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