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