Indian Road Safety Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. How should a learner's motor vehicle generally display its learner status?
A clearly visible red letter L on a white background at the front and rear
A green letter L inside the windscreen only
A red letter P on both sides of the vehicle
A blue letter L on the rear only
2. You are first to reach a road crash where someone may be injured. What is the best general response?
Leave at once because only police may assist crash victims
Move every injured person immediately, regardless of surrounding danger
Stop safely, call 112, warn other traffic if possible, and help within your ability
Photograph the scene before contacting emergency services
3. A traffic signal changes from green to amber as you approach. What should you do?
Accelerate so you enter before red appears
Continue at the same speed because amber gives priority
Stop before the line if you can do so safely
Sound the horn and proceed through the junction
4. Which sign shape is specifically associated with the instruction to STOP?
A red-bordered circle
A red octagon
An inverted triangle
A blue rectangle
5. On a normal Indian road, from which side should you generally overtake another vehicle?
From the right, after confirming that the manoeuvre is permitted and safe
From the left whenever there is enough road width
From either side without signalling if the road looks clear
Using the shoulder to avoid entering opposing traffic
6. Which statement best describes seat-belt use in a car?
Only the driver needs a belt on urban roads
Occupants should use the seat belts provided for their seats
Rear passengers need belts only on expressways
Belts are unnecessary when the vehicle has airbags
7. An ambulance using its siren and flashing lights approaches from behind while you are in traffic. What should you do?
Speed up so it can follow you through traffic
Stop immediately in your lane, even if that blocks its path
Drive through a red signal to create space
Move left or otherwise make safe, lawful space and let it pass
8. Your handheld phone rings while you are driving. What should you do?
Answer briefly while holding the steering wheel with the other hand
Read the caller's name and decide whether the call is urgent
Slow down in your lane and answer without stopping
Leave it alone, or stop in a lawful safe place before using it
9. A pedestrian has started crossing at a marked zebra crossing ahead. What is the appropriate response?
Continue because vehicles have priority on the carriageway
Pass behind the pedestrian without reducing speed
Slow down or stop and allow the pedestrian to cross
Sound the horn so the pedestrian waits in place
10. As you enter a roundabout, another vehicle is already circulating and approaching your entry point. Who should generally proceed first?
You should, because vehicles entering have priority
The larger of the two vehicles
Whichever driver sounds the horn first
The vehicle already circulating on the roundabout
11. You encounter dense fog while driving at night. Which lighting choice usually gives the clearest, safest view?
High-beam headlights, because they project farther
Low-beam headlights, with fog lamps if fitted and appropriate
Parking lights only, to reduce reflected glare
Hazard lights only while continuing at normal speed
12. What does an upright triangular traffic sign with a red border generally indicate?
A mandatory action
A warning about a hazard or road condition
A parking facility
The end of every previous restriction
13. What does a broken white centre line generally allow?
Parking on the centre of the road when traffic is light
Driving continuously in the opposing lane
Overtaking without checking for approaching traffic
Crossing the line for a permitted manoeuvre when it is safe
14. You turn from a quiet side road onto an Indian two-way road with no special lane instructions. Which side should you join?
Whichever side has less traffic
The right side of the road
The left side of the road
Near the centre line until the next junction
15. At an unguarded railway crossing, no train is visible when you first approach. What should you do?
Stop safely, look and listen in both directions, then cross only when clear
Follow the vehicle ahead without making your own check
Sound the horn continuously and keep moving
Cross quickly before a train has time to arrive
16. Your car begins to aquaplane on a water-covered road. What is the safest initial response?
Ease off the accelerator and keep the steering steady
Brake hard to make the tyres grip immediately
Turn sharply toward the road shoulder
Accelerate to push through the water faster