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