Test Your Korean Skills with TOPIK Sample Questions

Are you a foreigner who loves Korea and the Korean language? 🌏✨

If you want to evaluate your Korean proficiency, the TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) is the official exam designed for non-native speakers.

To help you prepare, we provide free TOPIK sample questions that reflect the actual test format. By trying these practice questions, you can measure your current level and understand what areas need improvement.

What is TOPIK?

TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) is an international standardized test that assesses Korean language ability in grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading. It is widely used by students, professionals, and K-culture fans who wish to study, work, or live in Korea.

Why Try Sample Questions?

  • πŸ“Œ Self-Assessment: Check your level from beginner to advanced.

  • πŸ“Œ Practical Practice: Experience the same format as the real exam.

  • πŸ“Œ Goal Setting: Find out whether you need TOPIK I (beginner) or TOPIK II (intermediate/advanced).

  • πŸ“Œ Motivation: Challenge yourself and see your progress.

How to Use This Test

  1. Choose the level (TOPIK I or TOPIK II).

  2. Answer the provided sample questions.

  3. Compare your answers with the solutions to check your score.

πŸ‘‰ If you score high in the sample test, you may be ready for the real TOPIK exam. If not, don’t worry—this is a great way to see what you need to improve.


πŸ”Ή What is TOPIK?

TOPIK is divided into two parts:

  • TOPIK I (Level 1–2): Basic Korean for daily life

  • TOPIK II (Level 3–6): Intermediate to advanced Korean for academics, work, and professional communication


πŸ”Ή TOPIK I (Level 1–2)

LevelMeaningNumber of QuestionsPassing Score
Level 1Can understand and use simple everyday expressions. Suitable for basic communication such as greetings, shopping, or ordering food.Listening: 30, Reading: 40 (Total 70)80–139 / 200
Level 2Can understand frequently used expressions in daily life and simple announcements. Can manage simple tasks in school or at work.Listening: 30, Reading: 40 (Total 70)140+ / 200
  • Exam Time: 100 minutes (Listening 40 min + Reading 60 min)

  • Total Score: 200

πŸ‘‰ Tip: TOPIK I is ideal for beginners or those applying for short-term visas and entry-level Korean programs.


πŸ”Ή TOPIK II (Level 3–6)

LevelMeaningNumber of QuestionsPassing Score
Level 3Can handle basic social situations in school, workplace, and daily life. Understands simple news and conversations.Listening: 50, Reading: 50, Writing: 4 (Total 104)120–149 / 300
Level 4Can perform tasks in public institutions, workplaces, and universities. Can understand newspapers and broadcasts.Listening: 50, Reading: 50, Writing: 4150–189 / 300
Level 5Can perform professional tasks and academic research. Can read and write academic texts and official documents.Listening: 50, Reading: 50, Writing: 4190–229 / 300
Level 6Near-native fluency. Can express thoughts freely and accurately in professional and academic contexts.Listening: 50, Reading: 50, Writing: 4230+ / 300
  • Exam Time: 180 minutes (Listening 60 min + Writing 50 min + Reading 70 min)

  • Total Score: 300

πŸ‘‰ Tip: TOPIK II is required for most university admissions, graduate programs, scholarships, and professional employment in Korea.


✅ Summary

  • TOPIK I (Level 1–2): Basic Korean skills for daily communication (200 points total)

  • TOPIK II (Level 3–6): Intermediate–Advanced Korean for academics and work (300 points total)

  • Passing score depends on the level: the higher your score, the higher your level certification.


🎯 Why is TOPIK Important?

  • Required for Korean university admissions (usually Level 3 or 4 minimum)

  • Required for scholarships such as KGSP (Korean Government Scholarship Program)

  • Helps with job opportunities in Korea (companies often ask for Level 5–6)

  • Useful for visa applications and long-term residency


πŸ“ TOPIK λ ˆλ²¨λ³„ λͺ¨μ˜λ¬Έμ œ μ„ΈνŠΈ


πŸ”Ή TOPIK I (1~2κΈ‰)

1κΈ‰

μ–΄νœ˜·λ¬Έλ²•

  1. λΉˆμΉΈμ— μ•Œλ§žμ€ 말을 κ³ λ₯΄μ„Έμš”.
    μ €λŠ” 학ꡐ에 ______ κ°‘λ‹ˆλ‹€.
    ① λ¨ΉμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€ ② κ°‘λ‹ˆλ‹€ ③ μ½μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€ ④ μž‘λ‹ˆλ‹€

