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