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