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