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