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