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