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 tie a rakhi? (a) Christmas (b) Raksha Bandhan (c) Eid ul-Fitr (d) Diwali
- 2.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) elephant (b) Vande Mataram (c) peacock (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 3.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Jaipur (b) Sarnath (c) Agra (d) Mumbai
- 4.🛠️ Who uses a paintbrush at work? (a) potter (b) carpenter (c) painter (d) postman
- 5.🚦 Does “scooter” travel on land, on water or in the air? (a) on land (b) in the air (c) on water
- 6.👂📖 Do we only hear “cinema”, read it, or see and hear it? (a) we see and hear it (b) we hear it (c) we read it
- 7.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national emblem (c) national heritage animal (d) national anthem
- 8.🚦 At a traffic signal, what does the yellow light tell us? (a) get ready (b) stop (c) go
- 9.True or false: the cobbler treats sick people. (a) False (b) True
- 10.👷 Who makes clay pots? (a) potter (b) sanitation worker (c) farmer (d) plumber
- 11.🛠️ Who uses a saw at work? (a) carpenter (b) doctor (c) postman (d) potter
- 12.True or false: the tailor makes wooden furniture. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📅 On which date do we celebrate Children’s Day? (a) 5 June (b) 2 October (c) 26 January (d) 14 November
- 14.🛠️ Which of these does the barber use at work? (a) watering can (b) plough (c) sewing machine (d) razor
- 15.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national anthem (c) national aquatic animal (d) national fruit
- 16.What do people do on Eid ul-Fitr? (a) end the Ramzan fasts (b) play with colours (c) mark the birth of Jesus (d) mark Guru Nanak’s birth
- 17.True or false: the firefighter puts out fires. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which special day is on 15 August? (a) World Environment Day (b) Republic Day (c) Teachers’ Day (d) Independence Day
- 19.🏥 Where does a judge usually work? (a) post office (b) hospital (c) police station (d) court
- 20.📡 Is “inland letter” personal or mass communication? (a) mass (b) personal
- 21.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national river (b) national emblem (c) national song (d) national anthem
- 22.🚦 At a traffic signal, which light means stop? (a) green light (b) yellow light (c) red light
- 23.Which of these is mass communication? (a) postcard (b) phone call (c) greeting card (d) television
- 24.📧 What do we need to send an email? (a) a pigeon (b) a letter box (c) the internet (d) a postage stamp
- 25.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 26.📡 Is “text message” personal or mass communication? (a) mass (b) personal
- 27.What does the carpenter do? (a) delivers letters (b) puts out fires (c) makes wooden furniture (d) treats sick people
- 28.True or false: on Diwali, people light rows of diyas. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 30.What do people do on Buddha Purnima? (a) sing carols (b) end the Ramzan fasts (c) mark Krishna’s birth (d) honour the Buddha
- 31.🛠️ Which of these does the mason use at work? (a) mail bag (b) paintbrush (c) paint roller (d) trowel
- 32.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national fruit (c) national emblem (d) national aquatic animal
- 33.🛠️ Who uses a paint roller at work? (a) firefighter (b) painter (c) postman (d) mason
- 34.True or false: Good Friday is mainly a festival of the Jains. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎉 On which festival do people mark Krishna’s birth? (a) Christmas (b) Diwali (c) Janmashtami (d) Guru Nanak Jayanti
- 36.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) navy blue (b) green (c) red (d) saffron
- 37.📮 How many digits are there in an Indian PIN code?
- 38.🇮🇳 What is India’s national emblem? (a) river dolphin (b) tiger (c) Vande Mataram (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
- 39.🕊️ Long ago, which bird carried messages tied to its leg? (a) a parrot (b) a crow (c) a pigeon (d) a peacock
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Maha Shivaratri (b) Ram Navami (c) Holi (d) Eid ul-Fitr
Answer key
- Raksha Bandhan
- Jana Gana Mana
- Sarnath
- painter
- on land
- we see and hear it
- national heritage animal
- get ready
- False
- potter
- carpenter
- False
- 14 November
- razor
- national anthem
- end the Ramzan fasts
- True
- Independence Day
- court
- personal
- national river
- red light
- television
- the internet
- 4
- personal
- makes wooden furniture
- True
- True
- honour the Buddha
- trowel
- national aquatic animal
- painter
- False
- Janmashtami
- navy blue
- 6
- Lion Capital of Ashoka
- a pigeon
- Eid ul-Fitr
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