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