Indiana Learner's Permit Practice Test

Free Indiana DMV practice test for your learner's permit — road signs, right-of-way and the rules of the road, with real Indiana knowledge-exam questions.

What's on the Indiana knowledge test

The Indiana exam is graded in two parts: 10 road-sign questions, of which you must answer 8 of 10 correctly, and 35 rules-of-the-road questions, of which you need 28 (80%). Both parts must be passed.

Questions and exam format researched against Indiana's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.

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Sample Indiana permit test questions

In the U.S. sign system, what shape is always used for a STOP sign?

Answer: Octagon

STOP signs are always the eight-sided octagon shape, recognizable even from behind.

Road Signs

On Indiana's rural interstates outside urban areas of 50,000+ population, what is the speed limit for passenger vehicles?

Answer: 70 mph

Passenger vehicles may travel 70 mph on rural interstates outside urban areas of 50,000 or more population.

Speed & Spacing

When are headlights required in Indiana?

Answer: Sunset to sunrise, or anytime visibility drops below 500 feet

Indiana law requires headlights from sunset to sunrise, and anytime visibility is under 500 feet.

IN Laws

Indiana's minimum age for a learner's permit depends on whether you're enrolled in BMV-licensed driver's ed. What are the two possible minimum ages?

Answer: 15 with driver ed and behind-the-wheel training, or 16 without

With BMV-licensed driver's ed including behind-the-wheel training, the minimum permit age is 15; without it, the minimum is 16.

Teen & Permit Rules

When passing a bicyclist, how much clearance does Indiana law require?

Answer: 3 feet

Indiana requires at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a bicyclist.

Sharing the Road

A pentagon-shaped sign (like home plate) is used for what type of sign?

Answer: School zone or school crossing

The pentagon shape is reserved for school-zone and school-crossing signs.

Road Signs

On that same rural interstate, what is the speed limit for trucks over 26,000 lbs?

Answer: 65 mph

Trucks over 26,000 lbs are limited to 65 mph on rural interstates — 5 mph below the passenger-vehicle limit there.

Speed & Spacing

When must you dim your headlights to low beam as you approach an oncoming vehicle?

Answer: Within 500 feet

Low beams are required within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

IN Laws

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Questions and exam format researched against Indiana's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.

Full research notes, including what could not be confirmed

Official Indiana Driver's Manual (in.gov/BMV, per-chapter PDFs) — content researched and verified August 18, 2026. Indiana's knowledge exam is officially confirmed as a split format (a separate signs component and a separate traffic-rules/maneuvers component), and as of a 2026-08-20 re-verification pass, the 80%-per-component passing threshold is now CONFIRMED directly from the live official page (in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/learners-permits-and-drivers-licenses-overview/learners-permit/knowledge-exam), which states verbatim: "Eighty percent or higher correct responses on each component must be achieved to pass the exam." That same page also confirms passing results are valid for 180 days, a same-business-day retest wait after failing the knowledge exam, and a 7-day wait (2 months after 3 failures on a permit) for the driving skills exam. The exact QUESTION COUNT for each component is still not published anywhere official (the exam is computer-based, likely drawn from a rotating bank), so signCount:10 and ruleCount:35 remain proportional ESTIMATES only — but signPassCount:8/10 and rulePassPct:0.8 now match the officially confirmed 80% threshold exactly. Revisit if BMV publishes exact question-count figures. CONTENT AUDIT 2026-08-20: r111 (childsafety) was rewritten — the prior version tested whether Indiana's statute spells out a detailed age/weight restraint-stage breakdown 'like some states do' (a fact about the statute's own level of detail relative to other states, not a real driving/child-safety fact); it now tests the FMVSS 213 federal certification requirement that every compliant child restraint must meet, keeping the same id so existing users' progress on that card is preserved. Other known gaps in publicly available source material (not invented, deliberately omitted from content above): no numeric mph threshold for reckless driving; no dollar fines found for work-zone speeding, seat belt, handheld-device, or child-restraint violations; Indiana's child-restraint law is stated only as a blanket under-8 rule with no official rear-facing/forward-facing/booster age-weight breakdown; no curb-color legend beyond yellow; no specific parking distances from railroad crossings or fire stations; no numeric following-distance rule for trailing an emergency vehicle. Re-verify periodically, as BMV manuals, fees, and thresholds change over time.

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