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