Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Indiana permit test: 50 questions, two components
Original Indiana questions with the law cited under every answer, scored the way BMV scores it.
- Exam Simulator50 questions, pass with 40, scored the way BMV scores it
- Practice Test 120 questions, a broad first pass across signs, right of way, rules and safety
- Road Signs Full197 questions, every sign, signal and pavement marking question
- Laws and Limits12 questions drawn from the IC Title 9
Work through them in order.
IN Practice Test 1
IN Practice Test 2
IN Practice Test 3
IN Practice Test 4
IN Practice Test 5
IN Full Marathon
IN Road Signs Mini
IN Road Signs Full
IN Right of Way
IN Complex Situations
Indiana Laws and Limits
IN Alcohol, Phones and Safety
IN Rules of the Road
Indiana Exam Simulator
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Know the format before you book.
Indiana grades its knowledge exam as two separate components, one on traffic signs and one on traffic rules and laws, and requires 80 percent or higher on each one on its own. A near perfect run on traffic law does not rescue a weak result on the signs half, or the other way round. What the BMV has never published is how many questions sit in either component. The knowledge exam page and Chapter 9 of the Indiana Driver's Manual both state the 80 percent per component rule and then stop, and the full 2026 manual was searched end to end on 28 August 2026 without finding a count for the car exam. The only counts anywhere in it belong to the for hire endorsement exam and the motor driven cycle endorsement exam, each described as 25 questions with five allowed wrong, which is where the widely repeated Indiana 25 figure actually comes from. A passing result stays valid 180 days.
Honest note: BMV does not publish the exam format in a place we could confirm, so the 50 question count and the pass mark of 40 shown here are our best information rather than a verified fact. The practice questions themselves teach Indiana law either way. Confirm the format with Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles before your appointment.
BMV: format figure not published; checked 2026-08-28
What the process looks like.
The knowledge test is written from the Indiana Code Title 9, Motor Vehicles. Our questions teach those same rules and cite the section behind each answer, so what you learn holds up on test day and on the road afterwards.
A learner's permit is available at 15 for teens enrolled in an approved driver's education course, or at 16 for everyone else, after passing the vision screening and knowledge exam.
Permit holders must log at least 50 hours of supervised driving, including 10 hours after dark, before moving up.
A probationary license follows at 16 (with driver's education) or 16 years and 270 days (without), and only once the permit has been held at least 180 days.
That probationary license stays in force until the driver's 21st birthday, when it can finally be renewed into a full, unrestricted license.
Fail the knowledge exam and you must wait until the next business day to retake it. A failed driving skills exam carries a seven day wait, and three skills failures on one learner's permit push the wait out to two months. A passing knowledge result stays good for 180 days.
Indiana permit test questions, answered.
How many questions are on the Indiana BMV knowledge exam?
The BMV has never put a number on it. Every official Indiana source describes two multiple choice components, one on traffic signs and one on traffic rules and laws, then jumps straight to the pass mark without giving a total. Any specific figure you see quoted elsewhere is unofficial.
What score do you need to pass the Indiana permit test?
80% or higher on each component, scored separately. A strong result on the traffic law half does not rescue a weak result on the signs half, or the other way round.
Why do people say the Indiana exam has 25 questions?
Because that number really does appear in the Indiana Driver's Manual, just not for the car exam. The 25 question figure, with five allowed wrong, belongs to the for-hire endorsement exam and the motor driven cycle endorsement exam in Chapter 9. The car knowledge exam sits in the same chapter with no count attached to it at all.
What is each part of the Indiana knowledge exam drawn from?
The BMV points the signs component at Chapter 6 of the Indiana Driver's Manual and the traffic rules component at Chapters 6, 7 and 8. It also publishes a short practice exam with the same two part structure so you can see the question style before you sit the real thing.
How old do you have to be for an Indiana learner's permit?
15 if you are enrolled in an approved driver's education course, otherwise 16.
When does an Indiana teen get a full, unrestricted license?
At 21. The night-time and passenger limits end at 18, but the license itself stays classed as probationary until the driver turns 21, and it only becomes unrestricted at the renewal after that birthday.