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