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