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