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