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