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[μ§€λ¬Έ] “μ—¬κΈ°λŠ” μ‹λ‹Ήμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μŒμ‹μ„ 밖에 κ°€μ§€κ³  λ‚˜κ°€λ©΄ μ•ˆ λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.”
πŸ‘‰ 이 문ꡬ의 λœ»μ€ λ¬΄μ—‡μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

① μŒμ‹μ„ 사지 λ§ˆμ„Έμš”.
② μŒμ‹μ„ μ‹Έ κ°€μ§€κ³  λ‚˜κ°€μ§€ λ§ˆμ„Έμš”.
③ μŒμ‹μ„ μ•ˆμ—μ„œ λ¨Ήμ§€ λ§ˆμ„Έμš”.
④ μŒμ‹μ„ μ£Όλ¬Έν•˜μ§€ λ§ˆμ„Έμš”.

λ“£κΈ° (슀크립트 μ˜ˆμ‹œ)
남: μ§€κΈˆ λͺ‡ μ‹œμ˜ˆμš”?
μ—¬: μ„Έ μ‹œμ˜ˆμš”.
πŸ‘‰ μ—¬μžκ°€ λ§ν•œ μ‹œκ°„μ€?
① 2μ‹œ ② 3μ‹œ ③ 4μ‹œ ④ 5μ‹œ

μ“°κΈ°
μžκΈ°μ†Œκ°œλ₯Ό ν•˜μ„Έμš”. (이름, λ‚˜μ΄, ꡭ적, μ·¨λ―Έ)


2κΈ‰

μ–΄νœ˜·λ¬Έλ²•
λ‹€μŒ 쀑 λ°˜λŒ€λ§μ΄ μ•„λ‹Œ 것은?
① 크닀 ↔ μž‘λ‹€
② λ§Žλ‹€ ↔ 적닀
③ λΉ λ₯΄λ‹€ ↔ λŠλ¦¬λ‹€
④ λ₯λ‹€ ↔ μΆ₯λ‹€
⑤ μ˜ˆμ˜λ‹€ ↔ λ§›μžˆλ‹€

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[μ§€λ¬Έ] “λ‹€μŒ μ£Ό μ›”μš”μΌμ€ νœ΄κ΄€μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.”
πŸ‘‰ 무엇에 λŒ€ν•œ μ•ˆλ‚΄μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① 문을 λ‹«λŠ” λ‚  μ•ˆλ‚΄
② μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ μ‹œμ„€ μ•ˆλ‚΄
③ 물건을 νŒŒλŠ” μ•ˆλ‚΄
④ μ˜μ—…μ‹œκ°„ μ•ˆλ‚΄

λ“£κΈ° (슀크립트 μ˜ˆμ‹œ)
남: 이번 주말에 뭐 ν•΄μš”?
μ—¬: 친ꡬλ₯Ό λ§Œλ‚˜μ„œ μ˜ν™”λ₯Ό λ³Ό κ±°μ˜ˆμš”.
πŸ‘‰ μ—¬μžλŠ” 주말에 무엇을 ν•  μ˜ˆμ •μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

① μš΄λ™ν•˜κΈ°
② μ˜ν™” 보기
③ μ—¬ν–‰ κ°€κΈ°
④ λ°₯ λ¨ΉκΈ°

μ“°κΈ°
μ§€λ‚œ 주말에 ν•œ 일을 3~5λ¬Έμž₯으둜 μ“°μ„Έμš”.


πŸ”Ή TOPIK II (3~6κΈ‰)

3κΈ‰

μ–΄νœ˜·λ¬Έλ²•
“ν™˜κ²½μ„ λ³΄ν˜Έν•˜λ‹€ → (으)λ €κ³  ν•˜λ‹€”
πŸ‘‰ μ˜¬λ°”λ₯Έ λ¬Έμž₯을 κ³ λ₯΄μ„Έμš”.
① ν™˜κ²½μ„ λ³΄ν˜Έν•˜λ €κ³  ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
② ν™˜κ²½μ„ λ³΄ν˜Έν•œ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
③ ν™˜κ²½μ„ λ³΄ν˜Έν•˜λ©΄ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
④ ν™˜κ²½μ„ λ³΄ν˜Έν•΄λ„ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

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[μ§€λ¬Έ] “졜근 μ Šμ€ 측을 μ€‘μ‹¬μœΌλ‘œ μžμ „κ±° 이용이 μ¦κ°€ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€. 건강과 ν™˜κ²½μ— λŒ€ν•œ 관심이 컀진 것이 μ΄μœ μ΄λ‹€.”
πŸ‘‰ κΈ€μ˜ μ£Όμ œλŠ” λ¬΄μ—‡μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① μžμ „κ±° 가격
② μ Šμ€ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ˜ 건강
③ μžμ „κ±° 이용 증가 이유
④ ν™˜κ²½ μ˜€μ—Ό 문제

