Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India
Remember (Symbol and title): Animal – tiger, bird – peacock, flower – lotus, fruit – mango, tree – banyan, river – Ganga, aquatic animal – river dolphin, heritage animal – elephant. Anthem – Jana Gana Mana (written by Rabindranath Tagore), song – Vande Mataram, motto – Satyameva Jayate, emblem – the Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath. Flag: saffron on top, white in the middle, green at the bottom; the Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes.
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- 1.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Agra (b) Mumbai (c) Jaipur (d) Sarnath
- 2.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national tree (c) national motto (d) national flower
- 3.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) green (c) navy blue (d) saffron
- 4.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national animal (c) national fruit (d) national river
- 5.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national tree (c) national anthem (d) national animal
- 6.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) white (c) navy blue (d) saffron
- 7.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) river dolphin (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 8.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 14 November (b) 15 August (c) 2 October (d) 26 January
- 9.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 11.🇮🇳 What is India’s national flower? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) lotus (d) Ganga
- 12.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national motto (c) national aquatic animal (d) national bird
- 13.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national fruit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📅 On which date is India’s Republic Day? (a) 2 October (b) 26 January (c) 15 August (d) 5 June
- 16.🇮🇳 What is India’s national aquatic animal? (a) river dolphin (b) Vande Mataram (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
- 17.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 19.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) Vande Mataram (b) mango (c) river dolphin (d) elephant
- 20.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) tiger (b) lotus (c) river dolphin (d) elephant
- 21.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 23.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
- 24.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national song (c) national motto (d) national river
- 25.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) mango (b) Vande Mataram (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) peacock
- 26.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national emblem (c) national tree (d) national fruit
- 27.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) banyan (b) peacock (c) river dolphin (d) Ganga
- 28.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
- 29.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) peacock (c) tiger (d) banyan
- 30.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national flower (c) national song (d) national animal
- 31.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national bird. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national emblem (c) national motto (d) national heritage animal
- 33.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “mango” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) Ganga (b) Satyameva Jayate (c) peacock (d) Vande Mataram
- 37.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) Vande Mataram (d) peacock
- 38.🇮🇳 What is India’s national emblem? (a) Lion Capital of Ashoka (b) lotus (c) banyan (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 39.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national flower. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- Sarnath
- national tree
- green
- national river
- national anthem
- saffron
- mango
- 15 August
- False
- 24
- lotus
- national bird
- False
- False
- 26 January
- river dolphin
- False
- 4
- elephant
- tiger
- False
- 52
- 3
- national motto
- peacock
- national fruit
- Ganga
- Rabindranath Tagore
- banyan
- national animal
- False
- national flower
- True
- False
- True
- Vande Mataram
- Satyameva Jayate
- Lion Capital of Ashoka
- False
- False
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