Free Practice Questions for Kazakhstan Driving Theory Test

Under paragraphs 16, 17 and 23 of Appendix 3 to Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs No. 862, the test contains 40 questions, the candidate has 40 minutes, and a 'PASSED' grade requires at least 32 correct answers — a maximum of 8 errors. A question left unanswered counts as a wrong answer. Passing the theory is what makes a candidate eligible for the practical driving examination on the automated autodrome.

Paragraph 16 of Appendix 3 to Order No. 862 provides that, at the examinee's choice, the theoretical exam may be taken in Kazakh, Russian or English. Paragraph 6 separately allows foreign citizens, stateless persons and others who speak neither the state language nor Russian to sit the theory exam in the presence of qualified interpreters, whose details are entered in the examination commission's record. This practice bank is an independent English-language study adaptation and is not the official English question base.

Paragraph 23 of Appendix 3 to Order No. 862, as amended by Order No. 342 of 12 May 2026 with effect from 25 May 2026, provides that a positive theoretical examination result is valid for two years from the date it is obtained. Separately, paragraph 11-2 provides that after three failed practical attempts the theory result is annulled and the candidate may retake the theory no earlier than two months later.

Under paragraphs 73 to 75 of the Road Traffic Rules of Kazakhstan (ПДД РК), unless signs indicate otherwise: in built-up areas 60 km/h, reduced to 50 km/h for buses and goods vehicles and to 20 km/h in residential zones and courtyard areas. Outside built-up areas, passenger cars and motorcycles may do up to 140 km/h on motorways, 110 km/h on roads with a dividing strip and 100 km/h on all other roads. A vehicle towing another motor vehicle is limited to 50 km/h everywhere.

Kazakhstan applies a zero-tolerance rule to alcohol, narcotic and toxic intoxication. Article 608(1) of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offences (КоАП РК) punishes driving while intoxicated, and handing the vehicle to an intoxicated person, with 15 days' administrative arrest and deprivation of the right to drive for seven years; a repeat within a year raises this to 20 days and eight years. Refusing a lawful requirement to undergo testing falls under Article 613(4) and carries 15 days' arrest and an eight-year deprivation.

The state duty for issuing a driving licence is 1.25 Monthly Calculation Indices (MCI / МРП). The MCI for 2026 is 4,325 KZT, so the duty is 5,406 KZT, payable through eGov Mobile, bank applications or payment terminals at the Specialized Public Service Centre.

Paragraph 6 of Appendix 3 to Order No. 862 admits candidates who have reached the age set by Article 74 of the Law 'On Road Traffic' and who produce a medical certificate on form 073/у and a certificate of completion of a driver training course — self-preparation was abolished with effect from 23 April 2024. The ages in Article 74(2) are 16 for subcategory A1, 18 for categories A and B and subcategories B1 and C1, 21 for category C and subcategory D1, and 23 for category D.

Paragraph 38 of the list of faults and conditions annexed to Order No. 534 prohibits operating a bus, passenger car, goods vehicle or wheeled tractor that lacks a medical first-aid kit (автомобильная аптечка), a fire extinguisher and an emergency warning triangle or flashing red lamp. Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes and buses must additionally carry at least two wheel chocks.