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