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.🎉 On which festival do people mark Guru Nanak’s birth? (a) Buddha Purnima (b) Guru Nanak Jayanti (c) Holi (d) Diwali
- 2.📡 Is “postcard” personal or mass communication? (a) personal (b) mass
- 3.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 4.🚦 Does “car” travel on land, on water or in the air? (a) in the air (b) on water (c) on land
- 5.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🇮🇳 What is India’s national aquatic animal? (a) Ganga (b) mango (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) river dolphin
- 7.📮 How many digits are there in an Indian PIN code?
- 8.🙏 Christmas is mainly a festival of which people? (a) Hindus (b) Christians (c) Muslims (d) Jains
- 9.🛠️ Which of these does the doctor use at work? (a) thermometer (b) potter’s wheel (c) fire hose (d) watering can
- 10.True or false: the mason uses a stethoscope at work. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is mass communication? (a) email (b) phone call (c) video call (d) radio
- 12.True or false: the farmer uses a trowel at work. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which special day is on 15 August? (a) Children’s Day (b) Teachers’ Day (c) Gandhi Jayanti (d) Independence Day
- 15.🏥 Where does a nurse usually work? (a) post office (b) farm (c) police station (d) hospital
- 16.🚶 Where should people walk along a busy road? (a) on the footpath (b) on the railway line (c) between the cars (d) in the middle
- 17.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
- 18.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 15 August (b) 26 January (c) 2 October (d) 14 November
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hot-air balloon (b) aeroplane (c) helicopter (d) scooter
- 20.Which of these is mainly a festival of the Muslims? (a) Hola Mohalla (b) Easter (c) Holi (d) Eid ul-Fitr
- 21.📖 Which is the holy book of the Sikhs? (a) the Ramayana (b) Guru Granth Sahib (c) the Quran (d) the Bible
- 22.Which of these is mainly a festival of the Hindus? (a) Paryushan (b) Buddha Purnima (c) Maha Shivaratri (d) Eid ul-Fitr
- 23.Who usually works at a school? (a) doctor (b) farmer (c) police officer (d) teacher
- 24.🚦 At a traffic signal, what does the green light tell us? (a) go (b) get ready (c) stop
- 25.True or false: “newspaper” is something we only hear. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🛠️ Who uses a sewing machine at work? (a) carpenter (b) tailor (c) firefighter (d) plumber
- 27.🎫 Where do we get on a train? (a) port (b) airport (c) bus stand (d) railway station
- 28.True or false: “video call” is something we only hear. (a) False (b) True
- 29.What does the electrician do? (a) treats sick people (b) puts out fires (c) grows food crops (d) fixes electric wiring
- 30.🛞 How many wheels does a cycle-rickshaw have?
- 31.Who usually works at a hospital? (a) firefighter (b) postman (c) nurse (d) police officer
- 32.📖 Which is the holy book of the Muslims? (a) Guru Granth Sahib (b) the Bible (c) the Ramayana (d) the Quran
- 33.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) might is right (b) unity is strength (c) work is worship (d) truth alone wins
- 34.What do people do on Diwali? (a) end the Ramzan fasts (b) light rows of diyas (c) mark Krishna’s birth (d) tie a rakhi
- 35.True or false: “postcard” is something we see and hear. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) peacock (b) elephant (c) banyan (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
- 37.🛠️ Who uses a sickle at work? (a) barber (b) farmer (c) carpenter (d) plumber
- 38.True or false: the mason uses a trowel at work. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
- 40.True or false: Navratri is mainly a festival of the Buddhists. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- Guru Nanak Jayanti
- personal
- 4
- on land
- False
- river dolphin
- 6
- Christians
- thermometer
- False
- radio
- False
- True
- Independence Day
- hospital
- on the footpath
- Mahatma Gandhi
- 15 August
- scooter
- Eid ul-Fitr
- Guru Granth Sahib
- Maha Shivaratri
- teacher
- go
- False
- tailor
- railway station
- False
- fixes electric wiring
- 3
- nurse
- the Quran
- truth alone wins
- light rows of diyas
- False
- elephant
- farmer
- True
- Rabindranath Tagore
- False
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