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Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India

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

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. truth alone wins
  3. national aquatic animal
  4. river dolphin
  5. True
  6. 15 August
  7. lotus
  8. saffron
  9. national bird
  10. 52
  11. Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 24
  13. Ganga
  14. tiger
  15. 4
  16. Mahatma Gandhi
  17. True
  18. Sarnath
  19. elephant
  20. national motto
  21. green
  22. national flower
  23. national tree
  24. False
  25. True
  26. national heritage animal
  27. True
  28. national song
  29. national emblem
  30. navy blue
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. national fruit
  35. False
  36. Satyameva Jayate
  37. False
  38. False
  39. white
  40. True

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