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