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