Class 2 GK Worksheet: Practice Test
Remember (Find the topic, use the idea): Read the question and find its topic: symbols, helpers, transport, communication or festivals. Use that lesson’s idea — symbol and title, job and tool, land, water or air, a few people or many, festival and custom. For counting questions, picture the thing and count slowly.
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- 1.What do people do on Buddha Purnima? (a) mark Krishna’s birth (b) tie a rakhi (c) play with colours (d) honour the Buddha
- 2.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 3.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these travels in the air? (a) car (b) hot-air balloon (c) bullock cart (d) ship
- 5.🛠️ Which of these does the firefighter use at work? (a) thermometer (b) razor (c) fire hose (d) pipe wrench
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Paryushan (b) Christmas (c) Good Friday (d) Easter
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Christmas (b) Easter (c) Buddha Purnima (d) Good Friday
- 8.👷 Who puts out fires? (a) barber (b) firefighter (c) postman (d) tailor
- 9.True or false: Teachers’ Day is on 5 September. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
- 11.What do we get on at the bus stand? (a) an aeroplane (b) a ship (c) a train (d) a bus
- 12.👷 Who grows food crops? (a) mason (b) barber (c) farmer (d) cobbler
- 13.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🚦 At a traffic signal, which light means get ready? (a) green light (b) red light (c) yellow light
- 15.🎉 On which festival do people sing carols? (a) Guru Nanak Jayanti (b) Eid ul-Fitr (c) Christmas (d) Raksha Bandhan
- 16.Who usually works at a hospital? (a) teacher (b) farmer (c) police officer (d) doctor
- 17.🚦 At a traffic signal, what does the green light tell us? (a) get ready (b) stop (c) go
- 18.🚦 At a traffic signal, which light means stop? (a) red light (b) yellow light (c) green light
- 19.Who usually works at a court? (a) farmer (b) nurse (c) police officer (d) judge
- 20.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national motto (c) national emblem (d) national fruit
- 21.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national song (c) national heritage animal (d) national animal
- 22.📅 On which date do we celebrate Children’s Day? (a) 2 October (b) 5 June (c) 26 January (d) 14 November
- 23.True or false: “phone call” is something we read. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “greeting card” is personal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🏥 Where does a nurse usually work? (a) fire station (b) post office (c) hospital (d) farm
- 26.🛠️ Which of these does the mason use at work? (a) saw (b) thermometer (c) trowel (d) pipe wrench
- 27.📡 Is “newspaper” personal or mass communication? (a) personal (b) mass
- 28.True or false: the potter uses a potter’s wheel at work. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is mainly a festival of the Buddhists? (a) Eid ul-Fitr (b) Buddha Purnima (c) Hola Mohalla (d) Ganesh Chaturthi
- 30.Which of these travels on land? (a) aeroplane (b) helicopter (c) auto-rickshaw (d) glider
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) television (b) magazine (c) billboard (d) letter
- 32.📅 On which date do we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti? (a) 14 November (b) 5 September (c) 2 October (d) 15 August
- 33.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) tiger (c) lotus (d) Vande Mataram
- 35.True or false: “billboard” is personal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Who usually works at a police station? (a) firefighter (b) doctor (c) police officer (d) judge
- 37.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national fruit (c) national emblem (d) national bird
- 38.What do people do on Holi? (a) honour Lord Mahavira (b) light rows of diyas (c) honour the Buddha (d) play with colours
- 39.👷 Who treats sick animals? (a) electrician (b) vet (c) pilot (d) potter
- 40.📖 Which is the holy book of the Sikhs? (a) Guru Granth Sahib (b) the Quran (c) the Ramayana (d) the Bible
Answer key
- honour the Buddha
- 4
- False
- hot-air balloon
- fire hose
- Paryushan
- Buddha Purnima
- firefighter
- True
- Mahatma Gandhi
- a bus
- farmer
- True
- yellow light
- Christmas
- doctor
- go
- red light
- judge
- national motto
- national animal
- 14 November
- False
- True
- hospital
- trowel
- mass
- True
- Buddha Purnima
- auto-rickshaw
- letter
- 2 October
- False
- tiger
- False
- police officer
- national fruit
- play with colours
- vet
- Guru Granth Sahib
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