GK Questions for Class 2

Important GK Questions for Class 2

General knowledge is as important as the other subject taught within the school. On the contrary, many faculties don’t emphasise this subject.The best mediums to extend their general awareness may be a newspaper, books on current affairs, news channels, mobile applications, etc. The more knowledge they acquaint, the merrier it’s . So, allow us to take a quiz on questions supported GK for sophistication class 2.

1. How many sides does an octagon have?

Correct Answer: Eight

2. How many seconds are there in a day?

Correct Answer: 24*60*60 = 86,400 seconds

3. How many millimeters make a meter?

Correct Answer: 1,000 millimeters

4. Arrange in ascending order: ¼, 1/9, ½, 1/5

Correct Answer: 1/9, 1/5, ¼, ½

5. What number doesn’t have its own Roman numeral?

Correct Answer: Zero

6. An angle that is less than 90 degrees is called ______.

Correct Answer: Acute angle

7. An angle that is greater than 90 degrees is called _____.

Correct Answer: Obtuse angle

8. What is the sum of all angles in a triangle?

Correct Answer: 180 degrees

9. What is 2/4 in decimals?

Correct Answer: 0.5

10. Which part of the computer is called its brain?

Correct Answer: CPU

11. Which is the most spoken language in the world?

Correct Answer: Mandarin Chinese

12. How many days are there in a leap year?

Correct Answer: 366 days

13. Which wonder of the world can you find in India?

Correct Answer: Taj Mahal

14. What is your mouth for?

Correct Answer: Eating & Speaking

15. Who fits the Air conditioner(AC) in houses or offices?

Correct Answer: Electrician

16. Which is known as the largest planet?

Correct Answer: Jupiter

17. Which festival is known as the ‘Festival of flowers’?

Correct Answer: Onam

18. How many zeros are there in one Thousand?

Correct Answer: Three

19. How many months are there in a Year?

Correct Answer: 12 Months

20. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

Correct Answer: 26

21. Which animal is known as the ‘Ship of the Desert?’

Correct Answer: Camel

22. How many sides are there in a triangle?

Correct Answer: Three

23. Which are the vowels in the English alphabet series?

Correct Answer: A, E, I, O, U

24. How many primary colors are there?

Correct Answer: (red, yellow, blue)

25. What do you call a house made of ice?

Correct Answer: Igloo

26. Which is the tallest animal on the earth?

Correct Answer: Giraffe

27. Which festival is called the festival of light?

Correct Answer: Diwali

28. What type of bird lays the largest eggs?

Correct Answer: Ostrich

29. In which direction does the sunrise?

Correct Answer: East

30. How many hours are there in a days?

Correct Answer: 24 hours

31. How many weeks are there in one year?

Correct Answer: 52 Weeks

32. What is the Color of the Leaves?

Correct Answer: Green

33. What is the full form of RBI?

Correct Answer: Reserve Bank of India

34. What is the “Fear of Darkness” called?

Correct Answer: Nyctophobia

35. Who is the first Prime Minister of India?

Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

36. Who found the concept of “Gravitation” for the first time?

Correct Answer: Issac Newton

37. Which colour starts with the letter “G”?

Correct Answer: Green

38. What comes after the number 5?

Correct Answer: 6

39. During which festival does Santa come to visit?

Correct Answer: Christmas

40. How many fingers do you have in one hand?

Correct Answer: 5 fingers

41. What do you drink that comes from a cow?

Correct Answer: Milk

42. How many months are there in a year?

Correct Answer: 12

43. How many days are there in a week?

Correct Answer: 7

44. How many days are there in a year?

Correct Answer: 365

45. What is 2+2?

Correct Answer: 4

46. Which number comes after 6?

Correct Answer: 7

47. Name 3 root vegetables?

Correct Answer: Beets, carrots, and radish are root vegetables.

48. Which colour is the symbol of peace?

Correct Answer: The colour white is the symbol of peace.

