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: “mango” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
- 2.What do we get on at the railway station? (a) an aeroplane (b) a bus (c) a ship (d) a train
- 3.What do we get on at the airport? (a) a bus (b) a train (c) a ship (d) an aeroplane
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) newspaper (b) billboard (c) postcard (d) radio
- 5.📮 Where do we drop a letter to post it? (a) in a fridge (b) in a dustbin (c) in a cupboard (d) in a letter box
- 6.Who usually works at a police station? (a) postman (b) police officer (c) nurse (d) judge
- 7.What do we get on at the bus stand? (a) a train (b) a bus (c) a ship (d) an aeroplane
- 8.Who usually works at a hospital? (a) farmer (b) doctor (c) postman (d) teacher
- 9.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 10.What do people do on Janmashtami? (a) mark Krishna’s birth (b) honour the Buddha (c) tie a rakhi (d) mark the birth of Jesus
- 11.🎉 On which festival do people tie a rakhi? (a) Raksha Bandhan (b) Diwali (c) Eid ul-Fitr (d) Buddha Purnima
- 12.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is mainly a festival of the Hindus? (a) Guru Nanak Jayanti (b) Eid ul-Adha (c) Holi (d) Eid ul-Fitr
- 14.True or false: the tailor uses a mail bag at work. (a) True (b) False
- 15.👷 Who stitches clothes? (a) tailor (b) carpenter (c) doctor (d) potter
- 16.True or false: “television” is something we read. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👷 Who puts out fires? (a) firefighter (b) plumber (c) sanitation worker (d) postman
- 18.🦓 Where should we cross a busy road? (a) at a sharp bend (b) at a zebra crossing (c) behind a parked bus (d) between moving cars
- 19.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national tree (b) national aquatic animal (c) national bird (d) national fruit
- 20.True or false: the barber treats sick animals. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) video call (b) billboard (c) postcard (d) text message
- 22.📡 Is “inland letter” personal or mass communication? (a) mass (b) personal
- 23.🚦 At a traffic signal, what does the red light tell us? (a) stop (b) get ready (c) go
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Ram Navami (b) Navratri (c) Buddha Purnima (d) Holi
- 25.🏥 Where does a firefighter usually work? (a) hospital (b) fire station (c) school (d) police station
- 26.What do people do on Diwali? (a) light rows of diyas (b) mark Guru Nanak’s birth (c) mark Krishna’s birth (d) honour Lord Mahavira
- 27.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) saffron (b) green (c) red (d) white
- 28.👂📖 Do we only hear “newspaper”, read it, or see and hear it? (a) we see and hear it (b) we read it (c) we hear it
- 29.True or false: “letter” is something we read. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is personal communication? (a) phone call (b) cinema (c) television (d) newspaper
- 31.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national tree. (a) False (b) True
- 33.📧 What do we need to send an email? (a) a postage stamp (b) the internet (c) a letter box (d) a pigeon
- 34.Which of these is mainly a festival of the Hindus? (a) Eid ul-Fitr (b) Janmashtami (c) Good Friday (d) Buddha Purnima
- 35.Which of these travels on water? (a) boat (b) tonga (c) train (d) scooter
- 36.What do people do on Raksha Bandhan? (a) light rows of diyas (b) mark the birth of Jesus (c) tie a rakhi (d) end the Ramzan fasts
- 37.🛕 Where do Sikhs gather to pray? (a) a temple (b) a mosque (c) a church (d) a gurdwara
- 38.🛠️ Who uses a stethoscope at work? (a) doctor (b) mason (c) potter (d) carpenter
- 39.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) truth alone wins (b) unity is strength (c) work is worship (d) might is right
- 40.🛠️ Who uses a plough at work? (a) farmer (b) gardener (c) mason (d) plumber
Answer key
- True
- a train
- an aeroplane
- postcard
- in a letter box
- police officer
- a bus
- doctor
- 4
- mark Krishna’s birth
- Raksha Bandhan
- False
- Holi
- False
- tailor
- False
- firefighter
- at a zebra crossing
- national bird
- False
- billboard
- personal
- stop
- Buddha Purnima
- fire station
- light rows of diyas
- white
- we read it
- True
- phone call
- True
- True
- the internet
- Janmashtami
- boat
- tie a rakhi
- a gurdwara
- doctor
- truth alone wins
- farmer
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