Guidelines for Toys Manufacturer’s for Bis License - Toys for Intellectual Activities
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CATEGORY C — TOYS FOR INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES 
As per new guidelines, all the toy manufacturers are required to obtain license from 
BIS in order to sell their products in market. Since more than 1 Indian Standard may 
be applicable on each toy, it has been decided to make the application process 
simpler. 
Toys have been classified into following 2 types for the purpose of BIS certification: 
Electrical (IS 15644:2006) and Non-electrical (IS 9873 (Part 1):2019). 
Manufacturers while applying for a license, may choose one of the applicable primary 
standards based on the type of toy for which license is required. If license is required 
for more than one type of toy (i.e. non-electric and electric), separate applications 
shall be made for each type.
Further, based on their specific purpose and function, toys have also been classified 
into 7 Categories and 146 sub-categories. For the purpose of certification, all the 
models of toys of similar designs, made from the same materials and covered under a 
single sub-category, shall be considered as a series.
In this presentation, we are explaining the third category i.e., Toys for intellectual 
activities. It categorizes the toys as per the age criteria.
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
Easy puzzles 
1 4 years + 20 to 150 interlocking parts
Simple puzzles and plain-fitting 
parts
2 2 years + puzzles with up to 20 large parts that have 
smooth edges and fit together without 
interlocking, may have pegs for grasping 
shapes for fitting parts together on trays 
Puzzles 
3 7 years + 150 to 500 interlocking parts
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
Toy activity panels with fixed parts 
4 18 months + and turning gears activated by 
twisting motions or a crank
Simple building blocks with 
5 18 months + overlapping parts that may or may 
not interlock
2 years + Simple matching activities matching 6 activities based on shapes, colors, or pictures
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
Assembly, construction, or building 
7 3 years + sets 
parts with different shapes with diversified 
fittings and fastenings
Building blocks that snap/fit 
8 2 years + together 
large parts with defined pattern for 
construction/fastening/assembly that may 
include features or themes
Simple mechanical toys
18 months + inclined planes to slide objects, toys actuated 
9 by paddles, wheels, and other parts, using 
water and/or sand
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
Toys that involve or demonstrate 
10 7 years + elementary laws of physics 
Experimental kits, scientific kits 
11 8 years + chemistry sets, human body in detail, organic 
material kits, crystals, herbariums, 
microscopes, habitats 
12 4 years + Question (images) and answer 
toys and games 
picture matching
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
13 2 years + Educational toys – alphabet and 
simple number learning
Observation and reasoning toys 
14 3 years + and games – memory games, 
games of chance, board games 
without strategy
Time-learning games – clocks, 
15 5 years + calendars, and toys for providing 
notions of hours, days, and months
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
16 3 years + Educational toys – quantity, size, 
volume, weight, space, and shape 
notions, learning to tell time
Games involving spelling and 
17 6 years + numbers (usually individual 
player) 
crossword puzzles, word finding, Sudoku
4 years + Logical and mathematical games 18 logical sequences, time sequences
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS 
Games with mathematical 
22 6 years +
operations 
including fractions
Computers, tablets, and hand-held 
23 2 years + games computer devices for play, such as 
simple questions and answers type or 
matching games; also may be multi-lingual 
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