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