Driving License Practical Written Test Questions and Answers

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority conducts a written test after taking the practical test of the candidate before issuing the driving license. To help our important visitors we have provided the driving license written exam questions and their answers in this post.

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The last 10 years driving license written test does not have many questions beyond the repeated ones. So we believe that a consumer or an aspirant can easily clear the written exam if he knows the answers to the questions mentioned below.

So, the following questions and answers can be collected by anyone before the driving license written test. Studies have shown that these subject-based driving license questions and answers come in turns in the exam.

Driving License Written Exam Questions and Answers-

1. Which side of the road will the car move?
   Answer: Vehicles will move on the left side of the road. On roads where there are multiple lanes, slow vehicles will move in the left lane and fast vehicles will move in the right lane.
2. What is the penalty for using a prohibited horn or loud sound producing device in the car?
   Answer: Penalty will be up to Tk 100 (Section 139 of Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1983).
3. What is the penalty for driving or allowing a vehicle to be driven without registration certificate, fitness certificate and route permit?
   Answer: For first time offense maximum 3 months imprisonment or fine upto 2000 rupees or both. Imprisonment for a maximum of 6 months or fine up to 5000 rupees or both (Section 152 of the Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1983) for the second or subsequent time. In this case both the owner and the driver can be punished.
4. What is motor driving license?
   Answer: Motor driving license is a valid document issued by the licensing authority to drive motor vehicles anywhere.
5. What is amateur driving license?
   Ans: The license that allows a driver to operate a motorcycle, light motor vehicle and other motor vehicles (other than vehicles) without being a salaried employee is called amateur driving license.
6. What is the minimum age for obtaining a driving license?
   Answer: 20 years for professional driver and 18 years for amateur driver.
7. Which person will be considered ineligible to obtain a driving license?
   Answer: Any person shall be ineligible to obtain a driving license

• Insane or lunatic, * Leper, * Deaf person * Excessive alcoholic, and
• Nocturnal patients, * Heart patients, * People who have difficulty controlling arm or leg movements.

5. Where is parking prohibited?
   Answer: 1. Where there is a parking prohibition board, 2. At the junction, 3. Over bridges/culverts, 4. On narrow streets, 5. Hospitals and educational institutions area, 6. On hill slopes and sloping roads, footpaths, pedestrian crossings and their surroundings, 7. In and around bus stops and 8. In and around railway crossings.
6. What is a light motor vehicle?
   Answer: A light motor vehicle is a motor vehicle whose registered weight does not exceed 6,000 pounds or 2,727 kg.
7. What is the punishment for drunk driving?
   Answer: Driving under the influence of alcohol is punishable under the Motor Vehicles Ordinance, (Section 144 of 1983) punishable with imprisonment for a maximum of 3 months or with fine up to Tk 1000 or with both. Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine up to Tk 1000 or both and cancellation of driving license for a specified period for each subsequent offence.
8. When to use four wheel drive?
   Answer: Only rear two-wheel drive is provided on good roads. But four-wheel drive is required on slippery, muddy roads.
9. What does it mean if a picture of a running man is drawn in a red circle?
   Answer: Pedestrian crossing is prohibited.
10. What does it mean if a picture of a running man is drawn in the red triangle?
    Answer: In front of the pedestrian crossing, one should move carefully.
11. What does it mean if there is a red and a black car inside the red circle?
    Answer: Overtaking is prohibited.
12. What does it mean if ‘f’ is written in the rectangle?
    Answer: Designated space for parking.
13. Banning car horns in some places?
    Ans: Car horn is prohibited in silent areas. For example:
14. Overtaking is prohibited in any place?

• Answer: Where overtaking is prohibited
• A. Where wartaking is prohibited,
• b. at the junction,
• c. Bridge and fixed distance before and after it,
• d. narrow streets,
• e. Hospitals and educational institutions in the area.

17. Is driver’s license valid for learning to drive?
    Ans: In the presence of an instructor, it is permissible to drive a vehicle with a dual system (double steering and brakes) in the designated area displaying the letter “B” at the front and rear.
18. What does four wheel drive car mean?
    Answer: Generally, power is supplied to the two rear wheels of the vehicle from the engine. A vehicle in which power is supplied to all four wheels (front and rear) is called a four-wheel drive vehicle.
19. What is Toolbox?
    Answer: Toolbox is a box of tools, which is kept with the car. The tools and materials required for emergency repairs of motor vehicles are kept in the toolbox.
20. What should a driver do before getting on the bridge?
    Answer: Bridges, especially high bridges, are not easily visible from the other side of the vehicle, so slow down carefully before climbing the bridge. Moreover, overtaking can never be done on the bridge as the width of the bridge is much less than that of the road.
21. What are the precautions to be taken while entering main road from side road?
    Ans: Before entering the main road from the side road or minor road, the vehicle should slow down, stop if necessary, and allow the main road vehicle to pass smoothly. Enter the main road with caution if possible by observing the movement of vehicles on the main road.