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