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