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