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Nepal Driving Licence

The likhit exam, the trial, the new province portals and everything after — checked against DOTM, not copied from other blogs.

32 parts5h totalMay 28, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026
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  1. eDLVRS Nepal: Your Province's Driving Licence Portal, and Why applydl.dotm.gov.np Stopped Workingapplydl.dotm.gov.np is dead. Each province now runs its own eDLVRS portal — the exact address for all seven, and the six services every one of them offers.11 min
  2. Likhit Exam Questions in Nepal: What the DOTM Question Bank Actually AsksThe likhit exam is drawn from a DOTM bank of about 500 published questions. Here are the seven topics it covers, worked examples, and how to study the whole set.9 min
  3. Bike and Scooter Likhit Exam Questions: The Category A and K Written TestBike and scooter likhit questions come from the DOTM Category A and K set. What is in it, the braking and engine questions people miss, and a one-week plan.9 min
  4. Car Likhit Exam Questions: The Category B Written Test in NepalCategory B is the car licence. Its likhit set adds clutch, gears, brakes and fluids to the usual rules and signs — and that is where most candidates lose marks.9 min
  5. The Trial Exam in Nepal: Every Station, Every Point, and Exactly How People FailYou start at 100 points and pass at 70. Every station for bike and car, where the points actually go, and the six mistakes that cost people the test.9 min
  6. How to Pass the Likhit Exam on the First Attempt: A Two-Week Tayari PlanA two-week likhit tayari plan that works: read the whole bank, answer it cold, drill only what you got wrong, then take timed mocks until you clear the pass mark.9 min
  7. Every Nepali Traffic Sign, Grouped by Shape — and the Ones the Likhit Exam Keeps Asking AboutLearn the four sign shapes and you can answer sign questions you have never seen. Every Nepali traffic sign grouped by shape, plus road markings and traffic lights.9 min
  8. Nepal Driving Licence Categories Explained: A, K, B and Everything Above ThemA for a motorcycle, K for a small scooter, B for a car — and everything above them is commercial. What each category allows, and how to add one to your licence.9 min
  9. The Eye and Colour-Vision Test for a Nepali Driving Licence: What Is Actually CheckedThe test is quicker and less strict than people fear. What is checked, the three places it happens, and why the doctor portal everyone searches for is not for you.9 min
  10. Licence Print Check: How to Tell Whether Your Nepali Smart Card Has Actually Been PrintedNepali smart cards are printed in batches and DOTM publishes the lists every two to four weeks. How to check properly, and why not found usually means not yet.9 min
  11. Driving Licence Renewal in Nepal: The 35-Day Grace Period Almost Nobody MentionsYou get 35 days after expiry to renew without a penalty, and renewal is now on your province portal rather than the old central site. Fees, timing and the process.8 min
  12. Lost Your Driving Licence in Nepal? The Pratilipi Process, Step by StepTraffic police first, transport office second. File the report the day you notice, then request the pratilipi (duplicate) on your province portal — here is each step.9 min
  13. What a Driving Licence Costs in Nepal Now That Every Province Sets Its Own FeesThere is no national licence fee in Nepal any more. Since FY 2083/84 each province sets its own, which is why every website you read shows a different number.10 min
  14. The Best Free Likhit Exam Apps in Nepal, Compared HonestlyNobody has secret likhit questions — DOTM publishes them. So judge an app on six things instead, and here is how to check any of them yourself in two minutes.9 min
  15. Transport Office Contacts in Nepal: Every Licence Office, Its Website and How to Reach ItChabahil publishes its phone number. Most offices publish only an email and a notice page. Here is what each one actually has, read off the office's own site.9 min
  16. Likhit Exam Date and Result in Nepal: Where They Are Actually PublishedYour likhit result and trial date go up on your own transport office's website, as name lists per class and date. There is no national lookup. Here is where to look.10 min
  17. Nepal Traffic Fines and Rules: What Each Violation Costs and How to Pay OnlineNepali traffic fines are issued as an e-challan you can pay from your phone. What each violation costs, how to pay, and the rules the written exam asks about.8 min
  18. Driving Licence Age Limit and Documents in Nepal: What You Need Before You ApplySixteen for a bike, eighteen for a car, twenty-one for heavy vehicles. The documents you need before you open the form, and the mistake that stalls applications.8 min
  19. Driving Schools in Nepal: What Training Costs and When It Is Worth Paying ForTraining is worth paying for on the trial and mostly wasted on the written exam. What car and bike courses cost, and how to tell a good one from an expensive one.8 min
  20. International Driving Permit in Nepal, and Using Your Nepali Licence AbroadAn IDP translates the licence you already hold; it does not replace it. How to get one in Nepal, what the online sellers are, and the abstract embassies ask for.8 min
  21. Online Driving Licence Form in Nepal: How to Apply From Home, Step by StepThe old central site is gone. Your province portal now carries the licence form at /edl — here is the whole application, field by field, from your phone.8 min
  22. The 70-Point Trial System: Every Station, Every Deduction, and What Fails You OutrightYou start at 100 points and pass at 70. Every station for bike and car, exactly what each mistake costs, and the shorter list that ends the test outright.9 min
  23. What to Take to the Transport Office: A Checklist for Every VisitYou will visit the transport office five times before you hold a licence, and each visit wants something different. Here is the checklist for every one.8 min
  24. यातायात फारम कसरी भर्ने? अनलाइन सवारी चालक अनुमतिपत्र आवेदन, चरणबद्ध रूपमाअनलाइनबाट सवारी चालक अनुमतिपत्रको फारम कसरी भर्ने — प्रदेशको पोर्टल, चाहिने कागजात, चरणबद्ध प्रक्रिया र बारम्बार हुने गल्तीहरू।5 min
  25. You Passed the Trial. How Long Until You Actually Hold the Licence?You passed, but the card is not in your hand yet. The fee, the printing batch, the temporary receipt, and a realistic timeline from trial day to collection.8 min
  26. Failed the Trial? The Retrial Process, the Wait, and What It CostsFailing the trial does not restart your application or cost you the likhit. The retrial process, the waiting period, the fee, and how to use the wait properly.8 min
  27. How to Practise for the Trial at Home, With Two Bottles and an Empty Car ParkAlmost everything the trial tests can be practised in an empty car park with two water bottles. The drills, the two-week plan, and the free points people forget.8 min
  28. Likhit Exam Words You Will Meet in Nepali, and What They Actually MeanThe likhit paper and every office notice are in Nepali. About sixty words decide whether you can read your own exam date, your result and the question wording.8 min
  29. Which eDLVRS Portal Is Mine? All 77 Districts, Mapped to a Province PortalThere is no eDLVRS portal for Jhapa or Pokhara — there are seven, one per province. All 77 districts mapped to the portal that serves them, plus the two split ones.11 min
  30. Lost Your Bluebook in Nepal? Replacing a Vehicle Registration CertificateTraffic police first, then the transport office holding the vehicle's file. Reported fees, what to take, and why there is no downloadable lost bluebook form.14 min
  31. How to Check and Pay a Traffic Fine Online in NepalYour fine sits in the Nagarik App against your licence, not on any plate-number website. How to find it, which wallet service to pick, and where an unpaid challan stops you.13 min
  32. Nepal's Smart Licence Card: Print Status, Collection and ReplacementThe smart card replaced Nepal's paper licence in 2015. How to check yours is printed, what the 2.9 million card backlog did to waiting times, and how to replace a damaged one.14 min