λ“£κΈ° (슀크립트 μ˜ˆμ‹œ)
ꡐ수: λ‹€μŒ μ£Ό λ°œν‘œ μ€€λΉ„ λ‹€ ν–ˆλ‚˜μš”?
학생: 아직 자료λ₯Ό 쑰금 더 μ°Ύμ•„μ•Ό ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
πŸ‘‰ 학생은 무엇을 ν•΄μ•Ό ν•©λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① λ°œν‘œλ₯Ό μ‹œμž‘ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€
② 자료λ₯Ό 더 μ€€λΉ„ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€
③ κ΅μˆ˜μ—κ²Œ μ „ν™”ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€
④ μ‹œν—˜μ„ μ€€λΉ„ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€

μ“°κΈ°
그림을 보고 λ¬Έμž₯을 5개 이상 μ“°μ„Έμš”. (예: μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ΄ κ³΅μ›μ—μ„œ μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό 타고 μžˆλŠ” κ·Έλ¦Ό)


4κΈ‰

μ–΄νœ˜·λ¬Έλ²•
λΉˆμΉΈμ— λ“€μ–΄κ°ˆ μ μ ˆν•œ 쑰사λ₯Ό κ³ λ₯΄μ„Έμš”.
“μ €λŠ” ν•œκ΅­ 역사 ___ 관심이 λ§ŽμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.”
① 은 ② 에 ③ μ—μ„œ ④ μ—κ²Œ

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[μ§€λ¬Έ] “μŠ€λ§ˆνŠΈν°μ€ νŽΈλ¦¬ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ μ‚¬μš© μ‹œκ°„μ΄ κΈΈμ–΄μ§€λ©΄ 집쀑λ ₯이 λ–¨μ–΄μ§€κ³  건강에도 μ’‹μ§€ μ•Šλ‹€.”
πŸ‘‰ 이 κΈ€μ˜ μš”μ§€λŠ”?
① 슀마트폰의 μž₯점
② 슀마트폰의 단점
③ 슀마트폰의 가격
④ 슀마트폰의 역사

λ“£κΈ° (슀크립트 μ˜ˆμ‹œ)
남: νšŒμ˜κ°€ 내일 μ˜€μ „ 10μ‹œμ—μ„œ μ˜€ν›„ 2μ‹œλ‘œ λ°”λ€Œμ—ˆμ–΄μš”.
μ—¬: μ•Œκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹œκ°„ λ‹€μ‹œ ν™•μΈν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
πŸ‘‰ νšŒμ˜λŠ” μ–Έμ œ ν•©λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① 내일 μ˜€μ „ 10μ‹œ
② 내일 μ˜€ν›„ 2μ‹œ
③ 였늘 μ˜€ν›„ 2μ‹œ
④ 였늘 μ˜€μ „ 10μ‹œ

μ“°κΈ°
λ‹€μŒ μ£Όμ œμ— λŒ€ν•΄ 200자 λ‚΄μ™Έλ‘œ μ“°μ„Έμš”.
“인터넷 μ‚¬μš©μ˜ μž₯단점”


5κΈ‰

μ–΄νœ˜·λ¬Έλ²•
λ‹€μŒ 쀑 κ΄€μš© ν‘œν˜„μ„ μ˜¬λ°”λ₯΄κ²Œ μ“΄ λ¬Έμž₯은?
① λ§ˆμŒμ„ μ—΄λ‹€ → μΉœκ΅¬μ™€ μ‰½κ²Œ μΉœν•΄μ‘Œλ‹€.
② κ·€λ₯Ό λ‹«λ‹€ → μŒμ•…μ„ 크게 λ“€μ—ˆλ‹€.
③ 발이 λ„“λ‹€ → 길이 λ„“λ‹€.
④ 눈이 λ†’λ‹€ → ν‚€κ°€ 크닀.

