Uttar Pradesh RTO Learner's Licence (LLR) Test Study Guide

Uttar Pradesh runs one of the largest access-controlled expressway networks in India, including the Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, and the Purvanchal Expressway (Lucknow to Ghazipur). These expressways carry higher posted speed limits than ordinary highways, and the limits are lowered during the winter fog season. UP RTO licence plates begin with the state code UP (for example, UP-32 Lucknow, UP-16 Noida, UP-78 Kanpur Nagar). Do not confuse this with UK, which is Uttarakhand.[3][4]

• Apply online through Parivahan Sarathi (sarathi.parivahan.gov.in), which the UP Transport Department uses for licence services. Aadhaar-based identity verification, fee payment, and slot booking are done end-to-end on the portal.
• Road signs in Uttar Pradesh are typically displayed in a bilingual format, Hindi (Devanagari script) alongside English. Symbols and colours follow IRC 67 nationally; only the place names switch script.[5]
• Cattle and cattle-crossing warning signs are common on UP highways, especially in rural sections, because livestock often share the road. Reduce speed and be ready to stop.
• On every UP National and State Highway, slower vehicles keep to the left lane; the right lane is reserved for overtaking only.
• UP Police run regular helmet and drunk-driving enforcement drives, especially in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Noida, with checks at city entry points and on highways.

India follows the IRC 67 sign system nationally, so the shapes and colours on UP roads are the same everywhere. Signs fall into three families: mandatory (regulatory), cautionary (warning), and informatory.[5]

1. At an uncontrolled intersection, give way to traffic approaching from your right, per Section 119 of the MV Act and the Rules of the Road Regulations.[1]
2. At a T-intersection, vehicles on the terminating road give way to vehicles on the through road.
3. When an emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire, police with siren) approaches, pull over to the left and let it pass on the right, because India drives on the left. Obstructing an emergency vehicle is punishable under Section 194E of the MV Act.[1]
4. On National and State Highways, including in UP, keep slower vehicles in the leftmost lane. The right lane is for overtaking only.
5. On expressways, hold a steady lane and overtake from the right; do not weave or use the shoulder, which is reserved for emergencies and breakdowns.

• Always overtake from the right. Overtaking from the left is allowed only when the vehicle ahead is signalling a right turn.
• Never overtake when approaching a hill, blind curve, one-way bridge, or unmarked intersection, or where a continuous yellow line marks the centre.

• BAC limit: 30 mg per 100 ml of blood (0.03%), set by Section 185 of the MV Act 1988. UP Police enforce this at city entry points and on highways, with imprisonment for repeat offences.[1]
• Fog driving: reduce speed, use low-beam headlights (never high beam, which reflects off fog) and fog lamps if fitted, and follow the left edge marking. UP expressways add reflective lane markers and impose winter speed limits during the December-to-January fog season.
• Helmets: both rider and pillion must wear an ISI / BIS-marked protective helmet, required by Section 129 of the MV Act 1988.[1]
• Seatbelts: the driver and front-seat passenger must wear seatbelts; rear belts are required where fitted.
• Documents to carry: a valid licence (Learner's Licence during the learner period, or full Driving Licence), Vehicle Registration Certificate (RC), a valid insurance certificate (third-party at minimum), and a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate. Documents in DigiLocker are accepted.
• Learner's Licence validity: 6 months nationally, per Section 14 of the MV Act 1988 and CMVR Rule 15. The permanent DL test must be cleared at the relevant UP RTO within this window.[1][2]