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