100+ Free Bhutan Driving Theory Test Practice Questions

The official BCTA driving theory test is a computerized examination consisting of 20 multiple-choice questions worth 2 marks each (40 marks total) with a 30-minute time limit. To pass, candidates must achieve at least 50% in each of the four question sets (Rules and Regulations, Safe Driving, Traffic Signs, Mechanical Aspects) and score at least 24 out of 40 marks overall (at least 12 correct questions).

Section 300 sets 30 km/h inside a built-up area where no speed limit sign applies. Section 301 sets 50 km/h for light vehicles and two-wheelers and 35 km/h for medium and heavy vehicles where no sign applies outside a built-up area. These are defaults, not entitlements: a posted sign overrides them under Section 302, some town centres post lower limits, and drivers must reduce speed further for road, weather and mountain conditions. Over-speeding carries 35 penalty units (Nu. 1,750).

Under the Road Safety and Transport Regulations 2021, the maximum permissible Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) for experienced ordinary driving license holders (holding a license for more than 3 years) is 0.08 g/100 ml (80 mg/100 ml). For novice drivers (holding an ordinary license for less than 3 years) and all professional or commercial drivers, a strict zero-tolerance policy (0.00 g/100 ml) applies.

Applicants must be at least 17 to obtain a Learner's Licence (which requires a medical certificate from a doctor in Bhutan) and at least 18 for an Ordinary Driving Licence covering light vehicles and two-wheelers, rising to 21 for medium, heavy and equipment categories. Under Section 118 they must have held the Learner's Licence for at least six months — reduced to three months for trainees who have passed out from an approved Driving Training Institute — and produce a certificate for a one-day introductory course or an Authority road safety awareness session before sitting the theory and practical tests.

When descending steep Himalayan gradients, engage a low gear (2nd or 3rd) so engine braking controls the speed, instead of riding the foot brake until it fades. Section 347 requires vehicles to keep to the left edge of the road, and Section 349 requires a vehicle travelling downhill to stop and give way to a vehicle travelling uphill unless that is impracticable — failure to give way carries 14 penalty units. Where a 'Do Horn' sign is erected, Section 392 requires the horn to be sounded before the blind corner.

BCTA publishes its driving test learning materials, the Road Safety and Traffic Rules Book and its official sample theory questions in English, and the eTest is delivered as multiple-choice questions. Schedule IV of the Regulations also allows the theory test to be taken as an online, written or oral multiple-choice test. BCTA does not publish a confirmed list of delivery languages beyond this, so we record only English. This bank is an English-language MCQ study aid built around the same four official sets; it is not the official BCTA question bank and does not simulate the live 20-question eTest.