Page 933 - The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

SPECIFY TYPES OF........DRIVING LICENSE 905

4. Vehicle Classification based on Vienna Convention, 1968
A: Motorcycles;
A1: Motorcycles with a cubic capacity not exceeding 125 cm³ and a power
not exceeding 11 kW (light motorcycles);

B: Motor vehicles, other than those in category A, having a permissible
maximum mass not exceeding 3,500 kg and not more than eight seats in
addition to the driver’s seat; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a
trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg; or
motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum
mass of which exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed the unladen mass of the
motor vehicle, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles
so coupled does not exceed 3,500 kg;
B1: Motor tricycles and quadricycles;
C: Motor vehicles, other than those in category D, having a permissible
maximum mass exceeding 3,500 kg; or motor vehicles of category Ñ coupled
to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg;
C1: Motor vehicles, with the exception of those in category D, the permissible
maximum mass of which exceeds 3,500 kg but does not exceed 7,500 kg; or
motor vehicles of sub-category C1 coupled to a trailer, the permissible
maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg;
CE: Motor vehicles of category Ñ coupled to a trailer whose permissible
maximum mass exceeds 750 kg;
C1E: Motor vehicles of sub-category C1 coupled to a trailer the permissible
maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed the unladen
mass of the motor vehicle, where the combined permissible maximum mass
of the vehicles so coupled does not exceed 12,000 kg;
D: Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than
eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat; or motor vehicles of category D
coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed
750 kg.”