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