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