Sweden Driving Licence Knowledge Test - How to crack it?

I had a car when I was in India but didn't drive at all from the time I moved to Sweden. Recently, due to Corona, to avoid public transport, I wanted to take Sweden Driving licence.

Many of my friends already have driving licence, hence I thought it would be easy for me as well but I realized their struggle only when I started my journey :-)

I was surprised to know and also understood that I would need time, money and so much commitment to get the driving licence in hand!

In this blog, I am going to share my experience with Theory or Knowledge Test and how I cleared it!

First Attempt

I started with Driving licence theory book, borrowed from my friend. 
Practiced questions from "Mitt Körkort" and Körkort Online.se

I had mastered 90% of the questions and was able to clear most of the mock attempts with 59 to 62 and even 64 out of 65. Hence, I was very confident to clear the real exam but I scored only 48 marks.

Second Attempt

I was very disappointed but below factors helped me to think constructively :-)

Average general percentage of theory tests in Sweden is around 40%, which means most of the people pass the exam in second or susbsequest attempt but not in first attempt!

Failed in first attempt doesn't mean that I didn't know driving but rather I didn't understand concepts in a right way.

How I prepared:

In general, there are 70 questions in Knowledge test.
5 questions and their answers are not considered from these 70.
Hence, 65 questions and their answers are only considered for final scoring.
52 is passing score out of 65 questions, which is 80%, a quite a bit of high passing standard!

Questions are divided into following topics:

1. Vehicle Knowledge & Manoeuvring -  7 Marks
2. Environment                                      -   5 Marks
3. Traffic Safety                                     - 16 Marks
4. Traffic Regulations                            - 32 Marks
5. People Behavior                                -   5 Marks

When I checked my first attempt results, I scored low in 1 & 2 topics but scored very well in remaining topics. Hence, I concentrated on these topics and took help of my friends to see different parts of the car like lighting, dashboards, tyres and car bonnet parts in real time.

For topic 2: Environment: EcoDriving concepts are very important to understand. I felt good to know how Sweden really cares for environment and why the air quality in Sweden is far better than other countries. I spent time to understand how Catalyc Converter works, exhaust fumes and impact of them. Why Engine braking is important? How it works in reality for an automated car, which I am planning to take. Why do we need to maitain consistent speed to save fuel?

I continued to practice at least 3 final mock tests per day, then wrote detailed notes on topics, where I was not scoring and why I was not scoring and tried to understand concepts wholeheartedly instead of just by hearting them :-)

Elevcentralen.se questions helped me to think differently for each topic.

I also spent quite a bit of time to read, understand and remember each sign in Sign book and how they work in combination of symbols and in traffic situations. After going to central city, I have astonished myself to see how many symbols we have along the road everywhere, which I never observed earlier even though I was going by same route daily to office before Corona times!

I tried my second attempt after 10 days of first attempt, this time I passed with 57 marks :-)

Resources

Here, I have listed the resources I have used. Hope they will be helpful to you.
Kortkort Online för Theory guidelines and mock tests
Elevcentralen for mock tests
Transportstyrelsen Publications - Check for English PDFs and videos. They are very useful and easy to understand
Traffikverket Youtube Channel

Traffic Symbols from STR

Complete Overview of Driving Licence in Sweden

Summary & Tips

* Understand all concepts instead of by hearting them
* Symbols are quite important, go to City Central, big roads, round abouts to understand 
* Ask friends for help, don't hesitate to ask silly or simple questions
* Practice Final Tests as many as possible 
* Accept the fact that it's important to gain knowledge rather than doing it for formality
* Buy and read only latest theory book because some topics are updated in newer versions. For e.g. Car inspection months are not based on car registration number any more. Accident statistics are little different in old books.
* Use common sense in reality instead of going by rules 100% because many questions use "Most appropriate" or "Obligations" words instead of "what's right" or the "rights as a driver".

I will write another post with topics and tricky items in the topics to concentrate based on my experience. Hope that will help you :-)

Wish you all the best

Rent an apartment or a house in Stockholm, Sweden

We experienced lot of difficulties in finding a suitable house or apartment for rent in Stockholm. Hence, posting some websites list that may be useful .

Blocket . This is the website most number of rental advertisements posted in Stockholm. User can register for alerts to receive by email as per his or her specific preferences when a new advertisement is placed. User need to be very attentive about advertisements posted on this website and immediately send a request to the advertiser with full details. Using this option, user need not pay brokerage or agent fee as this website offers free ads.

Bostad Direkt . This website has sales, rentals and also hotel accommodation details. Sometimes, it will be handy to find very secured rental options through this website. This website will be very useful, if user has option to book accommodation and reimburse payment by his employer. User can short term and long term options.

QASA .This website is little modern compared to first two options, User details can be verified, if he or she has a personal number and it gives more credibility so that advertiser responds quickly. They also have a mobile app so that you can quickly get alerts via app or SMS. User can choose a specific region in the Geo Map, based on which user get alerts.

Samtrygg . It has verified advertisements, visiting times arranged by landlord and very organized advertisements. This website has option to choose ENGLISH language :-). It might have few ads but they are all reliable and end to end arrangements like from drafting lease agreement to till house is occupied and rental insurance are included in the fee that's shown in advertisement.

SAMPS .Not many people know about this website but it has very few, verified advertisements. They not only offer rental houses but also have other services. They provide 2 XLS files: one will have Shared accommodation list and another will have non-shared accommodations. There is a person called Kumar, who helps the users with required information. He will contact the user once he or she fills in the request form on their website.

Bosta Deal . This is newest website I have found recently. Advertisements are available across the Sweden.

Facebook pages where you can register and send requests to fellow members

    Indian in Stockholm
    Sweden Telugu Community
    Indians in Sweden
    Houses for Rent in Stockholm

Last but not least, try to ask you friends or colleagues in office or anybody in your network in Stockholm. You never know who helps you. Don't hesitate to ask :-)

Use the TEMPLATE to provide required details to land lord so that you get a response very quickly without exchanging lot of mails or phone calls.

You can share your feedback in comments and also let me know any other website names I have missed to list here.

GOOD LUCK and ALL THE BEST with house hunt.

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