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