Lithuanian Constitution exam: structure and format

If you are preparing for the exam on the basics of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, it helps to know exactly what you are walking into. The format is fixed by an official program, so there are no surprises. Here is what that program says.

Who sets the rules

The exam is organised by the National Agency for Education (Nacionalinė švietimo agentūra, NŠA). Its content and format are defined by an official program approved by a joint order of the Minister of Education and Science and the Minister of Justice (order No. ISAK-208/1R-43, 11 February 2004, later amended). You can read the act on the official register: e-seimas.lrs.lt.

The format: 20 questions

According to the program (point 5):

• The exam is taken in writing, as a test of 20 questions.
• Each question offers three answer options, and you mark the single correct answer.
• You pass with 14 or more correct answers out of 20 — a 70% threshold.

That's it: a focused, single-best-answer multiple-choice test. There is no essay question and no points-per-question scheme in the official program — descriptions of "open questions" or "100 points" you may find online come from unofficial practice sites, not the binding rules.

What the questions cover

The program states that questions are drawn from all sections of the Constitution. The topics mirror the Constitution's own chapters:

• The State of Lithuania — form of government, sovereignty, institutions, the referendum, territory, citizenship, the state language and national symbols
• The Human Being and the State — rights and freedoms, equality, recourse to the courts, electoral rights, and the limits of rights
• Society and the State — family, education and science, religion
• The National Economy and Labour
• The Seimas · the President of the Republic · the Government
• The Constitutional Court · the Courts
• Local Self-Government · Finance and the State Budget · State Control
• Foreign Policy and National Defence · Amending the Constitution

How long does it take?

Here is a useful detail: the official program does not set a time limit. Figures like "45 minutes" or "60 minutes" that circulate online are unofficial — they come from practice tools or local arrangements, not the binding rules. Even so, practising under a timer is smart, because it builds pacing and removes exam-day pressure.

If you cannot take the written test for objective reasons such as disability, you may take it orally, with questions from the same topics.

How to practise for this exact format

Because the format is so well-defined, you can replicate it precisely while studying. Our mock exam uses the same shape — 20 questions, a 70% pass mark, with an optional timer — and every question is tied back to a Constitution article so you learn why the answer is right, not just that it is.

Sources

• Official exam program (legal act): e-seimas.lrs.lt — order ISAK-208/1R-43
• National Agency for Education — Constitution exam: nsa.smsm.lt