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