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