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.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national motto (b) national animal (c) national emblem (d) national tree
- 2.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 3.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 4.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) navy blue (c) white (d) saffron
- 5.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national fruit (c) national anthem (d) national flower
- 7.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) elephant (b) river dolphin (c) Ganga (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
- 8.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national bird (c) national animal (d) national aquatic animal
- 9.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) peacock (b) banyan (c) Jana Gana Mana (d) river dolphin
- 10.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national emblem. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national song. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
- 13.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
- 16.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national motto (c) national emblem (d) national song
- 17.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 26 January (b) 14 November (c) 2 October (d) 15 August
- 18.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) Jana Gana Mana (d) lotus
- 19.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national aquatic animal (c) national heritage animal (d) national emblem
- 21.🇮🇳 “Vande Mataram” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national song (c) national flower (d) national anthem
- 22.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) lotus (b) tiger (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) elephant
- 23.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national flower (c) national bird (d) national motto
- 24.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) elephant (b) Satyameva Jayate (c) Vande Mataram (d) lotus
- 25.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national flower (c) national anthem (d) national animal
- 26.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) saffron (b) white (c) navy blue (d) green
- 27.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) work is worship (b) might is right (c) truth alone wins (d) unity is strength
- 28.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Mahatma Gandhi
- 29.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national animal (c) national bird (d) national tree
- 30.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 31.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national emblem. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🇮🇳 What is India’s national flower? (a) lotus (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) Ganga
- 34.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) lotus (c) Ganga (d) tiger
- 35.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) peacock (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 36.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national river (c) national tree (d) national flower
- 38.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) red (b) green (c) navy blue (d) saffron
- 39.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national tree. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national tree (b) national river (c) national bird (d) national heritage animal
Answer key
- national emblem
- 24
- 52
- saffron
- True
- national fruit
- Ganga
- national heritage animal
- banyan
- True
- False
- Rabindranath Tagore
- False
- True
- 3
- national bird
- 15 August
- Satyameva Jayate
- True
- national aquatic animal
- national song
- elephant
- national animal
- Vande Mataram
- national anthem
- green
- truth alone wins
- Mahatma Gandhi
- national tree
- 4
- False
- False
- lotus
- tiger
- mango
- False
- national flower
- navy blue
- False
- national river
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