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