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