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