49. Which is the largest growing crop of Darjeeling?

Correct Answer: The largest growing crop of Darjeeling is Tea leaves.

50. Which islands are part of India?

Correct Answer: The Lakshadweep island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands belong to India.

51. What is the sum of all angles in a triangle?

Correct Answer: 180 degrees

52. Which continent is known as the ‘Dark’ continent?

Correct Answer: Africa

53. Name the planet known as the Red Planet?

Correct Answer: Mars

54. Who wrote “Malgudi Days”?

Correct Answer: R. K. Narayan

55. Name the National game of the USA?

Correct Answer: Baseball

56. Who invented Watch?

Correct Answer: Peter Henlein

57. Name the largest ‘Democracy’ of the world?

Correct Answer: India

58. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

Correct Answer: Stapes (Ear bone)

59. Name the country known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

Correct Answer: Japan

60. How many millimetres are there in a centimetre?

Correct Answer: 10mm

61. Name the hardest substance available on Earth?

Correct Answer: Diamond

62. Name a shape that has ten sides?

Correct Answer: Decagon

63. Name the largest ocean in the World?

Correct Answer: Pacific Ocean

64. Who is the real founder of Microsoft?

Correct Answer: Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen

65. Who gave the theory of Relativity?

Correct Answer: Albert Einstein

66. Who is the Father of our Nation?

Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

67. Who discovered the X-rays first?

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen

68. Who gave the universal law of gravitation?

Correct Answer: Issac Newton

69. What is a telescope?

Correct Answer: A telescope is an instrument in the shape of a tube with special pieces of glass (lenses) inside it. It makes things that are far away appear bigger and nearer.

70. Name a natural satellite of Earth?

Correct Answer: Moon

71. Which is the largest coral reef in the world?

Correct Answer: The Great Barrier Reef

72. Which is the world’s largest rainforest?

Correct Answer: The Amazon

73. Which is the biggest part of the brain?

Correct Answer: Cerebrum

74. How many teeth do most adults have?

Correct Answer: 32

75. How many bones do we have in our body?

Correct Answer: 206

76. Which is the biggest flower?

Correct Answer: Rafflesia arnoldii

77. What is the metal filament of a bulb made of?

Correct Answer: Tungsten

78. Which is the main metal used to make steel?

Correct Answer: Iron

79. What are the non-renewable sources of energy called?

Correct Answer: Fossil fuels

80. What are some examples of fossil fuels?

Correct Answer: Petrol, diesel, and coal

81. What are animals who eat only plants called?

Correct Answer: Herbivores

82. What are animals who eat only meat called?

Correct Answer: Carnivores

83. What are animals who consume both plants and meat called?

Correct Answer: Omnivores

84. What are animals that sleep during the day and are awake at night called?

Correct Answer: Nocturnal animals

85. Which plant grows in a desert?

Correct Answer: Cactus

86. Which is the longest bone in our body?

Correct Answer: Femur

87. Which is the shortest bone in our body?

Correct Answer: Stapes (found in the middle ear)

88. On which part of a plant does a potato grow?

Correct Answer: Root

89. Which animal can go for more than a week without drinking water?

Correct Answer: Camel

90. How many bones does a newborn baby have?

Correct Answer: 300

91. What is the boiling point of water?

Correct Answer: 100 °C

92. What is the freezing point of water?

Correct Answer: 0 °C

93. What is a polygon with five sides called?

Correct Answer: Pentagon

94. What does X in Roman numerals stand for?

Correct Answer: 10

95. What is a triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles called?

Correct Answer: Isosceles triangle

96. What shape is the head of a wrench?

Correct Answer: Hexagon

97. What is the shape of a diamond called?

Correct Answer: Rhombus

98. Who is known as the father of mathematics?

Correct Answer: Archimedes

99. What comes after 99,990?

Correct Answer: 99,991

100. Which is the biggest part of the brain?

Correct Answer: Cerebrum