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