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