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