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