Reading comprehension
Read dense passages, isolate evidence, and answer under a 20-minute section limit.
Looking for an ARCHED past paper PDF? Open a complete 50-question practice paper, take all five timed sections online, and receive your answers and score after submission.
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50
exam-style questions
5
timed sections
100
minutes total
€0
with free registration
Students search for ARCHED test examples, past papers with answers, and English PDFs because they need enough realistic questions to practise properly. This paper gives you the complete exam flow in one place.
Take the free mock examRead dense passages, isolate evidence, and answer under a 20-minute section limit.
Work across history, art, architecture, culture, and knowledge acquired through study.
Solve verbal, numerical, and visual reasoning problems without losing time to guesswork.
Read plans, projections, spatial relationships, and the visual language of architecture.
Apply core high-school mathematics and physics concepts quickly and accurately.

Each section has its own clock. Your choices and progress stay attached to your account, so the paper behaves like a real exam session rather than a loose set of questions.
Use Google or an email sign-in link, then open the complete paper.
Work through 50 questions in a 100-minute full-length session.
See your score and review correct, incorrect, and skipped answers by section.
Finishing the paper gives you more than one total score. The section breakdown shows where points were lost and where your next study session should begin.
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What you receive, why registration is required, and how the online paper works.
Pontea gives you one complete ARCHED practice paper in English. Create a free account to open all 50 questions, take the five timed sections online, and receive your result after submitting.
No. It is original exam-style preparation material created by Pontea, not a previous Polimi, CISIA, or ministry examination. It follows the published five-section, 50-question, 100-minute ARCHED structure.
The complete paper is delivered in Pontea's online exam interface rather than as a downloadable PDF. This lets the platform run each timed section, save your choices, and calculate your result automatically.
Yes. After you submit, your results show correct, incorrect, and skipped answers by section. You can review the paper and use the breakdown to decide what to study next.
Yes. Free registration is required so Pontea can protect the paper, save your progress, and attach the final result to your account. No card or payment details are requested.
You receive 50 exam-style questions across reading comprehension, history and prior knowledge, logical reasoning, drawing and representation, and mathematics and physics. The paper uses five timed sections and takes 100 minutes in total.
The platform works on mobile, tablet, and desktop. A laptop or desktop gives you the closest rehearsal for a full 100-minute exam session.