLK1, 170 in FLK2), across the whole of the Functioning Legal Knowledge syllabus — 137 topics from contract and tort to land, trusts, business, criminal, dispute resolution, property, wills and solicitors’ accounts. 220 samples is not even one full exam’s worth of practice, spread across all of that.
To prepare, you need to answer hundreds of questions at genuine exam difficulty, across every topic, with worked answers that give you the rule and why each wrong option is wrong. That volume, at that standard, is the difference between recognising the law and recalling it under time.
Practise at the real standard
The SRA gives you 220 free samples. The real exam is 340 questions across 137 topics, and the gap between the two is where marks go.
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Common questions
How many free SQE1 sample questions are there?
220 in total across FLK1 and FLK2 — 130 pre-tested questions taken from real exams (published with candidate performance data) and 90 in the original set. All free from the SRA.
Where can I get the SRA SQE1 sample questions?
Free on the SRA’s SQE website, split into the pre-tested set and the original set, with separate FLK1 and FLK2 papers.
Are the SRA sample questions like the real exam?
The 130 pre-tested samples are drawn from real SQE1 assessments and are published with the percentage of candidates who answered each correctly, so they reflect real exam difficulty. The original 90 are a separate, older set. Either way, 220 questions is far short of covering the full syllabus.
How many questions is the real SQE1 exam?
From January 2027, 340 single-best-answer multiple-choice questions — 170 in FLK1 and 170 in FLK2, sat across two days at about 1 minute 48 seconds a question. Up to July 2026 it was 360.
Are the free SRA samples enough to pass SQE1?
No. They are the right place to start and to calibrate difficulty, but 220 questions cannot cover a syllabus of 137 topics. Passing candidates practise on hundreds of exam-standard questions across every topic.
More: the full question bank, a free timed mock, the latest pass rate, and the whole syllabus.
Sample-question figures as published by the SRA (28 November 2025). Independent SQE1 preparation for study — the assessment and its materials are set by the SRA.