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[μ§€λ¬Έ] “졜근 κΈ°ν›„λ³€ν™”λ‘œ 인해 농업 μƒμ‚°λŸ‰μ΄ 쀄어듀고 μžˆλ‹€. 이에 따라 μ‹λŸ‰ 가격이 μƒμŠΉν•  κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” μš°λ €κ°€ 제기되고 μžˆλ‹€.”
πŸ‘‰ κΈ€μ—μ„œ λ§ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” λ¬Έμ œλŠ” λ¬΄μ—‡μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① 농업 기술 λ°œλ‹¬
② 기후변화와 μ‹λŸ‰ 문제
③ μ‹λŸ‰ 가격이 내렀감
④ λ†λΆ€μ˜ μˆ˜μž… 증가

λ“£κΈ° (슀크립트 μ˜ˆμ‹œ)
기자: 이번 μ „μ‹œνšŒμ˜ λͺ©μ μ€ λ¬΄μ—‡μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
λŒ€ν‘œ: μΉœν™˜κ²½ μ œν’ˆμ˜ μ€‘μš”μ„±μ„ μ•Œλ¦¬κ³ , κΈ°μ—… κ°„ ν˜‘λ ₯을 ν™•λŒ€ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
πŸ‘‰ μ „μ‹œνšŒμ˜ λͺ©μ μ€?
① κΈ°μ—… 홍보
② μΉœν™˜κ²½ μ œν’ˆ 홍보와 ν˜‘λ ₯
③ 가격 할인 행사
④ μ‹ μ œν’ˆ 판맀

μ“°κΈ°
주제: “ν™˜κ²½ 보호λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ 개인이 ν•  수 μžˆλŠ” 일”
πŸ‘‰ μ„œλ‘ -λ³Έλ‘ -κ²°λ‘  ν˜•μ‹μœΌλ‘œ 300자 이상 μž‘μ„±


6κΈ‰

μ–΄νœ˜·λ¬Έλ²•
λ‹€μŒ 쀑 μ†λ‹΄μ˜ 의미λ₯Ό λ°”λ₯΄κ²Œ μ„€λͺ…ν•œ 것은?
“백문이 λΆˆμ—¬μΌκ²¬”
① 직접 λ³΄λŠ” 것이 λ“£λŠ” 것보닀 ν™•μ‹€ν•˜λ‹€.
② 말이 λ°± 번이면 일이 λœλ‹€.
③ λ³΄λŠ” 것보닀 λ“£λŠ” 것이 더 μ€‘μš”ν•˜λ‹€.
④ μ—¬λŸ¬ 번 λ¬Όμ–΄λ³΄λŠ” 것이 ν•„μš”ν•˜λ‹€.

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[μ§€λ¬Έ] “인곡지λŠ₯(AI)의 λ°œμ „μ€ ꡐ윑 ν˜„μž₯에 큰 λ³€ν™”λ₯Ό κ°€μ Έμ˜¬ 것이닀. μΌλΆ€λŠ” AIκ°€ ꡐ사λ₯Ό λŒ€μ²΄ν•  것이라고 μš°λ €ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ, λ‹€λ₯Έ μͺ½μ—μ„œλŠ” AIκ°€ κ΅μ‚¬μ˜ 업무λ₯Ό 도와 ꡐ윑의 μ§ˆμ„ 높일 것이라고 κΈ°λŒ€ν•œλ‹€.”
πŸ‘‰ κΈ€μ“΄μ΄μ˜ μ£Όμž₯은 λ¬΄μ—‡μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① AIλŠ” κ΅μœ‘μ— 뢀정적이닀.
② AIλŠ” ꡐ사λ₯Ό λŒ€μ²΄ν•œλ‹€.
③ AIλŠ” κ΅μ‚¬μ˜ 업무λ₯Ό λ³΄μ‘°ν•œλ‹€.
④ AIλŠ” ꡐ윑과 상관없닀.

λ“£κΈ° (슀크립트 μ˜ˆμ‹œ)
μ‚¬νšŒμž: 였늘 ν† λ‘  μ£Όμ œλŠ” ‘원격 근무의 μž₯단점’μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ¨Όμ € 원격 근무가 생산성을 λ†’μΈλ‹€λŠ” μ£Όμž₯에 λŒ€ν•΄ 말씀해 μ£Όμ‹œμ£ .
πŸ‘‰ 이 ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨μ€ μ–΄λ–€ μ„±κ²©μž…λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
① κ΄‘κ³  방솑
② λ‰΄μŠ€ 보도
③ ν† λ‘  ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨
④ 예λŠ₯ ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨

μ“°κΈ°
주제: “인곡지λŠ₯ μ‹œλŒ€, κ΅μœ‘μ€ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ³€ν™”ν•΄μ•Ό ν•˜λŠ”κ°€?”
πŸ‘‰ μžμ‹ μ˜ μ˜κ²¬μ„ λ…Όλ¦¬μ μœΌλ‘œ 400자 이상 μ„œμˆ 

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