DMV ChampIndiana · Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The Indiana knowledge exam has 50 multiple-choice questions, and you need 42 correct answers to pass. DMV Champ teaches every question with its explanation, then checks you with 5 simulated exams in exactly that format.
50
questions
42
correct to pass
84%
passing score
None
time limit
Part of this format is confirmed by in.gov; the rest is the best figure available, and it is the one DMV Champ’s exam simulator uses. Check the current Indiana handbook before your exam.
Indiana’s exam is the longest in the country: no state asks more than 50 questions. You need 84% to pass, which means you can miss 8 questions and still get your permit. There is no time limit, so read every question twice.
The exam is given by the BMV (Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles). Its questions come from the official Indiana driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.
The Indiana Driver’s Manual calls it the knowledge exam, so that is the phrase you’ll see at the counter and on the agency’s site. Passing it is how you get a learner’s permit, which you can apply for from age 15 in Indiana. If you fail, the rule on retaking is: the next business day.
36 topics in Indiana: the 34 every state tests, plus winter driving and flooding, because the Indiana handbook teaches them.
Exam simulator
Pick Indiana once in the app and every simulated exam uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-exam, and each attempt is graded against the 42-correct passing score at the end. Retake an exam as often as you like, reordered each time.
What you study
Signs and signals, road rules, safe driving and driving laws. The topics come from the AAMVA guidelines every state builds its exam on, checked against the Indiana handbook. Each is a short group of questions you can get through in a few minutes, and every answer is explained the moment you check it.
No chapters to read first. Every practice question carries its answer and the reasoning, so a wrong answer is how the next thing is taught.
A question you get wrong returns until you get it right. Once you’ve answered every new question and corrected every mistake, you’ve finished the learning phase.
The score you’d likely get on the Indiana exam today, with the 42-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.
Indiana questions
50. The Indiana knowledge exam has 50 multiple-choice questions, and you need 42 correct answers (84%) to pass.
8. With 50 questions and 42 needed to pass, you can get 8 wrong and still pass.
No. Indiana does not put a time limit on the knowledge exam. Only 8 jurisdictions do.
15. The Indiana handbook sets 15 as the youngest age for a learner’s permit, and the knowledge exam is part of getting one.
From the official Indiana driver’s handbook, which is what the BMV writes its test from. Every DMV Champ question is checked against it and explained the moment you answer.
A few questions a day is enough. Not in Indiana?