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.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national tree. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) email (b) postcard (c) magazine (d) letter
- 3.🎉 On which festival do people honour Lord Mahavira? (a) Christmas (b) Eid ul-Fitr (c) Mahavir Jayanti (d) Holi
- 4.What do we get on at the railway station? (a) a bus (b) a ship (c) a train (d) an aeroplane
- 5.📡 Is “postcard” personal or mass communication? (a) mass (b) personal
- 6.🛠️ Which of these does the carpenter use at work? (a) sewing machine (b) mail bag (c) pipe wrench (d) saw
- 7.True or false: Janmashtami is mainly a festival of the Hindus. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🛠️ Who uses a plough at work? (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) farmer (d) mason
- 9.🚦 At a traffic signal, which light means get ready? (a) green light (b) red light (c) yellow light
- 10.What do people do on Janmashtami? (a) tie a rakhi (b) sing carols (c) mark Krishna’s birth (d) mark the birth of Jesus
- 11.📅 On which date do we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti? (a) 2 October (b) 5 June (c) 15 August (d) 5 September
- 12.📅 On which date do we celebrate World Environment Day? (a) 26 January (b) 2 October (c) 15 August (d) 5 June
- 13.🏥 Where does a farmer usually work? (a) police station (b) court (c) post office (d) farm
- 14.📅 On which date do we celebrate Teachers’ Day? (a) 15 August (b) 26 January (c) 5 September (d) 14 November
- 15.👂📖 Do we only hear “radio”, read it, or see and hear it? (a) we hear it (b) we see and hear it (c) we read it
- 16.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) peacock (b) tiger (c) Ganga (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 17.Which special day is on 15 August? (a) Gandhi Jayanti (b) Teachers’ Day (c) Independence Day (d) Children’s Day
- 18.🚦 At a traffic signal, what does the red light tell us? (a) get ready (b) stop (c) go
- 19.🏥 Where does a nurse usually work? (a) fire station (b) hospital (c) court (d) school
- 20.Which of these is personal communication? (a) radio (b) cinema (c) inland letter (d) newspaper
- 21.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green (d) navy blue
- 22.Which of these is mass communication? (a) video call (b) magazine (c) letter (d) greeting card
- 23.📡 Is “cinema” personal or mass communication? (a) personal (b) mass
- 24.📡 Is “billboard” personal or mass communication? (a) mass (b) personal
- 25.True or false: the barber builds brick walls. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📧 What do we need to send an email? (a) a pigeon (b) the internet (c) a letter box (d) a postage stamp
- 27.🏥 Where does a doctor usually work? (a) hospital (b) police station (c) farm (d) school
- 28.True or false: “loudspeaker” is something we see and hear. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🏥 Where does a teacher usually work? (a) post office (b) school (c) police station (d) hospital
- 30.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) navy blue (b) white (c) saffron (d) green
- 31.🚦 Does “aeroplane” travel on land, on water or in the air? (a) on water (b) on land (c) in the air
- 32.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) lotus (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 34.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 35.True or false: the firefighter uses a hair clipper at work. (a) True (b) False
- 36.What do people do on Guru Nanak Jayanti? (a) mark Krishna’s birth (b) end the Ramzan fasts (c) mark Guru Nanak’s birth (d) honour the Buddha
- 37.Which of these travels on water? (a) tonga (b) boat (c) train (d) scooter
- 38.🎉 On which festival do people honour the Buddha? (a) Buddha Purnima (b) Raksha Bandhan (c) Guru Nanak Jayanti (d) Diwali
- 39.True or false: “email” is mass communication. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: Hola Mohalla is mainly a festival of the Hindus. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- magazine
- Mahavir Jayanti
- a train
- personal
- saw
- True
- farmer
- yellow light
- mark Krishna’s birth
- 2 October
- 5 June
- farm
- 5 September
- we hear it
- peacock
- Independence Day
- stop
- hospital
- inland letter
- green
- magazine
- mass
- mass
- False
- the internet
- hospital
- False
- school
- saffron
- in the air
- True
- Jana Gana Mana
- 24
- False
- mark Guru Nanak’s birth
- boat
- Buddha Purnima
- False
- False
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