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