Class 2 Science Questions with Answers: Free Practice Set

In Class 2, science and EVS move from naming things to understanding them: what makes something living, what each part of a plant does, why animals live where they do, how to keep our body healthy, and why air and water matter.

These 10 Class 2 science questions come with answers and a short explanation for each.

What Class 2 Science covers

Brain & Bounce Kids splits Class 2 Science into these 10 topics. Linked topics have their own practice set.

• Living & Non-Living Things
• Plants & Their Parts
• Animals & Their Habitats
• Human Body & Health
• Food & Nutrition
• Air, Water & Environment
• Matter Around Us
• Force & Motion (Basic)
• Light, Heat & Sound (Basic)
• Earth & Sky

10 Class 2 Science questions with answers

Ask your child to answer each question out loud first, then tap Show answer to check. The questions get a little harder as you go down each topic.

Living & Non-Living Things

Q1. Which group has only non-living things?

A) Tree, stone, cup
B) Dog, chair, pencil
C) Stone, spoon, book
D) Bird, ball, shoe

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Answer: C) Stone, spoon, book

None of these grow or need food.

• Stone, spoon and book are not alive.
• Each other group has a living thing.

Common mistake: One living thing spoils the whole group.

Remember: Check every item before choosing.

Q2. Which of these was once part of a living thing?

A) A stone bowl
B) A glass jar
C) A wooden chair
D) A metal spoon

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Answer: C) A wooden chair

Wood was once part of a tree.

• Wood comes from trees.
• Trees are living things.

Common mistake: The chair is non-living now, but wood was alive.

Remember: Check where a material comes from.

Plants & Their Parts

Q3. A tree has a thick trunk. The trunk is like which part of a small plant?

A) Root
B) Stem
C) Leaf
D) Flower

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Answer: B) Stem

A trunk is a tree's stem.

• Trunks hold up branches and leaves.
• Stems do that job too.

Remember: Trunks are the stems of trees.

Q4. Which part of the plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?

A) Root
B) Leaf
C) Flower
D) Fruit

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Answer: A) Root

The root absorbs water and nutrients from the soil for the plant.

More practice: Class 2 Plants and Their Parts Questions with Answers

Animals & Their Habitats

Q5. A beehive is the home of which animal?

A) Ants
B) Bees
C) Birds
D) Spiders

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Answer: B) Bees

Bees live and store honey in hives.

• A hive is a bee home.

Common mistake: Ants live in anthills, not hives.

Remember: Home names match their animals.

Q6. A fish lives in a dark cave pool with no light. Which sense helps it find food best?

A) Seeing bright colors
B) Feeling the water move
C) Seeing the sunlight
D) Watching other fish

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Answer: B) Feeling the water move

Feeling ripples works even in darkness.

• A dark cave has no light.
• Eyes cannot help much there.

Remember: Habitat decides which senses matter.

Human Body & Health

Q7. Which activity helps make your heart and muscles stronger?

A) Watching TV
B) Sitting still
C) Napping all day
D) Running at the park

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Answer: D) Running at the park

Running makes the heart and muscles work.

• Pick the activity that makes us move.

Remember: Exercise keeps our bodies strong.

Q8. Zara sees a red flower and then smells its sweet scent. Which two body parts did she use?

A) Eyes and nose
B) Ears and nose
C) Eyes and tongue
D) Skin and ears

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Answer: A) Eyes and nose

Eyes see color and the nose smells scent.

• Color is seen, so eyes.
• Scent is smelled, so nose.

Common mistake: Ears hear sounds, and the tongue only tastes.

Remember: Match each sense to its body part.

Air, Water & Environment

Q9. What happens to water when it gets very cold and freezes?

A) It turns into steam
B) It disappears
C) It becomes air
D) It turns into ice

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Answer: D) It turns into ice

Frozen water is ice.

• Very cold water freezes into a solid.

Common mistake: Steam forms when water gets hot, not cold.

Remember: Cold water freezes into ice.

Q10. A school garden needs water, but the school wants to save tap water. Which idea works best?

A) Collect rain in buckets
B) Run the hose every morning
C) Buy bottled water for plants
D) Water at noon when it is hot

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Answer: A) Collect rain in buckets

It reuses rain, not tap water.

• Rain is free water from the sky.
• Buckets can store it for plants.

Common mistake: Bottled water still uses up clean water.

Remember: Collect and reuse water when you can.

How to help your child with Class 2 Science

• Connect it to what they see. Plants on the balcony, ice melting in a glass and shadows at different times of day are all science lessons.
• Ask "why?" after every answer. Science questions in Olympiads often test the reason, not the fact.
• Draw it. Labelling a plant, the parts of the body or the water cycle helps children remember structure.
• Keep it short and regular. A few questions a day keeps facts fresh far better than cramming before a test.

Olympiad connection

Science practice supports the NSO (National Science Olympiad). Its Level 1 paper tests the school science and EVS syllabus plus logical reasoning. Our NSO 2026-27 guide covers the pattern and a study plan. See our guides: Olympiad exams for Classes 1–5 · logical reasoning practice.

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