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